Amityville: The Haunting

Belle Walker and her family relocate to the Amityville house so they can be near Dr. Milton, hoping for James to recover from his injuries. The move places them in a home with a notorious and unsettled history. The house itself becomes a character as they settle in.

That first night, James's heart flatlines, but he is mysteriously revived and opens his eyes. The revival unsettles the family and hints at a supernatural influence tied to the house. It marks the first sign that something dark is affecting James's fate.

At school, Belle endures taunts about moving into the infamous Amityville house. She learns the home was the site of Ronald DeFeo Jr.'s mass murder in 1974, which deepens the fear surrounding the family. The stigma follows them beyond the walls of the house.

Belle discovers blood stains concealed behind wallpaper in the third-floor bedroom. The discovery hints at violence past and present fusing with James's fragile condition. It adds to the sense that the house is actively shaping events around them.

Belle and friends Terrence and Marissa watch The Amityville Horror (1979) in the house. At 3:15 am, the power goes out, sending them to the basement where they are confronted by Joan, who mistakes them for intruders. The scene blurs the line between cinema and the house's reality as fear escalates.

Dr. Milton conducts an EEG on James to assess his neurological status and suspects locked-in syndrome. During the test, flies swarm the room, frightening him and prompting him to leave shaken. The moment links James's revival to a darker force in the house.

James gains the ability to communicate using an AAC computer, typing by looking at letters. Terrence suggests James's revival could be possession connected to the house, and the group notices a ground ring that might represent a magic circle. The idea of possession begins to overshadow mundane explanations.

James types 'Yes' and 'Help' through the AAC and asks Belle to kill him. In response, Belle shuts off his ventilation, momentarily cutting off his life support, and he eventually starts breathing again. The exchange deepens the sense of an external intelligence controlling James.

The next day, Belle types 'Outside walk' to distract her mother and locate the Red Room in the basement, hoping to find the source of James's power. Meanwhile, Larry the dog is found mauled to death in the lake, escalating Belle's fear. Belle's confrontation with Joan follows as she voices her concerns about the haunting.

Joan explains that she moved the family to the house after losing faith in God, hoping to harness demonic energy to bring James back. The revelation reframes the haunting as a misguided, desperate experiment rather than a simple menace. The family begins to confront the dangerous consequences of their decisions.

That night, as Belle prepares to leave, Joan ambushes and knocks her unconscious, trapping her in the house. The stage is set for the final confrontation between the living family and the possessed James. The tension inside the home grows to a breaking point.

Belle wakes at 3:15 am to Aunt Candice arriving as James rises, drawing power from the Red Room to revitalize his body. Candice's arrival signals a deadly showdown looming inside the house. The sequence tightens the suspense as old allies come to terms with the house's influence.

James shoots Candice with a shotgun as he asserts control, killing her in the chaos. Belle retrieves Juliet and tries to keep them from escaping as the house physically locks its doors. The violence increases as the family fights for survival.

James shoots Joan in the chest, then in the head when she wields a crucifix, proving the power of the possessed is growing. He lures Juliet to the third floor, but Belle intervenes, and the two tumble from a window. Belle frees James from the circle, and his body withers back to paralysis as he dies, thanking her for releasing him.

A newsreel reveals Belle is being questioned for the murders of her mother, aunt, and brother, but Juliet corroborates Belle's story and James's fingerprints are disputed by Dr. Milton due to his paralysis. The report notes yet another tragedy surrounding the Amityville house, closing the case with a haunted finality.