Not an Amityville movie more so than a household appliance horror movie

Amityville: The Evil Escapes (1989) is less a demonic possession movie and more an electrical appliance and deadly household accident horror movie along the lines of Maximum Overdrive (1986) and movies later in the '90s such as The Mangler (1995) -- Stephen King appliance horror movies; and, also note the Children of the Corn (more King) references with the little blond girl drawing violent crayon art.

It's almost like it's a warning movie for single mothers who read Stephen King novels:

FEAR the INCURABLE tetanus and the DEADLY garbage disposal.

ESCAPE the STRANGLING electrical cord in the attic or the OXYGEN DEPRIVING, SEWAGE SPEWING water pipes in the basement before it's too late!

BEWARE the impenetrable BLAMING GLARE of your grandmother, also a single woman, as she struggles with -- BRATTY CHILDREN!

All of these things can be avoided with proper household disaster prevention tactics -- such as:

1. NOT running your finger along the edge of sharp metallic objects.
2. NOT installing a garbage disposal on/off switch UPSIDE DOWN!
3. Not hoarding heavy appliances with long electrical cords, but if you do, secure any loose cords.
4. Don't lay directly underneath the end of a pipe you're loosening up, especially if you know there's some type of heavy disgusting sewage running through those pipes. Or at least give yourself a little wiggle room even if you become pinned.
5. Get your messed up catatonic daughter with PTSD and daddy issues PROFESSIONAL HELP from the full spectrum of psychiatry, therapy and behavioral science. You don't just listen to some Freudian quack and his pseudo-scientific responses; you seek second, third, and fourth opinions on any serious mental health diagnosis, especially if
therapy/medication doesn't provide results.

There's a range of decent to very good acting, as well. Not nearly as bad as some other movies, and happily campy as a consolation prize from time to time. One of the more deliciously twisted scenes depicts a child and a chainsaw that comes alive in his hands! Grandma/mom, don't leave that thing laying around even if it's unplugged!

Amityville: The Evil Escapes may be derivative of its contemporaries but the leading lady is excellent. Thanks Patty Duke, R.I.P. If you want to see truly bad acting from a leading lady, watch Linda Hamilton in the campier but more classic Children of the Corn (1984).

Anyway, good movie when you consider it's actually a household appliance horror movie intended to teach single mothers and grandmothers how to raise healthy children. I give this movie 7 bratty children being watched by 1 nanny, 1 mama, a grandma, and 1 ex-bowling champ with only 1 hand. :)