24 hours in Amityville

Apologies for the non-review post, but today i’m watching 24 hours of Amityville movies to raise money for the homeless charity Crisis.

The films left to watch are (by UK time)
3:02 PM Amityville Curse 3.8/10
4:33 PM Amityville The Evil Escapes 4.4/10
6:08 PM Amityville: It’s about time 4.7/10
8:43 PM Amityville Dollhouse 4.3/10
10:16 PM The Amityville Terror 3.2/10
11:41 PM The Amityville Asylum 2.6/10
1:07 AM The Amityville Horror (2005) 5.9/10
2:33 AM Amityville Scarecrow 2.5/10
3:57 AM Amityville Scarecrow 2 4/10
5:04 AM The Amityville Haunting 2.6/10
6:27 AM Witches of Amityville 2.5/10
7:58 AM Amityville Playhouse 1.8/10
9:47 AM Amityville Island 1.9/10

If you’d be so wonderful as to consider donating then please go to https://www.justgiving.com/page/24-hours-in-amityville

If you’d like to watch me watch them then go to https://www.twitch.tv/raggedymantwitch

Thank you for your time 🙂

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