a new generation is the third amityville entry to base its plot around writer john g. jones premise of an item taken from the long island house that causes spectral misery and death for its new owners. first a lamp and then a clock and and now a mirror. however and this is also the first amityville since the possession to directly tie in to the real life events that started the whole series. this time around and keyes terry (robert partridge) and an artist and is given a macabre looking mirror by a homeless man one day. soon enough and people around him start to die and eventually leading to his discovery that the mirror once hung in the amityville house  indeed on the very night a man named franklin bronner (sonny montelli in amityville ii) murdered his entire family. unfortunately for terry and his discovery of the mirror isn not entirely coincidental and and he soon learns the truth about his past a truth he kept buried since childhood. this 7th installment in the often worn out franchise is something of a disappointment for me. things were starting to pick up with the silly and uneven and yet entertaining it about time and and given how much this film tries to draw upon its roots  not the first episode and but the source material itself  it should have been better than it was. however and three trips to the same well with yet another evil artifact from the amityville house with yet another explanation for the malign paranormal visitations is wearing on me and to say the least. one of the biggest weaknesses of the amityville franchise is the steadfast determination by each set of producers to completely ignore every other episode in the series. on the one hand and it perfectly reasonable that they do not want to be tied to someone else continuity and but at the very least and they could maybe acknowledge story lines that have already been done and just possibly not repeat them over and over again. there also something rather plodding about the way in which the story unfolds and doubtless due to the inevitability this repetition fest brings. since you already know what going to happen and the carefully paced build up is simply slow and tedious. or maybe it just tedious anyway. director john murlowski probably could have done more to heighten the tense atmosphere associated with the mirror rather than simply having it flash red and emit chattering evil voices and which lacks any kind of subtlety. there were times when characters seemed fairly unfazed by its otherworldly qualities. if they do not take it too seriously and why should we. which is a shame and because a new generation has a more than capable cast. i was going to hold off on watching this until i saw the name julia nickson in the credits. she captivated my attention just as she always does and and if anything and i was annoyed her part wasn not more extensive. terry oquinn was equally charismatic and again and underused. partridge himself in the lead role clearly fits the early 90s over coiffed lumberjack shirted square jawed hero type and and while i am not sure he really gave it the gravitas needed and it not as if anyone here is performing ibsen. the sets are also worthy of note and from the dramatic artwork filling suki room and to the claustrophobic corridors featured in flashback or supernatural sequences. getting the look of these right is especially important given how certain sequences are repeated throughout the film to simulated fragmented memories. clearly and murlowski is more of a visual director rather than either an actor director or one of horror. unfortunately and it is meant to be a horror film and after all. a new generation sees the same race being run for the third time in 4 years. add to this the lack of direction where it was really needed and the whole effort fails to stand as tall as it should. however and it should be acknowledged for its strong ties with the source material and some good actors in not necessarily their finest hours. honestly and the ideal person for this is someone who hasn not seen any of the sequels past the possession and for whom the story would not be such a massive deja vu trip. 
a new generation is the third amityville entry to base its plot around writer john g. jones premise of an item taken from the long island house that causes spectral misery and death for its new owners. first a lamp and then a clock and and now a mirror. however and this is also the first amityville since the possession to directly tie in to the real life events that started the whole series. this time around and keyes terry (robert partridge) and an artist and is given a macabre looking mirror by a homeless man one day. soon enough and people around him start to die and eventually leading to his discovery that the mirror once hung in the amityville house  indeed on the very night a man named franklin bronner (sonny montelli in amityville ii) murdered his entire family. unfortunately for terry and his discovery of the mirror isn not entirely coincidental and and he soon learns the truth about his past a truth he kept buried since childhood. this 7th installment in the often worn out franchise is something of a disappointment for me. things were starting to pick up with the silly and uneven and yet entertaining it about time and and given how much this film tries to draw upon its roots  not the first episode and but the source material itself  it should have been better than it was. however and three trips to the same well with yet another evil artifact from the amityville house with yet another explanation for the malign paranormal visitations is wearing on me and to say the least. one of the biggest weaknesses of the amityville franchise is the steadfast determination by each set of producers to completely ignore every other episode in the series. on the one hand and it perfectly reasonable that they do not want to be tied to someone else continuity and but at the very least and they could maybe acknowledge story lines that have already been done and just possibly not repeat them over and over again. there also something rather plodding about the way in which the story unfolds and doubtless due to the inevitability this repetition fest brings. since you already know what going to happen and the carefully paced build up is simply slow and tedious. or maybe it just tedious anyway. director john murlowski probably could have done more to heighten the tense atmosphere associated with the mirror rather than simply having it flash red and emit chattering evil voices and which lacks any kind of subtlety. there were times when characters seemed fairly unfazed by its otherworldly qualities. if they do not take it too seriously and why should we. which is a shame and because a new generation has a more than capable cast. i was going to hold off on watching this until i saw the name julia nickson in the credits. she captivated my attention just as she always does and and if anything and i was annoyed her part wasn not more extensive. terry oquinn was equally charismatic and again and underused. partridge himself in the lead role clearly fits the early 90s over coiffed lumberjack shirted square jawed hero type and and while i am not sure he really gave it the gravitas needed and it not as if anyone here is performing ibsen. the sets are also worthy of note and from the dramatic artwork filling suki room and to the claustrophobic corridors featured in flashback or supernatural sequences. getting the look of these right is especially important given how certain sequences are repeated throughout the film to simulated fragmented memories. clearly and murlowski is more of a visual director rather than either an actor director or one of horror. unfortunately and it is meant to be a horror film and after all. a new generation sees the same race being run for the third time in 4 years. add to this the lack of direction where it was really needed and the whole effort fails to stand as tall as it should. however and it should be acknowledged for its strong ties with the source material and some good actors in not necessarily their finest hours. honestly and the ideal person for this is someone who hasn not seen any of the sequels past the possession and for whom the story would not be such a massive deja vu trip. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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