“Amityville: The Awakening” (**1/2 out of four) was an eerie and creepy entry in the haunted house series about a single mother (Jennifer Jason Leigh) who moves her two teenage children (McKenna Grace and Bella Thorne) and her son with brain damage from a tragic accident (Cameron Monaghan) into the house with a cursed history and (naturally) strange occurrences soon begin. Story has been told so many times already (this is actually the 18th “Amityville” entry) but this is one of the rare sequels that effectively recreates the dread and scares of the original and has some real jolts along the way. For heightened irony and comic effect, the characters actually sit around and watch the original 1979 “Amityville Horror” on DVD. Made in 2014 and only being released now but this is one of the best entries since the original.