Having previously witnessed through the interesting if a bit underwhelming anthology Actor's Curse, I approached the next installment of Phil Herman’s anthology series, Amityville: Descendants of Darkness (2026) with a small dose of skepticism. However, director Phil Herman’s and his crew’s newest micro-budget endeavor proves to be a surprisingly ambitious pivot of sorts. While the broader, chaotic "series" seems notorious for it’s low-budget, straight-to-streaming quality, Descendants of Darkness steps up as a genuine improvement in the indie horror sphere. It manages to inject a coherent, structurally sound, and creative addition to a notoriously unhinged cinematic legacy.