The Amityville Horror (1979)

6	Listal rating
6	IMDB rating

Directed by

Stuart Rosenberg

Starring (View all)

George Lutz

Kathy Lutz

Father Delaney

Father Bolen

Father Ryan

Father Nuncio

Natasha Ryan

Amy

K.C. Martel

Greg

Written by (View all)

Sandor Stern

(screenplay)

Jay Anson

(book)

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Horribly dated and ineffective.

5 years ago at May 7 0:06

PvtCaboose91

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"What do you want from us? Goddamnit, this is MY house!"

Normally I enjoy classic horror movies because of their inventiveness and their predisposition to be quite terrifying at times. The Amityville Horror strives to be original and scary, but at every opportunity it fails quite astonishingly. The film contains none of the elements that make a good horror movie. Instead of being gr... read more

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Description: A family moves into a Long Island house that has a disturbing past. Soon after they move in, they too believe the stories of the house being haunted. Ooze comes out of the walls, doors mysteriously and violently swing open, and flies descend. After priests' attempts to exorcise the house do not stop the unexplained and horrible occure ... (more)

Release date : 27 July 1979
UPC: 027616852816

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"The outdoor scenes of the movie were not filmed in Amityville, Long Island, but rather Toms River, New Jersey. Local police and ambulance workers played extras. Jay Anson who wrote the book "The Amityville Horror" actually wrote out a screenplay for this film only for the producers to turn it down. Eventually they found Sandor Stern and liked his take on it so he was hired for the job. While shooting the scene where Kathy is startled by the red eyes in the window, director Stuart Rosenberg wa"