The Amityville Horror

The Amityville Horror
by Stuart Rosenberg

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Actor: Don Stroud, James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Murray Hamilton, Rod Steiger
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 119 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-04-05
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)

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Movie Review: Good but not believable
Summary: 3 Stars

Amityville Horror is a supposed true story that centers around a family who buy a new home. They think the house is being invaded by spirits of a murdered family who died there years before. Despite the fact of them finding out about the murder and being harrassed by ''demons'' they decide to stay and the chaos ensues.

As far as this being a true story.. Whatever happened in that house could be attributed to common occurences or freak incidents- How would a car accident or a cut on a priests hand have anything to do with spirits or demonic possession?

They are trying to put a supernatural spin on things that are not out of the ordinary occurences. So the fact that a family died here just gives more of an excuse to attribute regular occurences to something supernatural.

The people in this story could have made something out of nothing, been freaked out by the fact a family was killed there or the father could of been mentally ill. Everything else that happened was no proof of a ghost.. They could of made it all up.

Other than that, This was a pretty good movie. If you want to see a good/decent horror movie then you should buy it but stick with the original and pass on the re-make. 3.5 stars.

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Based on a bestselling, allegedly nonfiction book about haunted goings-on in a Long Island house (The Amityville Horror Conspiracy), this rather cheesy horror movie is more silly than unsettling. James Brolin and Margot Kidder star as newlyweds who move into the empty home and are gradually affected by the legacy of a murder committed on the premises. Rod Steiger is a priest who can tell what's up and gets dispatched in a rather ugly way. Director Stuart Rosenberg can't lift the action above a certain level of tawdriness, and the audience ends up watching the horror from a distance instead of feeling involved. In the wake of The Exorcist, this 1979 spooker seemed like a no-brainer knockoff--and still does. --Tom Keogh

There's no place like home...for bloodcurdling horror! James Brolin Margot Kidder and Academy Award? winner* Rod Steiger fall prey to the powers of darkness in this spine-tingling tale of a house possessed by unspeakable evil. One of the most talked-about haunted-house stories of all time The Amityville Horror will hit you where you live.For George and Kathy Lutz the colonial home on the river's edge seemed ideal: quaint spacious and amazingly affordable. Of course six brutal murders had taken place there just a year before but houses don't have memories...or do they? Soon the Lutz dream house becomes a hellish nightmare as walls begin to drip blood and satanic forces threaten to destroy them. Now the Lutzes must try to escape or forfeit their lives and their souls!System Requirements:Running Time 119 MinsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR Rating: R UPC: 027616909374 Manufacturer No: 1006790

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