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Overview

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5.8/10   9,730 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Sandor Stern (screenplay)
Jay Anson (book)
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Release Date:
27 July 1979 (USA) more
Tagline:
"For God's Sake, Get Out!" more
Plot:
Newlyweds move into a house where a murder was committed, and experience strange manifestations which drive them away. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(19 articles)
Margot Kidder Writing a Morbid Chick Flick
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S10 Reviews: The Amityville Horror (1979) more (243 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

James Brolin ... George Lutz

Margot Kidder ... Kathy Lutz

Rod Steiger ... Father Delaney
Don Stroud ... Father Bolen
Murray Hamilton ... Father Ryan
John Larch ... Father Nuncio
Natasha Ryan ... Amy
K.C. Martel ... Greg
Meeno Peluce ... Matt
Michael Sacks ... Jeff

Helen Shaver ... Carolyn
Amy Wright ... Jackie

Val Avery ... Sgt. Gionfriddo
Irene Dailey ... Aunt Helena
Marc Vahanian ... Jimmy
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117 min
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At the time of its release the film was one of the highest grossing independent films of all time and American International Pictures' biggest hit. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: During the toilets overflowing with black "goo" scene, the kids go downstairs to let Aunt Helena in. Matthew answers the door with a very red left cheek, before she gets in to start pinching. Obviously this was not the first take. more
Quotes:
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Cop at the House: Jesus Christ, it gets worse all the time.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Monster House (2006) more

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24 out of 29 people found the following review useful.
S10 Reviews: The Amityville Horror (1979), 18 April 2005
9/10
Author: suspiria10 from The Void

George and Kathy Lutz are looking for a place to anchor down and raise a family. The Lutz's and their children (Kathy's from a previous marriage) settle on an impossibly cheap, large and beautiful shore house. But 28 days later the macabre and scary happenings force them to leave…leaving all their earthly possession behind. During the course of those 28 days, the family goes through all kinds of hell a room full of flies, demonic voices and a pig with glowing red eyes. What kind of past does that house have that would make everything horribly wrong. Based on a true story.

Real or hoax, you decide but "The Amityville Horror" has all the trappings of an excellent haunted house story. Too bad that the filmmakers falter a bit with a lack of character development that also ends up stifling the actors in the film, that would have helped out immensely. A creepy music score (the one rejected for "The Exorcist") and several good set-pieces help out but the end of the second act kind of gets stale. A good supernatural thriller.

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