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R,1hr 57min
Genre:
Horror
Released:
July 1, 1979
Distributor:
American International Picture
Starring:
James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger  ... More
Synopsis
"For God's sake, GET OUT!" was the ad campaign for the 1979 shocker The Amityville Horror. The film was based on the allegedly true story of the luckless Lutz family, who move lock, stock, and barrel into a new home, only to find that it is possessed by the demonic spirits of its previous owners. Variations of the Seven Deadly Plagues emanate from virtually every household fixture, while other forms of otherworldly mischief are suffered by the Lutz children. Enter kindly Father Delaney (Rod Steiger), who does his utmost to exorcise the house. The Amityville Horror was frequently greeted with laughs from its first-run audiences, especially after it was discovered that the "actual" events depicted in the film (based on a book by Jay Anson) were complete fabrications. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Series Information
The Amityville Horror
Released:
Jul 01, 1979
"For God's sake, GET OUT!" was the ad campaign for the 1979 shocker "The...
Amityville II: The Possession
Release:
1982
Delving into the horrific history of the infamous Long Island haunted...
Amityville 3-D
Release:
1983
The third installment in the haunted-house saga discards any pretense of...
Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes
Release:
1989
The fourth in a seemingly endless parade of "Amityville" sequels, this...
The Amityville Curse
Release:
1990
This fifth installment in the tiresome horror series is so far removed from...
Amityville 1992: It's About Time
Release:
1992
Eschewing any connection with previous installments of the creatively...
Amityville: A New Generation
Release:
1993
This tired, pointless sequel (the sixth in the creatively bankrupt series)...
Amityville Dollhouse: Evil Never Dies
Release:
1997
After filmmakers with varying degrees of talent managed to squeeze an...
The Amityville Horror: The Lost Tapes
Released:
Jan 27, 2012
The "found footage" filmmaking style is applied to the Amityville film...
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