The Amityville Horror (DVD)

...they aren't quite so keen. The family lives in a small apartment in the city, but Kathy dreams of bigger and better things. One afternoon, the couple takes a drive out to the suburbs where a house is advertised for sale. As soon as Kathy sees the house she is absolutely smitten. It's enormous and has a beautiful outlook onto the water. There are plenty of rooms for the children to run around in and she can hardly believe her luck when the twitchy ...
...finances, George finally agrees to the sale, much to the delights of his young partner. As they leave the premises, George cannot help asking the estate agent the burning question as to why the house is so cheap. Somewhat nervously, the woman advises them that there was a tragedy in the house. Just over a year ago, the Dafeo family (the house's previous occupants) where murdered in the house by the eldest son, Ronnie. Claiming that he was possessed ...

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...phone call is received by the Long Island police informing them of a multiple shooting. The date is November 13 1974 and the shooting has occurred at the DeFeo residence on Ocean Drive, Amityville. Arriving at the house the police are confronted with a grisly scene: six members of the DeFeo family have been murdered, most are found in their beds but chillingly the body of the youngest girl, Jodie, is discovered curled up in her cupboard. The only ...
...the murder of his mother, father, two brothers and two sisters only 28 days after the family had moved in. Labelled at his trial as a psychotic killer, Joseph claims that voices had told him to "Katch 'em and Kill 'em"... A year later newlyweds George and Kathy Lutz are looking for a residence to start a new life with her three children Billy, Michael and Chelsea. When the somewhat nervy realtor shows them around the former residence of the DeFeo's, ...

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...seeing and being scared by the original years ago I decided that I would give the 2005 remake a go. Now I am going to try a different approach to writing my film reviews so let me know if the other way was better. ----- What is it about? (Reading from the back of the box) From Michael Bay, the producer of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre comes the true story of Amityville. In November 1974, a family of six was brutally murdered. Now a year later, ...
...children move into the house that was the site of the horrific event and is now haunted by a murderous presence. What follows is 28 days of unimaginable horror. ----- Verdict on the story; Now as always the fact that the film is based on true events makes it that more intriguing to watch. I did some research on the internet about the actual murders and the story behind them before I watched the remake and if you expect the film to follow the ...

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...entire family, claiming voices in the house drove him to it. A year later newlyweds George and Kathy Lutz move in with her three children. Shortly after George's mind begins to unravel as the house takes hold of him. The random remake roundabout spins into action once more and spits out this bloody lump of recycled 70s schlock horror. Unsurprisingly it comes from Michael Bay's horror remake conveyor belt. This version of the 70s schlocker is unlikely ...
...Director Andrew Douglas sticks to the Bay template; so we get photogenic leads in peril with plenty of cheap shocks, nosebleed editing and visual gimmickry. Sadly this makes for a very predictable film that lacks suspense and is a little too clear on the reasons for George's mental instability - the house really is evil. That's fine if all you're looking for is a haunted house story, but a little "Turn of the Screw" ambiguity (is it supernatural ...

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I am reviewing the movie The Amityville Horror I watched this movie last night on television and I have to admit I was a little creeped out. And apparently it is a true story. So I had the hebbi geebies throughout. The Story A family decide to buy a house in the country, which is a great bargain, only to find out after that the previous family had been murdered in the house. That's the reason for the cheap sale. They decided to keep the house ...
...People. All goes ok in the house until the husband starts acting weird and the daughter is seeing things. What now follows is 28 days of sheer terror for the family. The Cast: Ryan Reynolds plays George, the new man of the house after he married a widow with three children. The children are only getting used to him as the father didn't pass away that long ago. Ryan played the husband who started acting very strange and creepy, and he was sensational. ...

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...films have always essentially followed the same template. You have a main character in peril and a nasty creature chasing them, bodies pile up along the way. But it's now getting quite hard to keep that method going with refreshing new ideas. So instead Hollywood is taking it's old movies and blowing the dust off them. We've already seen The Texas Chainsaw Massacre given a re-make, Dawn of the Dead was given a polish and next year sees films such ...
...getting a revamp. The Amityville Horror is another to get a bit of spit and polish to bring it to a newer generation. I have to confess I've never seen the original so I can't really compare the two. Needless to say this version has had some changes. The film is based on a true story where a young man murdered the rest of his family after believing them to be demons. A young family move into the house where the murders occurred and look forward ...

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**Where did the story come from** Many people know this story if you don't I fill you in on the details. It was a raining, stormy November night in 1974 and Ronny DeFoe awoke at 3:15am and shot each member of his family, no-one tried to get away and no one heard the gun. They were all killed in their beds arms above their heads. Later on in the year Ronny was arrested, He was sent to prison but he blamed voices on his horrible actions. This has ...
...Amityville horrors** I have seen the original and I thought it was good, until I saw this it is sssooo much better. So I would see this one out of the two as its more advanced and is more scary. **The plot** George Lutz (Ryan Reynolds) has just married Kathy Lutz (Melissa George played Angel in home and away). Kathy has 3 children, 2 boys and a girl. They need to move house and they find the ad for this house in the newspaper they go and look ...

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Synopsis ====== The film is a remake of the original 1979 film of the same name that spawned several sequels. A young mother (Kathy), her three children (Billy, Michael and Chelsea) and their step father (George) move into a large and fairly isolated house in Amityville, Long Island, where a previous family had been murdered by their father. Shortly after they move into the house some very strange things start to happen. The little girl has what ...
...lots of danger. The step father starts to see things more and more as the film progresses and starts abusing the family. As he becomes more possessed all hell breaks loose and it becomes a fight for the family to survive. Special Features =========== There are eight deleted scenes that are actually very good, I wonder why some of them were not left in the film. There is a fifteen minute documentary about the real life events of the murders in ...

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...film is a remake of the 1979 classic horror about a haunted house. It is based on the true story of the Lutz Family who originally moved into the haunted house in Long Island in 1975. As a rule I would usually say that most 'horror' films are not really scary - however that is definitely not the case with this one. The original story upon which the film is based started in 1974 when Suffolk Police responded to a telephone call to find six people ...
...siblings) - and claimed that the house had forced him to commit the murders. A year later, George Lutz and his wife Kathy moved into the house with their three children. 28 days later the family fled the evil house leaving all their possessions behind - never to return. The film, gripping throughout builds up to a marvellous climax - and is well worth a watch from any lovers of horror and scary films. The plot follows fairly closely to the origial ...

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I find this DVD a bit disappointing, and I find the story told in this is quite different and hyped up compared to that of the real-life documentary (watched that too!) however, it can be quite jumpy in parts, so could be more enjoyable for those who love their horror films! ...

alj4jww 29.10.2007
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I watched this movie for the first time last week, and to be honest supernatural stories tend to be unrealistic to me, and therefore i thought i would not enjoy it. However, this movie had some excellent moments and was generally believable. I was gripped by the storyline, even more so as it is based on true events. The roof scene(i wont go into any more detail incase you want to watch/buy it) is amazing, and very frightening. I was particularly ...
...parts of the movie that left me confused unlike the usual supernatural thriller) and the acting was to an excellent standard. This is a must see for anybody who is interested in supernatural stories, and i would even reccommend it to those who dont normally watch stories of this nature. ...

angel01laura 15.08.2008 (18.09.2008) · Read full review
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The Amityville horror on DVD is a re-make of the original horror classic relesed back in 1979 The Story: The Lutz family have a dream, to live in a big old classic house, the house of their dreams, which soon becomes the house of their nightmares. The Lutz family move into their dream house in Amityville unaware of the brutal murders of the last occupants. Suspicious as to how come they can afford such a large beutiful house the Lutz's soon get ...
...living there alone, ghosts from the past and things that are better left unfound are soon uncovered in a shock filled, jumpfest of a movie. Can they make this house a home, or will the evil inside win through and make the Lutz's its next victims. Director: Stuart Rosenberg Starring: James Brolin , Margot Kidder , Rod Steiger , Murray Hamilton , Don Stroud ...

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