The Amityville Horror
"For God's sake, get out!"
Horror
George Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and improbably cheap, Victorian mansion nestled in the sleepy coastal town of Amityville, Long Island. However, their dream home is concealing a horrific past and soon each member of the Lutz family is plagued with increasingly strange and violent visions and impulses.
🎬 DirectorStuart Rosenberg
📅 Release1979-07-27
🌍 CountryUnited States of America
🗣 LanguageEnglish
🏢 StudioAmerican International Pictures
🗳 Votes1,039
🔥 Popularity3
💰 Budget$4,700,000
💵 Revenue$86,432,488
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🎭 Cast
James Brolin
George Lutz
Margot Kidder
Kathy Lutz
Rod Steiger
Father Delaney
Don Stroud
Father Richard Bolen
Murray Hamilton
Father Ryan
John Larch
Father Nuncio
Natasha Ryan
Amy
K.C. Martel
Greg
Meeno Peluce
Matt
Michael Sacks
Jeff
Irene Dailey
Aunt Helena
Helen Shaver
Carolyn
Amy Wright
Jackie
Marc Vahanian
Jimmy
Elsa Raven
Mrs. Townsend
🎥 Crew
Screenplay
Sandor Stern
Producer
Elliot Geisinger
Original Music Composer
Lalo Schifrin
Producer
Ronald Saland
Executive Producer
Samuel Z. Arkoff
Director
Stuart Rosenberg
Novel
Jay Anson
Director of Photography
Fred J. Koenekamp
Editor
Robert Brown
Stunt Driver
Conrad E. Palmisano
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🏷 Keywords
halloweenhaunted housepossessionlong island, new yorkparanormalnew homeexorcistpsychotronicindian burial groundnewspaper articlepetshaunted
💬 Reviews
_**That iconic creepy house on Long Island**_ A newlywed couple moves into a shoreline house on Long Island with their three little kids. The house was the scene of a mass killing a year earlier but the parents (James Brolin & Margot Kidder) didn’t think it mattered and, besides, it enabled them to purchase the homestead at a much reduced price. Then strange things start happening. "The …
This movie set a lot of ground for other horror movies and did a lot of heavy lifting. The overt religious themes might have aged poorly. But the character work and the effective use of the flashbacks and dream sequences make this movie still work as a vehicle for tension. It is a very good horror movie with a great cast and lovely direction and a legacy that you really can't deny.…
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