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The Amityville Horror (1979)

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"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

R, 1 hr. 57 min.

Horror

Aug 14, 2001

American International Picture

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All Critics (31) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (22) | DVD (22)

It was popular at the box-office, but was unremarkable as a horror film

May 4, 2011 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comment (1)

An astonishing number of fumbled frissons

August 28, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion | Comment
CinePassion

full review in Greek

October 3, 2006 Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | Comment
Movies for the Masses

It once seemed creepy, but time has made it seem pretty contrived.

December 19, 2005 Comment
Video-Reviewmaster.com

A middling horror entry from 1979 that's a masterpiece when compared to the dreadful 2005 remake.

August 31, 2005 Comment
Fantastica Daily

Not scary enough

July 16, 2005 Comment

Yeah, it's not good.

July 8, 2005 Comments (5)

Moronic.

April 4, 2005 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comments (2)
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Audience Reviews for The Amityville Horror

An incredibly dull horror movie that is nothing but a badly concocted series of bizarre events with no relation between one another. It goes for the cheap scares but is hardly ever scary, the characters are very poorly developed and the plot is illogical.

December 29, 2010
blacksheepboy

Super Reviewer

The Amityville Horror is really the perfect horror film for the horror rookie. I found the film pretty scary, but not too scary. It's not Exorcist scary. The film is pure old school shocks, and the film relies on atmosphere to create it's terrifying pacing. The film is slow, but is necessary in establishing effective

March 9, 2011
TheDudeLebowski65
Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

Super Reviewer

    1. Kathleen Lutz: (to George) Don't hurt my babies!
    – Submitted by Creep F (8 months ago)
    1. Kathleen Lutz: What's going on? Have you all gone mad? George!
    – Submitted by Creep F (8 months ago)
    1. Kathleen Lutz: (sobs) Why is it all going wrong? We have to do something.
    – Submitted by Creep F (8 months ago)
    1. Amy: I wanna go home. Mommy, I wanna go home.
    – Submitted by Creep F (8 months ago)
    1. George Lutz: (about the house) It's always so cold in here.
    2. Kathleen Lutz: Let's get out of here, huh? Let's just pack up our stuff and go. Would you please leave that damn fire alone and listen to me?
    3. George Lutz: I'm not going anywhere! You're the one that wanted a house. This is it, so just shut up!
    – Submitted by Creep F (8 months ago)

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