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07/08/05
The Amityville Horror (1979)
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Reviews Counted:24
Fresh:6
Rotten:18
Average Rating:4.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: A family moves into a Long Island house that has a disturbing past. Soon after they move in, they too believe the stories of the house being haunted. Ooze comes out of the walls, doors mysteriously... [More]
Starring: James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger, Don Stroud
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
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Reviews for The Amityville Horror
Moronic.
04/04/05
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03/07/05
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04/23/05
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04/23/05
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03/26/09
Dated by todays standards, but still some effectively creepy moments.
03/20/03
worst of all is the gore, of which there really isn't any... that rare horror film that has a body count of zero
03/29/05
A middling horror entry from 1979 that's a masterpiece when compared to the dreadful 2005 remake.
08/31/05
No review available.
01/10/06
...certainly looks a whole lot better when compared to its sequels.
03/28/05
Not scary enough
07/16/05
An astonishing number of fumbled frissons
08/28/09
No review available.
03/27/04
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02/09/06
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04/22/05
Top Criticreally more about the deep-seated, primal fear of family members inflicting violence on each other than it is about ghosts and demonic spirits.
02/27/01
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05/09/05
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01/27/02
Strange and weird, yes. Scary, no.
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