The Amityville Horror (2005)
Average Rating: 4.2/10
Reviews Counted: 156
Fresh: 36 | Rotten: 120
A so-so remake of a so-so original.
Average Rating: 3.9/10
Critic Reviews: 35
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 28
A so-so remake of a so-so original.
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One of the most celebrated horror films of the late '70s is given a new look in this remake, produced by blockbuster filmmaker Michael Bay. George and Kathy Lutz (Ryan Reynolds and Melissa George) are a young couple who are looking for a new home, and think they've found a dream house in Amityville, Long Island -- a large and beautiful home available at a bargain price. George thinks that there must be a catch, and learns that the house has a dark history -- a year before, a man living in the
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Ryan Reynolds
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Melissa George
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Jesse James
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Jimmy Bennett
Chris Lutz -
Chloe Moretz
Chelsea -
Rachel Nocholas
Lisa -
Philip Baker Hall
Father Callaway -
Isabel Conner
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Brendan Donaldson
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Annabel Armour
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Rich Komenich
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David Michael Gee
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Danny McCarthy
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Nancy Lollar
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Jose Taitano
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The problem with The Amityville Horror is that, in a very real sense, there's nothing there.
Top CriticA few lines get laughs, but the horror is standard fare, without a shred of innovation.
Nothing gets in the way of the rote staging, the ham-handed predictability, the feeling that you've been to this house, and yawned at these ghosts, once too often.
The Amityville Horror is a Xerox so tattered and faded that it's impossible to determine who's to blame for the overproduced mediocrity before our eyes.
You'll want to get out of Amityville long before the Lutzes do.
I wasn't shocked by The Amityville Horror, or outraged by it: I felt nothing but disdain.
A remake of the 1979 film, The Amityville Horror tries for a clasic sense of creeping suspense, but is sadly inept.
This is a slightly better-than-expected remake of the 1979 film of the same name.
Intensely violent and scary -- and a poor remake.
Less frightening than just unpleasant.
Against the odds, the remake rivals the original for sheer mediocrity.
the original wasn't really that great, nor did it have a substantial cult following to justify a remake. So, unusual as it may be, this remake is a much, much better film.
The best thing I can say about Andrew Douglas's remake of The Amityville Horror is that it gave me a reason to track down the original film.
The movie's only aspiration is to be a jacked-up re-jiggering of a name-brand horror 'classic.' It sets out to be not just schlock, but pre-chewed schlock.
The 2005 version of The Amityville Horror is one of the franchises best entries.
... The Amityville Horror is the best horror movie of the year so far. Faint praise, to be sure, but at least it's R-rated.
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