The Amityville Horror

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The Amityville Horror

R

2005

1h 29m

Horror

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When George Lutz (Ryan Reynolds) and his wife, Kathy (Melissa George), find a beautiful new house in the small town of Amityville, N.Y., they think the place is too good to be true. After they move in with their kids, they find out the cheap price tag is thanks to the house's sordid history: The former tenant murdered his family after supposedly being possessed by the devil. Believing the home is haunted, the couple find a priest (Philip Baker Hall) to help them rid the place of evil spirits.

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Critics Consensus

A so-so remake of a so-so original.

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Kevin C. Johnson

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Aug 15, 2024

Reynolds and George are distractingly attractive leads, but they get the jobs done in this solids, unspectacular spook show that horror fans will revisit without hesitation.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Sep 30, 2005

1.5/4

The problem with The Amityville Horror is that, in a very real sense, there's nothing there.

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

May 14, 2005

1.5/5

... routine remake of a 1979 horror classic.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sep 9, 2025

2/5

Even if Ryan Reynolds is effective as a villain, his descent from family man to maniac is for too extreme, abandoning the subtlety that made the original so effective.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Dec 8, 2023

2/5

…immediately forgettable and disposable stuff, without even the hook of sticking to the original details of the supposedly true story…

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Joe Lipsett

Bloody Disgusting

Feb 28, 2023

3/5

The Amityville Remake is a serviceable mid-tier entry in the 2000s remake craze...It’s not terrible, but aside from the lingering body shots of Reynolds running around in low-waisted pyjamas in the rain, it’s not particularly memorable either.

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Carter H

@quality_finds Oct 18, 2026

Genuinely scary. I don’t really get scared of movies nowadays, and I’d expect a movie like this too be more laughable than scary. But I was intimidated by the movie. Ryan Reynolds and all the cast aside from the babysitter did a good job acting. This movie reminded me of the Shining and Sinister in a way. I can’t say it’s a bad movie and I did like it and was very entertained and on edge the entire movie. I would recommend this movie and I’d say it’s a good horror movie 3.5 stars

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Robert P

@Superbad Oct 12, 2026

The Amityville Horror is a 2.5 star Movie!

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B P

@Bradster69 Sep 3, 2026

Not Bad, but Not My Favorite

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JiLL C

@jcaseyphoto84 Jul 31, 2026

Definitely kept you on the edge of your seat. Good cast too. I had no idea Ryan Reynolds was so fit.

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Alex B

@AlexBioni Jun 29, 2026

Im billy 👁👄👁 The Amityville Horror is exactly what you would expect from a mid 2000s horror movie. The acting is fine, the dialogue is okay, and while I have revisited it a few times, it is ultimately pretty forgettable. The scares are lacking and rely heavily on jump scares, but I did like the ghost designs and the lore behind the house. That was more interesting than the horror itself. The priest is surprisingly helpless, which became unintentionally funny. Also, we all know Ryan Reynolds and Melissa George are attractive people, but did we really need random ab shots in the middle of a haunted house movie? There are plenty of logical issues that never really make sense, but the movie is short and moves at a good pace. It is not a bad watch, just not a very memorable one. If you are a horror fan, it is worth seeing once, but keep your expectations in check.

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Keriel T.

@kerielflacoboy Apr 12, 2026

This movie was pretty okay, jumpscares were not that scary

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Synopsis

When George Lutz (Ryan Reynolds) and his wife, Kathy (Melissa George), find a beautiful new house in the small town of Amityville, N.Y., they think the place is too good to be true. After they move in with their kids, they find out the cheap price tag is thanks to the house's sordid history: The former tenant murdered his family after supposedly being possessed by the devil. Believing the home is haunted, the couple find a priest (Philip Baker Hall) to help them rid the place of evil spirits.

Director: Andrew Douglas
Producer: Michael Bay, Steve Whitney, Andrew Form, Bradley Fuller
Screenwriter: Scott Kosar
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: E1 Entertainment, Platinum Dunes, Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Radar Pictures
Rating: R (Language|Brief Drug Use|Sexuality|Terror|Violence)
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 15, 2005, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $64.3M
Runtime: 1h 29m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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