The Amityville Horror
The Amityville Horror
“ For God's sake, get out! ”
CINEMA1979-07-27
RegionUS
Runtime118 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“The classic haunted house based on the real-life 112 Ocean Avenue tragedy that sparked global paranormal lore.”
Storyline
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.
DIRECTOR / Director
Stuart Rosenberg
KEYWORDS
halloweenhaunted housepossessionlong islandnew yorkparanormalnew homeexorcistpsychotronicindian burial groundnewspaper articlepetshauntedreligious horrorambiguousantagonistichorrified
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Ghosts & Haunted Houses: Spatial Trauma and Memory
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The classic haunted house based on the real-life 112 Ocean Avenue tragedy that sparked global paranormal lore.
Collection: The Amityville Collection
The Amityville Horror film series is a series of American supernatural horror films centered on events in a haunted house in Amityville, New York.
