The Amityville Horror

1979 118 min ★ 6.3 Horror

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.

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Cast

James Brolin

George Lutz

Margot Kidder

Kathy Lutz

Rod Steiger

Father Delaney

Don Stroud

Father Richard Bolen

Murray Hamilton

Father Ryan

John Larch

Father Nuncio

Natasha Ryan

Amy

K.C. Martel

Greg

Meeno Peluce

Matt

Michael Sacks

Jeff

Details

Director

Stuart Rosenberg

Screenplay

Sandor Stern

Tagline

"For God's sake, get out!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$4,700,000

Revenue

$86,432,488

Production

American International Pictures

Reviews

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Wuchak

May 15, 2021

★ 7/10

_**That iconic creepy house on Long Island**_ A newlywed couple moves into a shoreline house on Long Island with their three little kids. The house was the scene of a mass killing a year earlier but the parents (James Brolin & Margot Kidder) didn’t think it mattered and, besides, it enabled them to purchase the homestead at a much reduced price. Then strange things start happening. "The Am...