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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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
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
Wuchak
May 15, 2021
_**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...
Sierbahnn
May 1, 2026
This movie set a lot of ground for other horror movies and did a lot of heavy lifting. The overt religious themes might have aged poorly. But the character work and the effective use of the flashbacks and dream sequences make this movie still work as a vehicle for tension. It is a very good horror movie with a great cast and lovely direction and a legacy that you really can't deny.
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