The Amityville Horror

The Amityville Horror

For God's sake, get out!

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Release Date

7/27/1979

Runtime

118 mins

Genres

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$4,700,000

Revenue

$86,432,000

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A slow-burning invasion of normalcy by something malevolent, a family watches their sanctuary decay into nightmare as the house itself seems to turn against them.

Mood

Dread-soakedUnsettlingParanoidClaustrophobic

Themes

GriefFamilyCorruptionFaith

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violenceSuicide and self-harm

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