
The Amityville Horror
For God's sake, get out!
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Release Date
7/27/1979Runtime
118 minsGenres
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
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$4,700,000Revenue
$86,432,000Homepage
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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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