The Amityville Horror

The Amityville Horror

What happened over the next 28 days has never been explained.

Rating

2.5 (1)

Release Date

4/14/2005

Runtime

90 mins

Genres

Overview

George Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and improbably cheap, Dutch colonial 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

$19,000,000

Revenue

$107,516,369

Homepage

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A haunted house remake that escalates from creepy atmosphere to outright family breakdown, as a newly moved-in household is terrorized by increasingly violent supernatural forces. It's a brisk descent into paranoia and dread with well-trodden horror beats.

Mood

Dread-soakedUnsettlingClaustrophobic

Themes

FamilySurvivalComing apart

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

Stylized genreHigh-contrast

Structure

Single location

Heads up

Graphic violenceChild endangerment

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