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Release Date: April 15, 2005 Studio: MGM Director: Andrew Douglas Screenwriter: Scott Kosar Genre: Horror MPAA Rating: R (for violence and terror, sexuality, language and brief drug use) Website:Amityville Horror
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Jimmy Bennett, Melissa George, Philip Baker Hall, Jesse James, Chloe Moretz, Rachel Nichols
Plot Summary: On November 14, 1974, police received a frantic phone call that led them to a grisly crime scene at the Defeo residence in Amityville, Long Island an entire family had been slaughtered in their beds. In the days that followed, Ronald Defeo confessed to methodically shooting his parents and four siblings while they slept. He claimed "voices" in the house drove him to commit the murders. One year later, George and Kathy Lutz and their children moved into the house thinking it would be their dream home. But shortly after settling in, bizarre and unexplainable events began to occur nightmarish visions and haunting voices from an evil presence still lurking within the house. 28 days after moving in, the Lutzes abandoned the home, lucky to escape with their lives. Now, 30 years after the shocking real-life events that inspired one of the most popular horror stories of all time, return to the house that started it all: "The Amityville Horror".
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Last edited by Brian in Mesa; April 7th, 2005 at 11:09 AM.
I love haunted house movies, but this series has kinda gotten ridiculous. Mostly because it is generally considered that the ghost stories are fabricated. There is no denying that the killings happened in that house, but it's accepted that the actual haunting probably never happened. So beware of the "based on true events" tagline, the Lutz family are usually regarded as liars.
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Directed by the same guy who did the texas chainsaw remake which is my fav horror movie now of all time.
TCM remake was directed by Marcus Nispel. Amityville remake was directed by Andrew Douglas. Both were produced by Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes house.
I thought this was an all right flick. It was pretty fun in a packed house w/ the 5.1 mix going but I forgot all about it when I left the theater. No development or honest-to-God scares to be had but there were plenty of "shocks" and one scene in particular (in the closet) that made me cringe - in a good way.
The only thing that I thought the original did a lot better was when the priest came over to bless the house.
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That part in the bathroom where that ugly faced long-haired dead guy was behind him, scared the crap out of me. I couldn't even look at that dude. Good makeup job.
That part in the bathroom where that ugly faced long-haired dead guy was behind him, scared the crap out of me. I couldn't even look at that dude. Good makeup job.
Great. Now I hafta see it so I can be scared at this part too. Or laugh out loud that it scared you! lol.
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