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The Amityville Horror

The Amityville Horror (2005)

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

Release:2005
Runtime:1h 30m
Country:United States
Director:Andrew Douglas
Language:English

Genre

Horror
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Keywords

Holy WaterHaunted HouseBased On True StoryLong Island New YorkFamily DinnerParanormalmurderfamily
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The Amityville Horror rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb5.9/10· 122K votes
Rotten Tomatoes23%
Metacritic33%
TMDb6.123/10· 2K votes

With 23% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 5.9/10 on IMDb and 33/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.

About The Amityville Horror

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.

Cast of The Amityville Horror

  • Ryan Reynolds

    Ryan Reynolds

    as George Lutz

  • Melissa George

    Melissa George

    as Kathy Lutz

  • Jesse James

    Jesse James

    as Billy Lutz

  • Jimmy Bennett

    Jimmy Bennett

    as Michael Lutz

  • Chloë Grace Moretz

    Chloë Grace Moretz

    as Chelsea Lutz

  • Rachel Nichols

    Rachel Nichols

    as Lisa

  • Philip Baker Hall

    Philip Baker Hall

    as Father Callaway

  • I

    Isabel Conner

    as Jodie Defeo

  • B

    Brendan Donaldson

    as Ronald Defeo

  • Annabel Armour

    Annabel Armour

    as Realtor

  • Rich Komenich

    Rich Komenich

    as Chief of Police

  • David Gee

    David Gee

    as ER Doctor

The Amityville Horror facts

Budget
$19M
Box office
$107.5M
Collection
The Amityville Collection

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

  • •Based on true story adds intrigue to supernatural narrative
  • •Family horror elements create relatable audience identification
  • •Death theme generates sustained tension throughout film

What the audience disliked

  • •Clichéd horror tropes feel absurdly overwrought and derivative
  • •Backwards pacing undermines narrative momentum and coherence
Saga: The Amityville Collection

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