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The Amityville Horror

The Amityville Horror

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

20056.11h 30m

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.

Directed by Andrew Douglas
Written by Sandor Stern, Jay Anson, Scott Kosar
Produced by Andrew Form, Michael Bay, Brad Fuller
Box OfficeBudget: $19.0MRevenue: $107.5M

Top Cast

Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Reynolds

George Lutz

Melissa George

Melissa George

Kathy Lutz

Jesse James

Jesse James

Billy Lutz

Jimmy Bennett

Jimmy Bennett

Michael Lutz

Chloë Grace Moretz

Chloë Grace Moretz

Chelsea Lutz

Rachel Nichols

Rachel Nichols

Lisa

Philip Baker Hall

Philip Baker Hall

Father Callaway

I

Isabel Conner

Jodie Defeo

B

Brendan Donaldson

Ronald Defeo

Annabel Armour

Annabel Armour

Realtor

Themes & Keywords

holy waterhaunted housebased on true storylong island, new yorkfamily dinnerparanormalmurderfamilydeathwood choppingbackwardstortured to deathmoving infamily in dangerabsurdhorror remakecliché

About The Amityville Horror

The Amityville Horror is a horror film released in 2005 exploring themes of holy water, haunted house, based on true story, long island, new york, family dinner, paranormal. Directed by Andrew Douglas, it stars Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, Jesse James. 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.

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