The Amityville Horror (1979) Reviews & Ratings

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The Amityville Horror reviews

The Amityville Horror holds a 6.3/10 average from 1,092 TMDB ratings.

_**That iconic creepy house on Long Island**_ A newlywed couple moves into a shoreline house on Long Island with their three little kids. The house was the scene of a mass killing a year earlier but the parents (James Brolin & Margot Kidder) didn’t think it mattered and, besides, it enabled them to purchase the homestead at a much reduced price. Then strange things start happening. "The Amityville Horror" (1979) was…
— Wuchak (7/10)

This movie set a lot of ground for other horror movies and did a lot of heavy lifting. The overt religious themes might have aged poorly. But the character work and the effective use of the flashbacks and dream sequences make this movie still work as a vehicle for tension. It is a very good horror movie with a great cast and lovely direction and a legacy that you really can't deny.
— Sierbahnn (6/10)

I don't suppose realtors had to declare elements of the gory past of an house when they sold it, so poor old "George" (James Brolin) and "Kathy" (Margot Kidder) are in for quite a shock when they acquire a new home. Initially, the only bumps in the night are caused by her three kids but gradually they begin to suspect that something altogether more sinister might be afoot so they send for "Fr. Delaney" (Rod Steiger)…
— CinemaSerf (6/10)

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.

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