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October 1978
- The producers intended to shoot the film in the actual DeFeo residence, but its owners denied them permission. Filming instead began on location in Toms River, New Jersey in October 1978, followed by interior shoots occurring at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer sound stages in Los Angeles, which were completed just before the Christmas holiday.
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Historical basis. On November 13, 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. shot and killed six members of his family at 112 Ocean Avenue, a large Dutch Colonial house situated in a suburban neighborhood in Amityville, on the south shore of Long Island, New York.
Jun 11, 2024 · In 1977, writer Jay Anson released The Amityville Horror, a supposedly true account of the monthlong supernatural events the Lutzes experienced after moving into the home at 112 Ocean Avenue....
The Amityville Horror is a 2005 American supernatural horror film directed by Andrew Douglas, and starring Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, and Philip Baker Hall. It also featured the debut of actress Chloë Grace Moretz.
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In the early morning hours on November 13, 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. murders his entire family with a shotgun at their home in Amityville, New York. One year later, George and Kathy Lutz, a young married couple, move into the property. George appears not to be strong of faith, but Kathy is a Catholic in name at least. She has three children from her p...
Development
Producer Samuel Z. Arkoff purchased the rights to the novel by Jay Anson, which was a commercial success upon its publication in 1977. Anson himself wrote a screenplay based on his work, but the script was rejected by Arkoff, and screenwriter Sandor Stern was assigned to write an entirely new script. Initially, the film had been conceived as a made-for-television film.
Casting
Brolin was hesitant when first offered the role of George Lutz.At the time of his casting, the script was unfinished, and so Brolin obtained a copy of Anson's novel to read. Brolin started the book and read until two o'clock in the morning. He had hung up a pair of his pants in the room earlier and during an especially tense passage of the book, the pants fell to the floor. Brolin jumped from his chair in fright. It was then that Brolin decided to do the film, convinced that the material woul...
Filming
The on-location scenes of The Amityville Horror were filmed at a private residence in Toms River, New Jersey, which had been converted to look like the 112 Ocean Avenue home after authorities in Amityville denied permission for filming on the actual location. Exterior scenes were also filmed in Toms River and Point Pleasant Beach. Local police and ambulance workers would play extras in the film, while the Toms River Volunteer Fire Company was used to provide the rain during several scenes. In...
Marketing
In promotion for the film's premiere, stars James Brolin and Margot Kidder visited the actual home at 112 Ocean Avenue, accompanied by the press. Brolin would later reflect that the actual home was much more "condensed" than the location where the film was shot. Both Brolin and Kidder were skeptics of the claims made in the book; "I didn't buy that this really had happened," Kidder would say in a 2005 interview.During the press junkets promoting the film, when asked whether she believed the L...
Theatrical run
The Amityville Horror had an invitational premiere at the Museum of Modern Art in New York on July 24and was released in Los Angeles and New York on July 27, 1979.
Box office
The Amityville Horror premiered in the United States on July 27, 1979. It was one of the most successful films produced by an independent studio at the time and was the most profitable AIP release since The Born Losers (1968).[better source needed] The film opened in 748 theatres, grossing $7,843,467 for the weekend. It grossed over $13.3 million for the week from 810 theatres, the second best opening week of the year (to that date) after Moonraker's $14.7 million and AIP's largest ever. The...
Critical response
In his review at the time, Roger Ebert described the film as "dreary and terminally depressing". An anonymous review in People said Rod Steiger was overacting and that the film was "ridiculous." Tim Pulleine of the Monthly Film Bulletin declared that the film "proves the most satisfying excursion into no-frills spine-chilling for some time." and that "The film is constantly well played and provides Rod Steiger with his best opportunity in ages for all-stops-out bravura." John Simon of the Nat...
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- The Amityville Horror (1979) Based on the Jay Anson book of the same name, The Amityville Horror follows the Lutz family as they experience terrifying supernatural events after moving into a home that was once the site of a grisly series of murders.
- Amityville II: The Possession (1982) While the order of the Amityville movies is somewhat unimportant to the individual installments, Amityville II: The Possession is actually a prequel to the original film.
- Amityville 3-D (1983) Though a series of legal battles prevented it from being marketed as a direct sequel to the previous two Amityville movies, Amityville 3-D is still canon in a roundabout way.
- Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes (1989) Following the destruction of the Amityville house at the end of Amityville 3-D, the chronological order of the Amityville films becomes muddled, and Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes does not pick up where the third left off.
The Amityville Horror: Directed by Andrew Douglas. With Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, Jesse James, Jimmy Bennett. Newlyweds are terrorized by demonic forces after moving into a large house that was the site of a grisly mass murder a year before.
May 26, 2023 · There have been over 30 Amityville films, but not all of them are canon. Here is every canon entry in chronological order.
