The Amityville Horror (2005) movie poster

The Amityville Horror

2005 ·1h 30m · ★ 6.1 (2,332)

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.

Why it matters

Horror DNA

Gore
0
Slow Burn
66
Psychological
71
Supernatural
80
Creature
0
Disturbing
17
Fun Factor
50
Cerebral
43
Survival
33
FamilyParanormal

Content Warnings

Child in Danger

Phobia triggers

TMDB Keywords

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