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.
Why it matters
A polished retelling of a classic haunted house saga that leans on atmosphere over innovation but delivers solid chills.
- Ryan Reynolds and Melissa George bring grounded performances that elevate familiar material beyond mere jump scares.
- Practical effects and period detail root the supernatural disturbances in a tactile 1970s Long Island setting.
- For fans of haunted house horror, it’s a streamlined, crowd-pleasing update rather than a reinvention or deep dive into the legend.
- Lacks the raw, unsettling edge of the 1979 original but still captures the slow burn dread of a family unraveling under malevolent forces.
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Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
0
Slow Burn
66
Psychological
71
Supernatural
80
Creature
0
Disturbing
17
Fun Factor
50
Cerebral
43
Survival
33
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