The Amityville Horror (1979) movie poster

The Amityville Horror

1979 ·1h 58m · ★ 6.3 (1,024)

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.

Why it matters

Horror DNA

Gore
0
Slow Burn
100
Psychological
43
Supernatural
100
Creature
0
Disturbing
33
Fun Factor
50
Cerebral
28
Survival
17
ParanormalPossession

Content Warnings

Child in Danger

Phobia triggers

TMDB Keywords

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