Stars: James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger, Murray Hamilton, Don Stroud, John Larch

Director: Stuart Rosenberg

Summary: The dream that became a nightmare when the Lutz family moved into their dream house in Amityville unaware of the murders of the last occupants...

A family's Long Island dream home becomes a horrific nightmare in this chilling tale, supposedly based on a true story. The brutal murder of six people just one year previous causes the new tenants (James Brolin and Margot Kidder) some restless nights, to say the least. Ooze comes out of the walls, doors mysteriously and violently swing open, and flies descend. Soon priests (including Rod Steiger) are called in to exorcise the house, but even they may not be able to stop the unexplained occurrences.

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Most horror movies establish an atmosphere of normality, which they gradually rupture with spooky or creepy or stomach-churning images. The Amityville Horror--a remake of the 1979 movie about a possessed house that torments the family that moves into it--tosses normality out the window in the first five minutes, unleashing a nonstop barrage of unsettling camera angles, decaying wood and stained wallpaper, half-glimpsed shadows in motion, fast edits of grotesque ghosts, and dozens of other horror-movie devices. Whether you like the movie will depend on whether you like feeling slightly nauseated and cut off from any semblance of reality--for many people, that's why they go to horror movies. Others won't be able to suspend disbelief that anyone but an actor would spend the time necessary to develop Ryan Reynold's insanely buff physique, prominently displayed as he runs around wearing nothing but a pair of loose-fitting pajama bottoms. In addition to Reynolds, the movie also features Philip Baker Hall and Melissa George. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com

Aspect Ratio:	1.85 Wide Screen, 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Original Theatrical Trailer, Interactive Menu Screens, Chapter Selections
Subtitles:	Danish, Dutch, English, Norwegian, Swedish
Year:	1979
Release Date:	October 22, 2001
Runtime:	113 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	21221 D V D
Keywords:	Amityville, General, Wide, Screen, Horror, Occult, Sci, Fi
Genre:	Horror/Occult