The Amityville Horror (1979)

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Tomatometer 31% Audience Score 52%

In theatres:
  • July 27, 1979
Running time: 1h 57m
Genre: Horror

For George (James Brolin) and Kathy Lutz (Margot Kidder), the colonial home on the river's edge seemed ideal: quaint, spacious and amazingly affordable. Of course, six brutal murders had taken place there just a year before, but houses don't have memories...or do they?

Soon the Lutz dream house becomes a hellish nightmare, as walls begin to drip blood and satanic forces threaten to destroy them. Now the Lutzes must try to escape or forfeit their lives, and their souls...

Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Studio: MGM/UA Home Entertainment
Producer(s): Elliot Geisinger, Ronald Saland
Cast: James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger, Don Stroud, Murray Hamilton, John Larch, Natasha Ryan, K.C. Martel, Meeno Peluce, Michael Sacks, Helen Shaver
Writer(s): Sandor Stern
Inspiration: Amityville Horror House
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