The Amityville Horror (1979 film)
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| The Amityville Horror (1979) | |
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| Directed by | Stuart Rosenberg |
| Produced by | Samuel Z. Arkoff, Elliot Geisinger, Ronald Saland |
| Written by | Jay Anson (Book), Sandor Stern (Screenplay |
| Starring | James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger, Don Stroud, Murray Hamilton |
| Music by | Lalo Schifrin |
| Distributed by | 1979-1981 American International Pictures 1982-1997 Orion Pictures Corporation 1998-present Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | July 27, 1979 (USA) |
| Running time | 117 min. |
| Language | English |
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The Amityville Horror is the first film in the Amityville Horror saga. It was made in 1979 and based on the novel The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson which was published in 1977. The film was a hit on its release, although it was given poor reviews by critics such as Leonard Maltin and Roger Ebert, who described it as "dreary and terminally depressing" [1]. A remake of the film was released in 2005, The Amityville Horror (2005 film). The film is ostensibly based on real life events that have been the subject of much controversy.
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After buying and moving in to a house where a mass murder has been committed, George and Kathy Lutz and their children experience a frightening series of paranormal events, causing them to flee the house only twenty-eight days after moving in.
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- Lalo Schifrin reused his rejected score from The Exorcist in this movie and was nominated for an Academy Award.
- In the "Ginger Kids" episode of South Park, one of the kids sings the theme for the movie.
- Jay Anson's own screenplay for the 1979 movie was rejected by the producers, who eventually opted for one written by Sandor Stern.
- James Brolin eventually became friends with the Lutz family, though he had doubts about their story.
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| Amityville Horror saga |
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Amityville Horror (1979 original) | Amityville II: The Possession | Amityville 3-D | Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes | The Amityville Curse | Amityville 1992: It's About Time! | Amityville: A New Generation | Amityville Dollhouse: Evil Never Dies | The Amityville Horror (2005 remake) |
