The Amityville Horror (1977)

Newlyweds move into a house where a murder was committed, and experience strange manifestations which drive them away.

• Director: Jeannot Szwarc
• Genre:Drama / Horror / Thriller
• Runtime:86 minutes

Cast

James Brolin : George Lutz
Margot Kidder : Kathy Lutz
Rod Steiger : Father Delaney
Don Stroud : Father Bolen
Murray Hamilton : Father Ryan

Based on a true story that was claimed by writer Jay Anson, The Amityville Horror is about a large house on the coast of Long Island where newly weds George and Kathy Lutz and their three children move into the house that they hope will be their dream house but it ends up in terror. Despite full disclosure by the real estate agent of the home’s history, George and Kathy buy the house. George says, “Houses don’t have memories,” but they turn to their family priest Father Delaney who believes the house is haunted and performs an exorcism on the house. But the evil spirit in the house causes him to become blind and makes him very ill. George and Kathy with the help of another priest Father Bolen and a police detective they face the fears of the house, but not knowing the spirit is planning to possess George and then the children. Read more