The Amityville Horror (2005)
Annabel Armour, Brendan Donaldson, Chloe Moretz, Isabel Conner, Jesse James ... (see more) , Jimmy Bennett , Melissa George , Philip Baker Hall , Rachel Nichols , Ryan Reynolds
Based on an account from a Long Island man, a tale that centers on George and Kathy Lutz, a newly married couple with three children, who move into their stately, beautiful new house in Amityville, NY --only to discover that the house already has demonic inhabitants. Unbeknownst to the couple, a mul... (read more) Based on an account from a Long Island man, a tale that centers on George and Kathy Lutz, a newly married couple with three children, who move into their stately, beautiful new house in Amityville, NY --only to discover that the house already has demonic inhabitants. Unbeknownst to the couple, a multiple murder took place at their house, many years prior.
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R, 1 hr. 29 min.
Directed by:
Andrew Douglas
Release Date: Apr 15, 2005
DVD Release Date: Oct 04, 2005
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This movie could have portrayed a lot of issues e.g the fragile nature of a family, expectations, the restless natures of people. But the movie end up as an average horror and chose to scare people with help of some gore. Certainly not the best of ho... (read more) This movie could have portrayed a lot of issues e.g the fragile nature of a family, expectations, the restless natures of people. But the movie end up as an average horror and chose to scare people with help of some gore. Certainly not the best of horrors but could be used as a" time-pass".
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The movie's only aspiration is to be a jacked-up re-jiggering of a name-brand horror 'classic.' It sets out to be not just schlock, but pre-chewed schlock.full review
The problem with The Amityville Horror is that, in a very real sense, there's nothing there.full review
A smorgasbord of strobe lights, screeching soundtrack noises, and silly specters.full review
I wasn't shocked by The Amityville Horror, or outraged by it: I felt nothing but disdain.full review
In theory, this should all be scary, but it just isn't. You giggle at the B-movie cheesiness of it.full review
This house springs so many FX shocks it plays like a theme-park ride. Result? It's not scary, just busy.full review
In this Amityville, the performances are bad, the special effects ho-hum, and it's not even particularly scary.full review
If they scare up enough business to perpetuate this sort of retread, that will be the real horror.full review
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