The read
Audiences rate it 26 points higher than critics do. Number 2 of 10 in its series by score. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
George Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and improbably cheap, Dutch colonial mansion nestled in the sleepy coastal town of Amityville, Long Island. However, their dream home is concealing a horrific past and soon each member of the Lutz family is plagued with increasingly strange and violent visions and impulses.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes23%
Metacritic33/100
Audiences rate it 26 points higher than critics do.
2,415 audience votes
Key crew
- Andrew DouglasDirector
- Steve JablonskyOriginal Music Composer
- Sandor SternScreenplay
- Scott KosarScreenplay
Cast
- Ryan ReynoldsGeorge Lutz
- Melissa GeorgeKathy Lutz
- Jesse JamesBilly Lutz
- Jimmy BennettMichael Lutz
- Chloë Grace MoretzChelsea Lutz
- Rachel NicholsLisa
- Philip Baker HallFather Callaway
- Isabel ConnerJodie Defeo
- Brendan DonaldsonRonald Defeo
- Annabel ArmourRealtor
- Rich KomenichChief of Police
- David GeeER Doctor
Stills
Movies like The Amityville Horror
Shows like The Amityville Horror
Themes
holy waterhaunted housebased on true storylong island, new yorkfamily dinnerparanormalremakemurderfamilydeathwood choppingbackwards