Retrospective Film Review

The Amityville Horror (1979) • 45 Years Later — the birth of modern American horror

Newlyweds and their children move into a large house where a mass murder was committed, and soon start experiencing inexplicable manifestations…

There is a house on the south shore of Long Island, New York. It’s a large Dutch Colonial home in a suburb called Amityville. Many legends have circulated about this house — some of them even true. Some say the walls bleed. Others claim cloven hooves trace circles in the snow around the house as if marking it as a dwelling of evil. And some have even heard the house whisper sinister commands: “For God’s sake… get out!”

At 3:15 every morning, one of the Lutz family members wakes up. They’ve only recently moved in, but they all find themselves in the presence of a powerful entity — are there supernatural forces at work in their home? George Lutz (James Brolin) is certain something’s wrong: he’s constantly cold and hasn’t slept well in weeks. What’s more, he has a dangerous glint in his eye, one that unsettles…