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The Amityville Horror is a book by American author Jay Anson, published in September 1977.It is also the basis of a series of films released from 1979 onward. The book is based on the claims of paranormal experiences by the Lutz family, [1] but has led to controversy and lawsuits over its truthfulness.
In the early morning hours on November 13, 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. murders his entire family with a rifle at their home of 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York. One year later, middle-class newlyweds George and Kathy Lutz move into the house with Kathy's three children from a prior marriage: Greg, Matt, and Amy.
Amityville II is a prequel to the original 1979 movie, and tells the story of the murder of the DeFeo family (renamed the Montelli family in the film). Amityville 3-D is not a sequel as stated in the movie poster to the first 2 movies, and is based on the accounts of paranormal investigator Stephen Kaplan (renamed John Baxter for the film), who ...
Paris, December 1896: The filmmaker Georges Melies releases a 3-minute short entitled Le Manoir du diable, known in the U.S. as The House of the Devil.The brief pantomime shows the Devil arriving ...
In December 1975, during DeFeo’s trial, the three-story home was purchased by newlyweds George and Kathy Lutz for $80,000. They moved from Brooklyn with Kathy’s three children, Daniel, 9 ...
The Amityville Curse; Amityville Death House; Amityville Dollhouse; Amityville Exorcism; The Amityville Harvest; The Amityville Haunting; The Amityville Horror (1979 film) The Amityville Horror (2005 film) The Amityville Legacy; The Amityville Playhouse; Amityville Prison; The Amityville Terror; Amityville: A New Generation; Amityville: Evil ...
The Invisible Man (1933) This sci-fi horror flick, another Universal classic, is based on H.G. Wells' novel of the same name, about a man rendered invisible by a top-secret experiment who slowly ...
Jay Anson's 1977 book The Amityville Horror chronicles the paranormal events leading up to their departure from the Lutzes' perspective. The book became a bestseller, and was the basis for two movies, in 1979 and 2005. Kaplan's The Amityville Horror Conspiracy counters Anson's work, and argues that Lutz deliberately defrauded the public.