Based on the best-selling book by Jay Anson, which purported to tell the true story of the Lutz family and their terrifying experiences in the dream house they abandoned less than a month after moving in, this slow-moving horror picture is one of the best-remembered shockers of the 1970s. Recently married George and Kathy Lutz (James Brolin and Margot Kidder) can't believe their luck when they buy a spacious waterfront home in Amityville, Long Island, for far less than market price. The catch: The house is under priced because one year earlier, a young man named Ronnie "Butch" DeFeo slaughtered his parents and four siblings, methodically shooting them in their beds; ...
Released:
1979
Rated:
R
Length:
126 mins