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The Amityville Horror

2005 · 1h 30m · Horror

IMDb 5.9 Metacritic 33 RT 23%

Watch it tonight if you want a quintessential haunted house flick that defined the genre—this 1979 classic has genuine atmosphere, creeping dread, and James Brolin's increasingly unhinged performance to keep you uneasy. Skip it only if you need jump scares and gore; this one's all slow-burn psychological horror that still holds up.

Plot

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.

Director: Andrew Douglas

Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, Jesse James, Jimmy Bennett, Chloë Grace Moretz

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