The Amityville Horror (1979)

The Amityville Horror is an American supernatural thriller/horror film directed by Stuart Rosenbergfrom 1979. The story is based on the novel of the same name by Jay Anson, which was issued as a true story and is based on the statements of the real family Lutz. The film was nominated for both an Oscar as a Golden Globe for the film music by Lalo Schifrin and for Saturn Awards for best horror film and best actress (Margot Kidder).

The Amityville Horror turned out the first part of a film series that was persecuted with:

Director Andrew Douglas brought in 2005 a new version of the first part. ==Story[ Edit] == On november 13, 1974, in a house in Long Island a sixfold murder place where a couple and four of their children perish. After the House is empty, pull a year George and Kathy Lutz in it with their three children. They know the past of the House, but can not resist the asking price of $ 80,000 for the House that actually is worth about $ 120,000.
 * Amityville II: The Possession (1982)
 * Amityville III: The Demon (1983)
 * Amityville: The Evil Escapes (1989)
 * The Amityville Curse (this part from 1990 has nothing to do with the original house).
 * Amityville: A New Generation (1993)

Father Delaney finds the family in their new home, but when he is alone in one of the rooms on the first floor, he becomes trapped and come from all sides hundreds of flying at him. A heavy voice orders him to leave immediately, which the mental sick leave the House. He tries to inform the family later by phone, but every time he makes a loud noise on the line, calling him inaudible. Later also brings Sister Helena a visit, but that does not go beyond the Hall before they feel sick again goes outside.

In addition to the clergymen also get George seemingly something among the members, making Kathy suspect a virus prevails. He has the constant cold and goes more and more dreadful looking. In the room of daughter Jackie moves in the meantime, the rocking chair from himself and the girl herself tells her mother regularly about her new, invisible girlfriend Jody. This will also get the blame when Jackie's care becomes trapped a whole evening in a closet while the rest of the family to the wedding of Kathy's brother Jimmy is. Delaney suspects an evil presence in the House, possibly a Satanic, as the killer of the previous occupants to hear a voice also told in the House. His fellow clergy this seems impossible. They suspect that Delaney spanned and send him on vacation.

These days, the number of strange events quickly. George gets to do with suddenly emerging fly Also, the hand of his son gets stressed by a suddenly slamming window that was previously with no ability to get close and it is the local residents on that George huge resembles the man who formerly lived in the House. He behaves in addition still angered, impatient and more aggressive towards his family. When a knowledge the family comes to enter his wife refuses to look up, because this doesn't feel right. It states that there is something behind the wall in the basement and then says with a voice that is not hers is that it concerns a passage to the hell . Kathy has a nightmare that night in which George kills her son and her with an axe.

Kathy comes the next day to the library and are looking for in the archive posts over the previous occupants on. when they see a photo of their killer there, recognizes them in this George. Thereupon they drive in fly home, where the evil at that time destroyed breaks loose and the House to its foundations shake. After George laboriously dog Harrie finally out of the House and in the car gets, the family leaves their home to Lutz after 28 days there never to return. ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] ==
 * James Brolin: George Lutz
 * Margot Kidder: Kathy Lutz
 * Rod Steiger: Father Delaney
 * Irene Dailey: Sister Helena
 * Amy Wright: Jackie
 * Marc Vahanian: Jimmy
 * Don Stroud: Father Boules
 * Murray Hamilton: Father Ryan
 * John Larch: Father Nuncio
 * Natasha Ryan: Amy
 * K.C. Martel: Greg
 * Sonal Peluce: Matt
 * Michael Sacks: Jeff
 * Helen Shaver: Carolyn
 * Val Avery: Sergeant Gionfriddo
 * Elsa Raven: Mrs. Townsend