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The Amityville Horror (Widescreen) (2005)
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George Director: Andrew Douglas Rating: R
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On November 14, 1974, police received a frantic phone call that led them to a nightmarish crime scene at the Defeo residence in Amityville, Long Island - an entire family had been slaughtered in their beds. In the days that followed, Ronald Defeo confessed to methodically shooting his parents and four siblings while they slept, claiming "voices" in the house drove him to commit the grisly murders. One year later, George and Kathy Lutz and their three children moved into the house thinking it would be their dream home. But shortly after settling in, bizarre and unexplainable events at the Amityville house began to occur to the family as George was plagued by nightmarish visions and haunting voices from the evil presence still lurking within the residence. 28 days after moving in, the Lutzes abandoned the home - lucky to escape with their lives.
This frightening remake of the 1979 horror classic The Amityville Horror from producer Michael Bay (THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE) delves deeper into the supposedly true story of supernatural events that occurred in an Amityville, Long Island, New York home in the '70s. When George and Kathy Lutz (Ryan Reynolds and Melissa George) come across a beautiful river-front colonial home being sold for a steal, they suspect a catch. Once informed that the home was the site of a grisly mass murder, they decide to buy the house anyway and eagerly move in, bringing with them Kathy's three children from a previous marriage. While no one can deny that the house in Amityville is rife with spooky sounds, the family members try to put their fears at bay. But over time, strange occurrences start happening, becoming more and more frequent, and these events start to have a transformative effect on several family members. Kathy's daughter starts to act bizarrely, ending up in a variety of life-threatening situations, led by her new, not-so-imaginary friend Jody (one of the children slaughtered in the house years before by her older brother). Likewise, something strange seems to be happening to George. His usually sweet demeanor is replaced with a hostile one, and he starts cruelly taking out his aggression on Kathy's children. Kathy's original assumption that a house cannot be evil is challenged as she watches her husband transform into the sort of man that just might be capable of murdering his family. Faster-paced than the original, The Amityville Horror keeps viewers on the edge of their seats with quick editing, suspenseful music, and moderately graphic violence. The two leads give quality performances, and seem to inhabit the decade in which the horror is set despite the film's slick, contemporary production. |
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Starring:
Ryan Reynolds | Melissa George | Jesse James | Jimmy Bennett | Chloe Moretz | Rachel Nichols | Philip Baker Hall | Isabel Conner | ...more
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Directed By:
Andrew Douglas
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Genre:
Horror, Thriller/Suspense, True Story
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DVD Release Date:
September 27, 2005
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Format: Region 1
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Rating:
R
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Year:
2005
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Regional Coding:
R1:
Will only play on North American Region 1 or multi-region DVD players.
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Number of Discs:
1
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Subtitles:
English, French, Spanish
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Screen Ratio:
Anamorphic (16:9), Widescreen Edition - 2.35:1
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English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
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Running Time:
89 minutes
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Studio:
MGM/UA
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UPC/Barcode Number:
027616120915
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Closed-Captioned: Yes
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Color: Yes
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- Deleted Scenes
- Supernatural Homicide Feature - Discussion of The DeFeo Murders and what really happened
- The Source Of Evil - Making-Of Featurette
- Ryan Reynolds And Producers Commentary
- Multi-Angle On-Set Peeks
- Photo Gallery
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