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The Amityville Horror (1979)
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The Amityville Horror (1979)
Documentary Review: Amityville Horror House (2021)
Documentary Review: Amityville Horror House (2021)
4 stars–spoilers ahead for the documentary Learned a lot watching this that I didn’t know, that points toward it being more true than untrue. The Lutzes fired that shady lawyer more quickly than reported. Other owners of the house privately told the reporter that has been involved all this time (Laura DiDio) that they have had experiences, they just wouldn’t go on record. George Lutz refused to…
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Film Review - The Amityville Horror (1979)
Film Review – The Amityville Horror (1979)
The haunting of 112 Ocean Avenue will remain wedged in the American conscious until the end of time. The murder that happened there in 1974 paired with the haunting in ’75, became a countrywide phenomenon, the Lutz family who was supposedly terrorised there became celebrities. The American public was branded with Amityville’s macabre history, the media circus around the so-called haunting, and…
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George & Kathy Lutz (1976) // James Brolin & Margot Kidder in The Amityville Horror (1979)
George & Kathy Lutz (1976) // James Brolin & Margot Kidder in The Amityville Horror (1979)
In 1975 George and Kathy Lutz purchased their dream home for $80,000. The family decided to settle down in the home despite the tragedy that occurred within the walls.
In 1974 Ronald "Butch" DeFeo slaughtered his family with a high-powered rifle. He killed his parents, Ronald and Louise and his four siblings, Dawn, Allison, Marc, and John, saying "the voices in the house made me do it". Butch was known to frequently get into arguments with his father. He was also known as a "problem child", dropping out of school, drinking, doing drugs, frequently losing his temper, and even attempting to rob a car dealership owned by his grandfather.
On November 14th he burst into a local bar screaming that somebody had shot his mom and dad. When authorities arrived they found all of the family members face down, in bed, with bullets in their heads. During a 20 hour interrogation Butch finally broke down and explained how he walked through the house and shot each one of his family members. Butch's lawyer tried to get him off on an insanity plea but the jury found him guilty and he was sentenced with six murder charges, each costing him 25 years to life in prison.
The following December George and Kathy Lutz decided that their family could handle living in the home where the murders took place and decided to purchase the DeFeo home.
The couple did get the home blessed by a priest before moving in but, according to them, it did no good. They only remained in the home for 28 days. The Lutz family said that many strange things started happening in the home; there were strange odors, lingering cold spots, doors and windows would open and close by themselves, and when the family awoke there would be strange gelatinous drops in the carpet. The most well-known occurrence was that George Lutz claimed to wake up at 3:15 A.M. almost everyday (this is said to be around the time that Butch killed his family). So, after only living in the home for only 28 days, the Lutz family fled, leaving everything behind. They said that after they left everything returned to normal.
After leaving the Lutzes moved to California, and with the help up Jay Anson, they published a book detailing what happened to them while living in the home: The Amityville Horror: A True Story was released in in 1976 and ended up selling over 6 million copies. Over the years many people have criticized the Lutzes story. George Lutz has admitted that some of the scenes were exaggerated but everything is based on events that had actually happened.
A few years later a psychic medium visited the house and claimed to talk to a Native American chief who was angry because the home was built on top of a sacred burial ground. According to the medium the chief would not be content until the house was burned down and the land was empty once again.However, the Montauket tribe has denied that there was ever a burial ground in Amityville.
To this day nobody knows what really happened during the 28 days that the Lutzes lived in their home. You can decide whether or not you believe them. (X)(X)
She was shot in the head!
Kathy Lutz, The Amityville Horror (1979)