The Amityville Horror
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
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The Amityville Horror (1979, USA) is a Horror film directed by Stuart Rosenberg. It was followed by Amityville II: The Possession and Amityville 3-D.
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- Featured in: The Amityville Horror Trilogy (Blu Ray)
- Featured on: TCM Underground
Main Details
- Released in 1979
- Color
- Running Time: 117 Min.
- Production Co: American International Pictures (AIP) | Cinema 77 | Professional Films
- Distribution Co: American International Pictures (AIP) (1979) (USA) (theatrical) | Ambassador Film Distributors (Canada) (theatrical) | UGC Distribution (1980) (France) (theatrical)
- Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
- Written by Jay Anson, Sandor Stern, George Lutz, Kathy Lutz
- Starring James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger
- Produced by Samuel Z. Arkoff, Elliot Geisinger, Ronald Saland
- Original Music by Lalo Schifrin
- Cinematography by Fred J. Koenekamp
- Film Editing by Robert Brown
Plot Summary
- Newlyweds and their three children move into a large house where a mass murder was committed. They start to experience strange, inexplicable manifestations which have strong effects on everyone living in or visiting the house.
Taglines
- "For God's Sake, Get Out!"
- The best-selling novel about a haunted house... has become real!
