The Amityville Horror
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Theatrical Release Date
- Jul 26, 1979
- Genre(s)
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- Occult
- Haunted House
- Rating (Stars)
-
- Description
- Based on a bestselling, allegedly nonfiction book about haunted goings-on in a Long Island house (The Amityville Horror Conspiracy), this rather cheesy horror movie is more silly than unsettling. James Brolin and Margot Kidder star as newlyweds who move into the empty home and are gradually affected by the legacy of a murder committed on the premises. Rod Steiger is a priest who can tell what's up and gets dispatched in a rather ugly way. Director Stuart Rosenberg can't lift the action above a certain level of tawdriness, and the audience ends up watching the horror from a distance instead of feeling involved. In the wake of The Exorcist, this 1979 spooker seemed like a no-brainer knockoff--and still does. --Tom Keogh
- Director
- Stuart Rosenberg
- Stars
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- James Brolin
- Margot Kidder
- Rod Steiger
- Don Stroud
- Murray Hamilton
- Running Time
- 119 minutes
- Original Price
- $14.98
- Current Value
- $1.43
- DVD Features
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- Color
- DVD-Video
- Widescreen
- NTSC
- 1.85:1