The Amityville Horror





I've never seen it, but I heard it was absolutely terrible.

i saw it for the first time, like a month ago, and it was terribly slow and boring, i didnt like it that much

C

Howlingly bad.

8/10 (B+) ... though I don't remember much about it.

When Haunted Houses are done right, they are down right scary. When they are special effects laden, the suck. Amityville Horror is done right. This film has lots of atmosphere and the dark hallways, creepy voices and strange happenings make it quite chilling. The camera work is very well done too. Although I have to admit that I would agree with Eddie Murphy when he did his standup routine about this film. I would have been out of there as soon as the blood came out of the taps. I have seen too many horror films by now and that would just be a dead give away.

Brolin and Kidder are good in their roles. Brolin slowly disintegrates into madness and it is his metamorphisis that is key to the film. We change along with him as he discovers all the nasty things about the house. The house has a personality of its own and it should be one the stars of the movie.

Amittyville Horror is very creepy and it should be seen again after all these years. From voices, to bugs, to "Judy" to madness, this film does an excellent job of spooking us all out.

One of the better 70's style horror films.

8.5/10

I gave this a grade of "B+" and the thing of it is, is that back in the 70's, they didn't have to rely on an overabundance of gore to put it over, but like you said, it was the atmosphere and the things you didn't see plus your imagination that scared you.. In today's Gameboy Generation market, this would not be acceptable and I can see why the teens today found it boring.. Michael Bay made sure that the remake had it's damn fair share of gore, but also in a sense, he did jazz up the scare and excitement level over the original to appeal to the teen market.. I guess when all is said and done, there will be some things that are better in the original over the remake and some things better in the remake over the original.. They'll both cancel one another out, but the remake is the best I've seen in a really long time and it's really rare for me to see a movie more than once, much less a horror movie.. The only other movie I saw more than once was WHITE NOISE which I thought was excellent because of the subject matter..

I heard this was utter crap. That is why i am hesitating in seeing the remake especially after it plunged from 100% to 28% at RT.

Um, just because it "plunged" from 100% to 28%, doesn't make it crap.

It just shows that the first reviews were very positive, but then the rest came, and most were negative. Nothing more.

I will give this a chance on DVD, but i meant to say i was hesitating on seeing it in theaters.

I don't see how reviews can discourage anyone. We're in the Scooby Doo thread, and that recieved a 26%.

I just want to wait for DVD for this movie.

Awful...laughable


F

Of all the original horror movies from the 70s and 80s that have somehow stayed in DVD rental shops, Amityville is the worst. It can't decide whether it wants to play up the possibility of the possesed house or whether it wants to act as a movie couples can cuddle up in terror to. The combination doesn't work. It's not scary and it didn't convince me that the house could've been haunted, either. Brolin was pretty bad, too.

If there were such thng as an F plus, I'd give it to this movie. But, alas, I'll go with the D-, even though there's nothing redeeming about it other than experiencing a bite of history.

Watched it last night and my 8/10 (B+) rating stays!

...Why (I wanna say How, but I've gotta be tolerant, eh?) did you like it? A little reason would be nice, heh.

Unlike the remake, the original AMITYVILLE wasn't a "fun" movie to watch. Yes, parts of it were slow but it was still a good movie. I'd compare it to THE SHINING in terms of style.

I blind bought this the other day but have yet to watch it. After seeing and loving the remake, my interest has definitely increased.

I'm sure you'll like it Thompson [-o<

The reviews for the remake suggest that you either love this movie or hate it and the one's that's hated it after reading their reviews suggest they wanted a 100% spot on accurate to the novel type of movie with no embellishments and when reality sets in, that's impossible to achieve.. Even the TCM remake was drastically different from the original movie, even The SHINING or The EXORCIST were far different than the novels.. Interestingly enough, I'd like to go back and take a look at the reviews for those movies and see if they were torn apart like the Purists for the Amityville story did this.. Hmmm..

I thought The Exorcist was a laughable movie (I haven't read the novel) and The Shining was okay, but I was very disappointed by its departure from the novel.