Amityville horror
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Amityville horror |
| Original title | The Amityville Horror |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1979 |
| length | 117 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Stuart Rosenberg |
| script | Sandor Stern |
| production |
Elliot Geisinger Ronald Saland |
| music | Lalo Schifrin |
| camera | Fred J. Koenekamp |
| cut | Robert Brown |
| occupation | |
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The Amityville Horror is an American horror film released in 1979 and the first in the Amityville horror series. The script is based on Jay Anson 's bestselling novel of the same name . A remake was produced in 2005.
The story is supposed to be based on real events, but their truthfulness is not sufficiently proven.
action
Ronald DeFeo Jr., a young man from the small town of Amityville on Long Island near New York , treacherously shot his entire family in their sleep one night and claimed during interrogation by the police that he had caused the slaughter because of "ghost voices" have ordered acted.
A year later, the Lutz family bought the house and experienced eerie ghosts, which after four weeks became so massive that they left the house in a hurry.
criticism
The lexicon of international film ruled that the film was “stylish and excitingly staged occult trivial cinema” and “adorned itself with confused metaphysical speculations”.
Prices
- 1980 : Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for best film music (for Lalo Schifrin)
Sequels
After the success of this film, there were a total of fourteen other films in the series, including a remake of the first part in 2005 :
- 1982: Amityville II - The Possession ( Amityville 2 - The Possession ), directed by Damiano Damiani
- 1983: Amityville 3 ( Amityville 3-D / Amityville 3 - The Demon ), directed by Richard Fleischer
- 1989: Amityville Horror 4 / Amityville 4 ( Amityville Horror 4 - The Evil Escapes / Amityville 4 ), directed by Sandor Stern
- 1990: The Amityville Curse - The Curse ( The Amityville Curse ), directed by: Tom Berry
- 1992: Amityville - Face of Terror ( Amityville 1992 - It's about time ), directed by Tony Randel
- 1993: Amityville - A New Generation ( Amityville - A New Generation / Amityville 1993: The Image of Evil ), directed by John Murlowski
- 1996: Amityville ( Amityville Dollhouse ), directed by Steve White
- 2005: Amityville Horror ( The Amityville Horror ), directed by Andrew Douglas (remake of the original film)
- 2011: The Amityville Haunting, directed by Geoff Meed (produced by The Asylum )
- 2013: The Amityville Asylum, directed by Andrew Jones
- 2015: Amityville Death House, directed by Mark Polonia
- 2015: The Amityville Playhouse, directed by John R. Walker
- 2017: Amityville: The Awakening, directed by Franck Khalfoun
- 2018: Amityville Horror: How It All Began, directed by Daniel Farrands
Web links
- Amityville Horror in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Overview of the sequels (English)
- Amityville Horror in the film world of SF-Radio.net
- Large report on the supposedly real background of Amityville at GeisterNet.com
- Comparison of the cut versions German. Theatrical Version - Long Version of Amityville Horror at Schnittberichte.com
- Amityville Horror at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- The Amityville Horror at History vs. Hollywood (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Benjamin Radford: Is the Amityville Horror based on a true story? In: Snopes.com. April 15, 2005, accessed November 22, 2012 .
- ↑ Amityville Horror. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .