LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Amityville Horror
built 642 days ago
The local residents and authorities in Amityville, New York are unhappy with the attention that The Amityville Horror brings to the town, and tend to decline requests to discuss it publicly. [24][25] The website of the Amityville Historical Society makes no mention of the murders by Ronald DeFeo, Jr. in 1974, or the period that the Lutz family lived at 112 Ocean Avenue. When the History Channel made its documentary about The Amityville Horror in 2000, no member of the Historical Society would discuss the matter on camera. [26]
Source:
After a very slow set up, The Amityville Horror tries to scare the viewer with some very lame shock tactics. When will filmmakers learn that loud effects do not always scare the viewer? There is very little subtlety and thought involved in the process. There are too many sporadic outbursts of horror with no build up of suspense and excitement.
Source:
Trivia note: The Amityville Horror is ... the score that established Elliot Goldenthal as a very promising film composer in 1989. Ten years after Schifrin's Amityville score, Goldenthal wrote music for Pet Sematary that is strikingly similar in approach, style and even melody. Compare the two main titles to each other and you'll see!
Source:
In terms of horror, The Amityville Horror is respectable. Aside from the “boo” moments, Amityville even has a few scenes that both make your skin crawl and your blood curdle. On the other hand, scares are really all The Amityville Horror has to flaunt—that is, with the exception of Ryan Reynolds’ ripped upper-body.
Source:
The Amityville Horror throws far too many daft moments posing as shocking effects at the viewer. Such scenes soon become tiresome and predictable. It may scare the very timid and coy but for those viewers literate in horror cinema, it merely serves to embarrass rather than frighten.
Source:
The Amityville Horror appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 1.85:1 on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; the widescreen image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions. Despite some niggling concerns, most of Amityville looked pretty solid.
Source:
MORE ABOUT
Amityville Horror