The Amityville Horror

  • Theatrical - Wide 2005-04-15
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Based on the Jay Anson book, the original purported that the residents of a tree lined home in a Long Island suburb were terrorized by a haunted house. The home had been inhabited previously by a disturbed young man who murdered... See more his family. This version of THE AMITYVILLE HORROR will be based squarely on the original film that covered the 28 days that one family spent in this famous house.

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