The Amityville Horror is a supposedly frightening but actually rather hilarious account of what might have happened to George And Kathleen Lutz when they moved into the Defeo house at Amityville, Long Island with their 3 children. Rather than fleeing in terror from their new home after 28 days, plagued by demonic presences, they obviously succumbed to an almost unrelenting assault of bad acting.
Indeed in the movie version of the famous fictional, sorry, true story, virtually all the protagonists get their own turn at swallowing the scenery.
Exhibit A. Rod Steiger, once famed method actor, deservedly awarded an Oscar for In The Heat Of The Night, screams about HOW EVIL THE HOUSE IS (sorry but I need a much bigger font-size to convey it. Rod here makes William Shatner looked restrained.
Exhibit B. Margot Kidder "ARRRGGGHHH! SHE WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD!!!!". Margot is a very good actress. She doesn't deserve this.
Exhibit C. James BROLIN - "I'M COMING APAAARRRRT!" Poor Jimbo, spending almost the entire film polishing his axe, getting up a 3:15 am, and generally looking like a half-drowned Yeti. Margo at least has a half undressed calisthenics scene, which is about the only thing worth watching in the entire movie.
Please look out for a cameo from what looks like a papier mache Miss Piggy. Hellish? I've seen better puppets from an infant school art class. Oh, yeah, there's also a puking nun. Puking nun's were big in the 70s. Steiger's priest-character also upchucks, before acting like a flypaper advert, going blind, and wearing a Jedi Knight costume. Nice one, Rod.
The only ghosts you're likely to find in Amityville are those of disgruntled estate agents/lawyers and paranormal investigators who let a fortune slip through their fingers. Jay Anson's book on which the film is based is actually rather good, although the whole thing is FICTION. If you believe it's a true story you really need to get out more...There have been about 142 sequels to this film. Are they all true as well? One saving grace - great music score from Lalo Schifrin. The rest of this movie is pretty dire.
Indeed in the movie version of the famous fictional, sorry, true story, virtually all the protagonists get their own turn at swallowing the scenery.
Exhibit A. Rod Steiger, once famed method actor, deservedly awarded an Oscar for In The Heat Of The Night, screams about HOW EVIL THE HOUSE IS (sorry but I need a much bigger font-size to convey it. Rod here makes William Shatner looked restrained.
Exhibit B. Margot Kidder "ARRRGGGHHH! SHE WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD!!!!". Margot is a very good actress. She doesn't deserve this.
Exhibit C. James BROLIN - "I'M COMING APAAARRRRT!" Poor Jimbo, spending almost the entire film polishing his axe, getting up a 3:15 am, and generally looking like a half-drowned Yeti. Margo at least has a half undressed calisthenics scene, which is about the only thing worth watching in the entire movie.
Please look out for a cameo from what looks like a papier mache Miss Piggy. Hellish? I've seen better puppets from an infant school art class. Oh, yeah, there's also a puking nun. Puking nun's were big in the 70s. Steiger's priest-character also upchucks, before acting like a flypaper advert, going blind, and wearing a Jedi Knight costume. Nice one, Rod.
The only ghosts you're likely to find in Amityville are those of disgruntled estate agents/lawyers and paranormal investigators who let a fortune slip through their fingers. Jay Anson's book on which the film is based is actually rather good, although the whole thing is FICTION. If you believe it's a true story you really need to get out more...There have been about 142 sequels to this film. Are they all true as well? One saving grace - great music score from Lalo Schifrin. The rest of this movie is pretty dire.