The Amityville Horror

Directed by
Andrew Douglas


Writing credits
(WGA)
Scott Kosar (screenplay)
Jay Anson (novel)
Sandor Stern (earlier screenplay)
George Lutz (material)
Kathy Lutz (material) (as Kathleen Lutz)


Release Date:
15 April 2005 (USA)

Genre:
Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Cast :
* Ryan Reynolds ..... George Lutz
* Melissa George ..... Kathy Lutz
* Jesse James ..... Billy Lutz
* Jimmy Bennett ..... Michael Lutz
* Chloe Moretz ..... Chelsea Lutz
* Philip Baker Hall ..... Father Callaway
* Rachel Nichols ..... Lisa
* Isabel Conner ..... Jodie DeFeo
* Brendan Donaldson ..... Ronald "Ronnie" DeFeo, Jr.
* Danny McCarthy ..... Officer Greguski
* Annabel Armour ..... Realtor

Original Sound Track :
01. News reel
02. Main title
03. Finding the house
04. Everyone run!
05. Kathy and priest
06. Sitter tells all
07. The closet
08. George breaks
09. Prayers don't work
10. Gotta pee
11. Fix that squeak
12. Leaving the house
( source : http://downloadfree-originalsoundtrack.blogspot.com/2008/10/steve-jablonsky-amityville-horror-score.html )

Plot :
George and Kathy Lutz and her three children from a previous marriage move into what they believe will be their dream home, a Dutch Colonial situated on the waterfront in Amityville, New York. When George questions the asking price, which is well below market value, the realtor confesses the house was the scene of a brutal murder committed by Ronald DeFeo, the son of the former owners, who killed his family in their sleep with a rifle a year earlier. Despite some misgivings, George acquiesces to his wife's wishes and purchases the property.

Almost immediately, the family is plagued by a series of unexplained and apparently supernatural happenings. Refrigerator magnets rearrange themselves to spell out the message KATCH EM AND KILL EM. Daughter Chelsea insists she has become friendly with a young girl named Jodie, the same name of one of the slaughtered DeFeo children. Chelsea also inexplicably possesses Jodie's teddy bear, with whom Jodie was buried. George frequently complains of the cold and starts spending large amounts of time in the basement, where he hears garbled voices coming from the furnace, an old television, and an unplugged clock radio reading 3:15, the time the DeFeos supposedly were killed. The locked boathouse door repeatedly is found open, blood seeps from the walls, and the family dog incessantly barks at things only he can see. Babysitter Lisa is trapped in a bedroom closet that has a door with no lock yet will not open, and hysterically insists she saw Jodie inside when she is finally released.

At Kathy's behest, local priest Father Callaway comes to bless the house, but is driven away when his holy water sizzles as it hits the walls and he is attacked by a swarm of flies. He later tells Kathy the battered stuffed animal Chelsea has belonged to Jodie DeFeo and was buried with her.

George's behavior becomes increasingly bizarre, and he begins to mistreat and taunt the stepchildren he once clearly adored. As the paranormal events escalate, Kathy decides to research the history of her home in the library's public records. There she discovers it once belonged to a mysterious cult preacher named Father Katchem (thus explaining the KATCHEM AND KILL EM message), who tortured and killed Native Americans in the basement. Kathy is convinced the man's evil spirit has taken control of her husband, and she races home to remove her children from the house and take them to safety. Meanwhile, George has broken through the basement wall and discovered a secret chamber, where he has visions of Father Katchem and his numerous victims. Apparently possessed and no longer able to control his impulses, George chases his family with a shotgun. In a desperate struggle, Kathy manages to knock him out and with the help of the children binds his hands and feet and carries him to the boathouse, from which they make their escape by water. George regains consciousness and urges Kathy to get them as far away from the house as possible.

Jodie is seen standing in the front doorway. As she starts screaming and cries a single tear, the clocks throughout the house reset themselves to 3:15, misplaced objects go back to were they were and the girl is pulled through the hallway floor by an unknown force.

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