Sound. Vision. Possibility.
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The Amityville Horror (1979)

Film · 1979 · 118 min · R · Horror

For God's sake, get out!

George Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and improbably cheap, Victorian mansion nestled in the sleepy coastal town of Amityville, Long Island. However, their dream home is concealing a horrific past and soon each member of the Lutz family is plagued with increasingly strange and violent visions and impulses.

Directed by Stuart Rosenberg

Starring James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger, Don Stroud, Murray Hamilton, John Larch, Natasha Ryan, K.C. Martel

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In cinemas27 July 1979
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First release anywhere27 July 1979

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