The Amityville Horror
- Director
- Stuart Rosenberg
- Release Date
- July 27, 1979
- Cast
- James Brolin , Margot Kidder , Rod Steiger , Natasha Ryan , K.C. Martel , Meeno Peluce , Don Stroud , Murray Hamilton
- Writers
- Sandor Stern
- Runtime
- 118 minutes
- Main Genre
- Horror
- Story By
- Characters By
- Jay Anson
- Cinematographer
- Fred J. Koenekamp
- Producer
- Elliot Geisinger, Ronald Saland
- Production Company
- Cinema 77, Professional Films, Inc.
- Main Characters
- George Lutz, Kathleen Lutz, Father Francis Delaney, Father Bolen, Father Ryan, Father Nuncio, Amy Lutz
- Distributor
- American International Pictures
- Assistant Director
- Edward E. Vaughan
Summary
The beginning of the original franchise and based on the novel by Jay Anson, The Amityville Horror is a horror/supernatural film starring James Brolin and Margot Kidder. A new couple, George (Brolin) and Kathy (Kidder) move into a home where a mass murder occurred a year earlier. When they bring a priest to come to bless the house, he is besieged by strange occurrences and falls ill instantly. With the supernatural events continuing beyond the visit, the family soon discovers they may not be the only inhabitants.
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