The Amityville Horror (1979)
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg · 118 min · Horror
10.1 TOPICAL score · #5,582 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
The Amityville Horror (1979, directed by Stuart Rosenberg) has a TOPICAL score of 10.1 - ranked 5,582 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on lasting engagement and cast, and lowest on critics. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Critics: 30% on Rotten Tomatoes · 4.8/10 critics' average · Metacritic 28. Audiences: TMDB 6.3/10 (1,081 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 23 languages.
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- Critics30% on Rotten Tomatoes · 4.8/10 critics' average · Metacritic 28
- AudienceTMDB 6.3/10 (1,081 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 1 nomination
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 23 languages
- Still read47,655 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: James Brolin (actor #1,200), Margot Kidder (actor #1,003), Rod Steiger (actor #189), Don Stroud