The Amityville Horror (1979)
The Amityville Horror (1979)


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Cast & Crew.

James Brolin
George Lutz

Margot Kidder
Kathy Lutz

Rod Steiger
Father Delaney

Don Stroud
Father Richard Bolen

Murray Hamilton
Father Ryan

John Larch
Farther Nuncio

Natasha Ryan
Amy

K.C. Martel
Greg

Meeno Peluce
Matt

Michael Sacks
Jeff

Irene Dailey
Aunt Helena

Helen Shaver
Carolyn

Amy Wright
Jackie

Marc Vahanian
Jimmy

Elsa Raven
Mrs. Townsend

Eddie Barth
Agucci

Hank Garrett
Bartender

James Tolkan
Coroner

J.R. Miller
Boy

Val Avery
Sgt. Gionfriddo

Jane Feinberg
CastingDirector

Mike Fenton
CastingDirector

Peter Maloney
Newspaper Clerk

Judy Taylor
CastingDirector

Sandor Stern
Screenplay

Elliot Geisinger
Producer

Lalo Schifrin
Original Music Composer

Ronald Saland
Producer

Samuel Z. Arkoff
Executive Producer

Stuart Rosenberg
Director

Jay Anson
Novel

Fred J. Koenekamp
Director of Photography

Robert Brown
Editor

Conrad E. Palmisano
Stunt Driver

William Cruse
Visual Effects

Roger Creed
Stunt Coordinator

Dell Rheaume
Special Effects

Stephen Abrums
Makeup Artist

Brian Bruderlin
Stunt Double

Christine Lee
Hair Designer
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Details.
Release DateJuly 27, 1979
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 58m
Budget$4,700,000
Box Office$86,432,000
Filming LocationsNew Jersey, United States
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The Amityville Horror is a 1979 American supernatural horror film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, and starring James Brolin, Margot Kidder, and Rod Steiger. The film follows a young couple who purchase a home haunted by combative supernatural forces. It is based on Jay Anson's 1977 book of the same name, which documented the alleged paranormal experiences of the Lutz family who briefly resided in the Amityville, New York home where Ronald DeFeo Jr. committed the mass murder of his family in 1974. It is the first entry in the long-running Amityville Horror film series, and was remade in 2005.
Executive producer Samuel Z. Arkoff originated the project after purchasing the right's to Anson's book, and it was initially conceived as a television film, which Anson adapted himself. When Arkoff rejected the teleplay, it was reworked by screenwriter Sandor Stern as a feature film. The producers intended to shoot the film in the actual DeFeo residence, but its owners denied them permission. Filming instead began on location in Toms River, New Jersey in October 1978, followed by interior shoots occurring at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer sound stages in Los Angeles, which were completed just before the Christmas holiday.
The Amityville Horror had its world premiere at the Museum of Modern Art on July 24, 1979, before receiving a wide theatrical release three days later. The film was a major commercial success and one of the most profitable films released by its distributor, American International Pictures. It went on to gross over $80 million in North America, becoming one of the highest-grossing independent films of all time, as well as one of the highest-grossing horror films in cinema history. Though met with largely unfavorable critical reviews at the time of its release, composer Lalo Schifrin's musical score earned the film Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations, while Kidder received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Actress.
Some contemporary film scholars have considered the film a classic of the horror genre, and it is widely regarded as a seminal entry in the sub-genre of the contemporary haunted house film. In his 1981 non-fiction book, Danse Macabre, horror author Stephen King interprets the film as a parable on the anxieties of homeownership and financial ruin, citing the economic crisis of the 1970s and the film's frequent references to financial matters, a reading which has been similarly assessed by other film scholars.
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