The Amityville Horror (1979)

HALLOWEEN HUMPFEST is nearing its last leg and we speak on our final weekday sub-theme episode of TRUE THREAT THURSDAY. These spooky selections are based on “true events” and some garner more skepticism than others and you could say there’s a lot of skepticism in this discussion regarding this 1979 box office hit. It’s based upon the supposedly true accounts of a family haunted by evil spirits in a new home that was the sight of a brutal family murder a year before. Is it truth or just a grimy exploitation? I guess all “based on a true story” movies might have at least a little exploit in them but Stuart Rosenberg’s 1979 adaptation of the Jay Anson book “THE AMITYVILLE HORROR” starring Margot Kidder, James Brolin & Rod Steiger certainly evokes a range of opinions. Phantom Imaginary friends? A hell gate? A dad who might kill his whole family? Well tread tropes at this point but THE AMITYVILLE HORROR’s success, in both book and film, seem to be in it’s timing and place in history. This movie will always have an interesting place in the zeitgeist of hauntings and horror. Yeah, we found a link: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8vfrek

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