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Original title: Amityville Horror, The Directed by
Andrew Douglas Written by
Scott Kosar, Jay Anson Cast
Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, Jesse James, Jimmy Bennett, Chloe Moretz [more]
Release Date
• USA: Apr 15, 2005
• UK: 15 Apr 2005
DVD Release Date
• R1: Sep 27, 2005
Budget USD 18,000,000
BoxOffice: $64.3M
Official Website:
The Amityville Horror Website
MPAA Rating
Rated R for violence, disturbing images, language, brief sexuality and drug use. (edited for re-rating)
Running Time
1 hour, 30 minutes
Country USA
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Dimension Films, Radar Pictures Inc., Platinum Dunes, United Artists
Studio MGM/UA
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• The Amityville Horror (2005)
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The Amityville Horror Reviews |
If you've seen the original, you don't need to see this, if you have not seen the original, this is a relatively good horror flick with a couple of scares and a little gore, perfect for the mainstream audience who just loves movies like White Noise and Boogeyman. [read review] 
--AnthroFred (SlasherPool)
Amityville Horror 2005 was 95 percent BBQ Sauce and 5 percent meat. The banquet was well cooked, spicy in all the right places and it looked yummy to boot! The countless “will keep you awake” boo scares...Having said that, this was no T Bone…it was a McRibs at best. I personally preferred the original by an inch but this jacked up Fast Food version hit the spot as well…in a different way. It was just so damn entertaining! [read review] 
--'The Arrow' (Arrow)
...the real problem with Amityville is the fact that George’s descent into madness is more like a session on a trampoline than a slide down a banister. He seems to switch from loving father to batshit lunatic and back again at the drop of a hat, with little grey area in between. [read review] 
--Brian Juergens (Bloody-Disgusting.com)
This film has all of the standard elements found in most other haunted house movies (including its own 1979 doppelganger), doesn’t really bring anything unique to the table, but does offer a ton of “boo scares”, a rapid-fire pace that doesn’t ever allow you to be bored, effective directing, which worked on me a couple of times, and two believable and endearing leads, both of whom kept me going... [read review] 6/10
--'JoBlo' (JoBlo.com)
What it all ultimately boils down to is whether or not the movie did its job of scaring the audience. There were plenty of jumpy moments, but they were buttressed by unintentionally funny scenes. It wasn’t the horror movie I wanted it to be, but it wasn’t a complete disaster either. [read review] C+
The trick is, you can't just breeze past The Amityville Horror like any other thriller. You have to slow down and really look at this film, look at what it's doing and notice how well it's doing it. You have to buy into its ridiculous little game, acceptthat it's a cheesy fright flick, but allow yourself to admire the style that went into it. Some just can't do it. And what kind of world do we live in where we can't just sit back, get spooked and have fun? [read review] 
--Jack Moore (The Movie Insider)
The running time is, as I’ve mentioned, 86 minutes, meaning that this is the part that the powers that be thought was worth salvaging. It makes one shudder to think what was left on the cutting room floor, and, it goes without saying, it’s the only thingTHE AMITYVILLE HORROR offers in the way of the shudder. [read review] 
--Andrea Chase (Killer Movie Reviews)
Saying this version of the Amityville Horror is based on a true story is like saying I’ll actually get laid in this lifetime. It’s a bunch of horse manure. Still, it serves its purpose as a piece of Horror Entertainment. Its flaunted intentions shouldn’tbe taken any further than that. [read review] 
--Evil Spirit (MovieWeb)
The Amityville Horror is tedious nonsense. Watching this family endure punishment after punishment, it’s hard to feel any sympathy for such underdeveloped characters who don’t have the common sense to walk out the front the door. [read review]
--Uri Lessing (eFilmCritic.com)
Although I cannot spoil the end or even reveal any of the details, I can tell you this- Clive Barker would be proud. Scott Kosar found a way to take a simple haunted house story and makes it grim, bloody and disgusting. [read review] 
-- (Bloody-Disgusting.com)
If you’re someone who can’t stand the cheese in movies – someone who looks at an off angle shot and just blandly waits for the music to spike – you won't be able to stand Amityville. [read review]
--James Brundage (FilmCritic.com)
"The Amityville Horror" gives us very little to actually be afraid of...The film is not psychological at all; it is visceral, all graphics and visuals with very little brain. [read review] C
--Eric D. Snider (EricDSnider.com)
it has some entertainment value and is fast paced. I'm not saying it's good but I was expecting so much worse so I guess that makes for something too. [read review] 5/10
-- (evildread.com)
You can, however, say that there has been cultural deterioration: The filmmakers have managed to take a mediocre movie and make it worse. [read review] D+
If only all remakes were this good. A remake of The Amityville Horror makes sense. It was a movie that could be improved upon. [read review] 8/10
--Albert Koleba (thefilmasylum.com)
If you're a big fan of the original, you probably wont like the remake. Not recommended unless you like unnecessary remakes. [read review] 6/10
--FrighT MasteR (UHM)
However the movie was good, it wasn't excellent because there was nothing outstanding to make you think otherwise. [read review]
-- (terrorwatch.net)
This Amityville Horror out-fakes the first film and tries for the same results. The new one just ups the dosage. [read review]
--James Brundage (MovieWeb)
Surprisingly enjoyable remake, thanks to good performances and some effectively scary scenes. [read review]
--Matthew Turner (ViewLondon)
this Amityville is lean, fairly mean and perfectly watchable throughout. [read review]
-- (slasherama.com)
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