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The Amityville Horror
2005 90 min United States of America R 18+
★5.4
Horror
Director: Andrew Douglas
🎭 Based on
«The Amityville Horror»
byJay Anson
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Description
George Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and improbably cheap, Dutch colonial 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.
Budget:
$19M
US Gross:
$65.23M
Worldwide:
$107.52M
Starring
Ryan Reynolds
Actor
Melissa George
Actor
Jimmy Bennett
Actor
Awards
MTV Movie & TV Awards 2006
— Best Performance in a Horror/Thriller
Key opinion
The 2005 remake of The Amityville Horror is widely viewed as a technically polished but formulaic entry in the haunted house genre. While it succeeds as an accessible, fast-paced thriller for casual viewers, critics often find its reliance on genre tropes and thin character development to be a weakness compared to more profound psychological horror films.
| Production | The film utilizes a striking production design that effectively creates an iconic and atmospheric haunted house silhouette. | |
| Pacing | The pacing is subject to debate, as some viewers appreciate the brisk, modern tempo while others find the predictable reliance on horror clichés to be exhausting. | |
| Acting | Opinions on Ryan Reynolds' performance are divided; while some admire his commitment to a dark psychological breakdown, others find his portrayal underwhelming or overly comedic. | |
| Screenplay | The screenplay is widely criticized for being primitive, underdeveloped, and lacking in meaningful character depth. | |
| Originality | The film lacks narrative originality, failing to distinguish itself from standard horror tropes and repetitive genre conventions. |