Amityville Horror saga
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The Amityville Horror is a series of horror film
s that center around events in a haunted house
in Amityville, New York
.
was a 1984 British film which was largely a spoof of the 1979 film of The Amityville Horror.
The Simpsons did a parody of The Amityville Horror in their Treehouse of Horror segments, in which they buy a house for cheap that had a family murder and was built on an ancient Indian Burial Ground. The family walks around with sharp objects, moaning about killing one another, in which Marge Simpson comes out and tells them to stop, to which they all quickly agree. The voice from no-where tells them to "Get Out!" and talks to them also deep in conversation. Blood Oozes from the walls, in which Marge just does her groan, and has Homer Simpson put up wallpaper over a portal to another world after he throws an object into the portal and he receives a crudely written message saying "Quit throwing stuff into our demension!" and in exterior shots of the house, it does not resemble a Dutch Colonial but has two quarter-moon windows with a chimney in between. At the end, the family steps outside to let the house think if it wants them to live in it, but ends up destroying itself instead, in which Lisa Simpson says: "An evil house decides to destroy itself rather than live with the Simpsons, you can't help but feel a little bit rejected."
. Amityville II is a prequel to the original 1979 film, which tells the story of the DeFeo family's mass murder (though they are named the Montelli family in the film).
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
s that center around events in a haunted house
Haunted house
A haunted house is a house or other building often perceived as being inhabited by disembodied spirits of the deceased who may have been former residents or were familiar with the property...
in Amityville, New York
Amityville, New York
Amityville is a village in the town of Babylon in Suffolk County, New York, in the United States. The population was 9,441 at the 2000 census.-History:...
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Films
- The Amityville HorrorThe Amityville Horror (1979 film)The Amityville Horror is a 1979 American horror film based on the bestselling 1977 novel of the same name by Jay Anson. It is the first movie in the Amityville Horror franchise....
(19791979 in filmThe year 1979 in film involved some significant events.- Major events :* March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.* May 25 - Alien, a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released....
original) - Amityville II: The PossessionAmityville II: The PossessionAmityville II: The Possession is a 1982 horror film directed by Damiano Damiani. The screenplay by Tommy Lee Wallace is based on the novel Murder in Amityville by the parapsychologist Hans Holzer. It is a prequel to The Amityville Horror, set at 112 Ocean Avenue and featuring the fictional Montelli...
(19821982 in film-Events:* March 26 = I Ought to Be in Pictures, starring Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret and Dinah Manoff is released. Manoff would not appear in another movie until 1987's Backfire.* June = PG-rated film E.T...
) - Amityville 3-DAmityville 3-DAmityville 3-D is a 1983 horror film and the third installment in the The Amityville Horror series. It was one of a spate of 3-D films released in the early 80s. The film was directed by Richard Fleischer and the script was written by David Ambrose...
(19831983 in film-Events:*February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York*May 25 - Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, the final film in the original Star Wars trilogy, is released. Like the previous films, it goes on to become the top grossing picture of...
, released in 3-D) - Amityville 4: The Evil EscapesAmityville 4Not to be confused with: Amityville: The Evil Escapes Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes was released in 1989 as a television film by NBC. It is the fourth installment in the Amityville Horror saga...
(19891989 in film-Events:* Batman is released on June 23, and goes on to gross over $410 million worldwide.* Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million...
TV film) - The Amityville CurseThe Amityville CurseThe Amityville Curse is the fifth installment to the Amityville Horror saga and was directed by Tom Berry, it stars Kim Coates, Cassandra Gava and Jan Rubes.-Plot:...
(19901990 in filmThe year 1990 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in Total Recall .* The first digitally-manipulated matte painting is used, in Die Hard 2....
direct-to-video release) - Amityville 1992: It's About TimeAmityville 1992Amityville: It's About Time is the sixth installment to the Amityville Horror saga. It was released direct-to-video in 1992 by Republic Pictures Home Video...
(19921992 in filmThe year 1992 in film involved many significant films. -Top grossing films:-Awards:Academy AwardsGolden Globe AwardsNational Film Awards...
direct-to-video release) - Amityville: A New GenerationAmityville: A New GenerationAmityville: A New Generation is the seventh installment in the Amityville Horror saga. It was released direct to video in 1993. Republic Pictures released this movie in R-rated and unrated versions...
(19931993 in filmThe year 1993 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits Jurassic Park, The Fugitive and The Firm. -Events:...
direct-to-video release) - Amityville Dollhouse: Evil Never DiesAmityville DollhouseAmityville Dollhouse is the eighth and final installment in the original Amityville Horror saga, released directly to video in 1996. Lionsgate Home Entertainment released the film on DVD in 2004...
(19961996 in filmMajor releases this year included Scream, Independence Day, Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient, Twister, Mars Attacks!, Jerry Maguire and a version of Evita starring Madonna.-Events:...
direct-to-video release) - The Amityville HorrorThe Amityville Horror (2005 film)The Amityville Horror is a 2005 horror film directed by Andrew Douglas. It is a remake of the 1979 film of the same name which itself was based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Jay Anson, which documents the alleged experiences of the Lutz family after they moved into a house in Long Island...
(20052005 in film- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...
remake) - Amityville: The Legacy 3-D, filming starts in September 2011
- Amityville: The Lost Tapes Set to be released Fall Next Year
Parody
Bloodbath at the House of DeathBloodbath at the House of Death
Bloodbath at the House of Death is a 1983 comedy horror film starring the British comedian Kenny Everett and featuring Vincent Price. It is an over-the-top spoof loosely inspired by The Amityville Horror and other horror films from the same period....
was a 1984 British film which was largely a spoof of the 1979 film of The Amityville Horror.
The Simpsons did a parody of The Amityville Horror in their Treehouse of Horror segments, in which they buy a house for cheap that had a family murder and was built on an ancient Indian Burial Ground. The family walks around with sharp objects, moaning about killing one another, in which Marge Simpson comes out and tells them to stop, to which they all quickly agree. The voice from no-where tells them to "Get Out!" and talks to them also deep in conversation. Blood Oozes from the walls, in which Marge just does her groan, and has Homer Simpson put up wallpaper over a portal to another world after he throws an object into the portal and he receives a crudely written message saying "Quit throwing stuff into our demension!" and in exterior shots of the house, it does not resemble a Dutch Colonial but has two quarter-moon windows with a chimney in between. At the end, the family steps outside to let the house think if it wants them to live in it, but ends up destroying itself instead, in which Lisa Simpson says: "An evil house decides to destroy itself rather than live with the Simpsons, you can't help but feel a little bit rejected."
Continuity
None of the films are direct sequels to each other, and parts I, II and IV are the only films based on books from the Amityville book seriesThe Amityville Horror
The Amityville Horror: A True Story is a book by Jay Anson, published in September 1977. It is also the basis of a series of films released between 1979 and 2005...
. Amityville II is a prequel to the original 1979 film, which tells the story of the DeFeo family's mass murder (though they are named the Montelli family in the film).