The Amityville Horror (2005)
The step-daughter has an English assignment that involves watching The Amityville Horror (2005) not to be confused with The Amityville Horror (1979). It was actually cheaper to purchase the movie on DVD at Blockbuster ($4.99) than it was to rent it.
I don’t remember the original but it has to be better than the awful remake starring Ryan Reynolds and Melissa George. Why does Hollywood bother with remakes if they’re going to churn out crap? I guess it all comes down to profits—formulaic moviemaking for unsophisticated teenage audiences. Who cares if it isn’t art!
By the way, I’m guilty of going to see Lifeforce (1985) at the cineplex when I was 17.
The latest film version of the ‘real’ Amityville is painful to watch. I suffered through it because the step-daughter is afraid of horror movies. Yeah, I’m a sucker, but I took her to see Hollow Man (2000) when she was 12. I know, I’m terrible but I’m making up for it.
There are only a handful of scary parts in this film and they relied heavily on sound and special effects to achieve this. Great storytelling or directing wasn’t in the budget.
Anybody interested in a free copy of The Amityville Horror on DVD?
Stumble It!Posted in DVD Reviews at 12:23 PM
Comments
The worst thing about it is that so many people still believe it really happened. The truth came out years ago that the owners of the house who originated the story were perpetrating a huge hoax.
Posted by: Paul 
on June 8, 2006 4:07 PM
No thanks on the dvd. I hate the horror genre. Even a horribly bad horror movie would scare the pants off me. And are not MOST of them horribly bad?
Tho, it reminds me, when I was in grade 12, I directed Arsenic & Old Lace for school. There’s a line where Mortimer says, “Jonathan, you always were a horror, but do you have to look like one?”
Of course “horror” always sounded like “whore” in rehersal and it cracked everyone up.
We changed the line to “terror” at the dress rehersal and made it through without laughing.
Posted by: Shiz on June 12, 2006 10:37 AM
I never knew the whole thing was a huge hoax. I’ll have to let the step-daughter know. She’s drowning in conspiracy theories she keeps finding on the web.
Shiz, it’s a good thing Jonathan wasn’t a woman!
Posted by: Jay on June 12, 2006 11:47 AM
BBV used to have a minimum $5 purchase price for dvds. I’m not sure if they still do. I bought the movie Saw from them for $4.99 and when I was done with it I sold it back to them for $5. It’s a shame that this trick only works with garbage movies.
Posted by: Ryan on June 12, 2006 11:49 AM
