The Amityvillle horror movie created in 2005 was a remake of the original created in 1979. These movies follow the story of the Lutz family, who move into a home which previously had a mass murder where a son murdered his entire family in cold blood. In the original crime case, the son talks of a paranormal force making him do it. And the Lutzs’ will very soon meet that paranormal force.
Right before watching this movie, I had watched the documentary to get some back story on the original case and the home. Personally this movie is not a very good retelling of the Lutzs’ experience. I’m pretty sure that the creator of the movie tried to mix the original murder case with the book that the Lutzs’ wrote.
This movie starred Ryan Reynolds so I had good hopes, however I’ve seen him do much better. It truthfully wasn’t that scary and was difficult to follow, so difficult that on multiple occasions I had to rewatch scenes and help my sister figure out what was going on.
For those reasons alone, I rate this movie a 4/10.
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