The Amityville Horror
“What happened over the next 28 days has never been explained.”
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.
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10 films
The Amityville Horror
Movie · 1979
Amityville II: The Possession
Movie · 1982
Amityville 3-D
Movie · 1983
Amityville: The Evil Escapes
Movie · 1989
The Amityville Curse
Movie · 1990
Amityville 1992: It's About Time
Movie · 1992
Amityville: A New Generation
Movie · 1993
Amityville: Dollhouse
Movie · 1996
The Amityville Horror
Movie · 2005
Amityville: The Awakening
Movie · 2017
Cast
22 people
Ryan Reynolds
George Lutz
Known for
Deadpool
Free Guy
Melissa George
Kathy Lutz
Known for
Triangle
30 Days of Night
Jesse James
Billy Lutz
Known for
As Good as It Gets
Jumper
Jimmy Bennett
Michael Lutz
Known for
Orphan
No Ordinary Family
Chloë Grace Moretz
Chelsea Lutz
Known for
Kick-Ass
The 5th Wave
Rachel Nichols
Lisa
Known for
Continuum
P2
Philip Baker Hall
Father Callaway
Known for
Bruce Almighty
Magnolia
Isabel Conner
Jodie Defeo
No other roles listed
Brendan Donaldson
Ronald Defeo
Known for
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
Annabel Armour
Realtor
Known for
Monster: The Ed Gein Story
The Principal
Rich Komenich
Chief of Police
Known for
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Part 2
David Gee
ER Doctor
Also in
Mad About You
Andrew Douglas Director · Scott Kosar Screenplay Sandor Stern Screenplay
Worldwide gross $108M · Budget $19M · United States release April 15, 2005
Box office
Budget
$19,000,000
Worldwide gross
$107,516,369
Gross vs. budget
5.7×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production
Dimension Films
Production · Studio
Platinum Dunes
Production
Radar Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 7, 2005
Premiere · Hollywood, California
United States · April 15, 2005
Theatrical
Argentina
August 25, 2005 · Theatrical
Australia
April 14, 2005 · Theatrical
Austria
April 22, 2005 · Theatrical
Belgium
June 29, 2005 · Theatrical
Brazil
August 19, 2005 · Theatrical
Czechia
August 18, 2005 · Theatrical
Denmark
August 4, 2005 · Theatrical
Egypt
August 31, 2005 · Theatrical
Estonia
June 24, 2005 · Theatrical
Finland
August 12, 2005 · Theatrical
France
June 22, 2005 · Theatrical
Germany
April 21, 2005 · Theatrical
Greece
September 22, 2005 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
July 28, 2005 · Theatrical
Hungary
September 29, 2005 · Theatrical
Iceland
July 15, 2005 · Theatrical
Ireland
April 15, 2005 · Theatrical
Italy
August 19, 2005 · Theatrical
Japan
January 28, 2006 · Theatrical
Kuwait
August 16, 2005 · Theatrical
Lebanon
June 2, 2005 · Theatrical
Lithuania
July 1, 2005 · Theatrical
Mexico
August 19, 2005 · Theatrical
Netherlands
July 21, 2005 · Theatrical
October 24, 2005 · Physical · DVD
November 3, 2007 · TV · Veronica
September 7, 2011 · Physical · Blu ray
Norway
July 22, 2005 · Theatrical
Panama
September 2, 2005 · Theatrical
Philippines
May 11, 2005 · Theatrical
Poland
July 22, 2005 · Theatrical
Portugal
October 20, 2005 · Theatrical
Romania
September 23, 2005 · Theatrical
Singapore
May 13, 2005 · Theatrical
South Korea
July 1, 2005 · Theatrical
Spain
July 22, 2005 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 2, 2005 · Theatrical
Taiwan
June 24, 2005 · Theatrical
Thailand
June 2, 2005 · Theatrical
Türkiye
November 4, 2005 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
April 15, 2005 · Theatrical
October 24, 2005 · Physical
Uruguay
October 14, 2005 · Theatrical
Venezuela
August 26, 2005 · Theatrical
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