The Amityville Horror

5/16/2021

_**Effective haunted house movie with Ryan Reynolds and Melissa George**_ A young couple with three children buys an old, large house on Long Island in 1975. The house has a diabolic history, but they purchase it anyway because it's such a great deal. Will they make it out alive? I didn’t have high hopes for "The Amityville Horror" (2005) because I'm not a fan of haunted house movies and thus had not yet seen the original version. But I decided to give it a try due to Melissa George. The movie maintains a serious tone throughout and did not disappoint; it successfully piqued my interest in the whole Amityville Horror legend, which you can read about on the internet. Some may accuse the film of ripping off aspects of "The Shining" (1980), but keep in mind that the original movie w