Amityville Horror: Where Do You Stand?

[Paul_Exeter]

Amityville came from a heritage of ‘experience’ movies. We’d had big ticket sensurround movies like Earthquake and Jaws and Close Encounters. I cannot stress how highly these movies were publicised in not just the normal media but also in specialist magazines long faded into obscurity. Reports came from St.John’s Ambulance attending screenings of The Exorcist ( I needed one to stop me laughing but that’s another story). From what I remember from seeing it at the cinema, it was a solid 3.5/10 but media was totally revelling in the murder aspect.

Seconded. The first Star Wars movie release back in the late-70s was credited with saving many smaller provincial cinemas that had struggled with dwindling audiences for years and kickstarted a chain of blockbuster sci-fi money spinners.

 

[Damien]

I know that someone removed the iconic 'eyes' windows from the front of the house a long time ago but I wonder what happened to those window frames?. I hope they didn't just get thrown away. They'd be worth a fortune to collectors.

NOT actually the "Evil eye" windows but the 3rd floor Landing window and living room windows have been cut up and are availble online (WARNING:Ghosts may not pass custom).
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/164...ck_sum=2d6e7e9f&ref=shop_home_active_25&crt=1

 

[Damien]

Seconded. The first Star Wars movie release back in the late-70s was credited with saving many smaller provincial cinemas that had struggled with dwindling audiences for years and kickstarted a chain of blockbuster sci-fi money spinners.

Not forgetting "The Blair Witch" craze that kickstarted the whole "Found footage" slew of movies that we are STILL suffering from.

 

[Damien]

Not to this extent. He always said the story was real, but this was his first time on camera actually giving details.

I wouldn't trust anything he says about his step-father though - especially his unhinged claim in episode 4.

Missy has never given an interview.

It was at that point where he lost any credibility with myself. Sounds like someone wanting to restart the whole thing again and make a buck or two.

 

[Swifty]

NOT actually the "Evil eye" windows but the 3rd floor Landing window and living room windows have been cut up and are availble online (WARNING:Ghosts may not pass custom).
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1644254929/amityville-horror-house-window?click_key=9421b1e137bdab9cd73d3b2a1f9f42aff588f59a:1644254929&click_sum=2d6e7e9f&ref=shop_home_active_25&crt=1

Nice one and thanks Damien about the Ammity framed wood info. I'd argue that Cannibal Holocaust was the first found footage film but I could be wrong.

 

[Swifty]

'Actress Christine Belford is perhaps best known to horror fans for her role as Arnie Cunningham's abrasive mother in the 1983 film "Christine". However, a lesser-known bit of trivia is that Belford actually lived in the infamous Amityville house for a period of about five years when she was a teenager. Belford's family moved out of the home eight years before the DeFeo family tragedy which served as the catalyst for the series of events that would later be referred to as "The Amityville Horror".'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Belford

 

[sherbetbizarre]

She also appeared in a couple of episodes of Marcus Welby opposite James Brolin - this was after she lived in the real house, and before he played George Lutz in the movie - sometimes it's a very small world!