For God's sake, GET OUT!" was the ad campaign for the 1979 shocker The Amityville Horror. The film was based on the allegedly true story of the luckless Lutz family, who move lock, stock, and barrel into a new home, only to find that it is possessed by the demonic spirits of its previous owners. Variations of the Seven Deadly Plagues emanate from virtually every household fixture, while other forms of otherworldly mischief are suffered by the Lutz children. Enter kindly Father Delaney (Rod Steiger), who does his utmost to exorcise the house. The Amityville Horror was frequently greeted with laughs from its first-run audiences, especially after it was discovered that the "actual" events depicted in the film (based on a book by Jay Anson) were complete fabrications.

Starring James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger, Don Stroud, Murray Hamilton.

Directed by Stuart Rosenberg.

i caught this movie on TV a few days back. i was in some horror mood so i thought lets check it out. this movie was one of the most successful films of its time produced by an indie production. but got bad reviews.

movie is based on the real life experiences of Lutz family who buy a new house where a mass murder happened years ago. they think they found a really good house but things start to get really creepy when they experience some frightening and paranormal events. the evil spirit tries to posses the husband and children. a priest tries to perform exorcism but he ends up getting blind. things get really bad for them.

the score of the movie was the only frightening thing about this movie. terribly written and quite average direction makes it a below average horror movie. it has few scares but the movie is very dragged. no much scares. but somewhat creepy. NOT RECOMMENDED.