The Amityville Horror (1979)
A family moves into a home where a family was murdered by a family member.
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Characters/Groups
Cop at the House - Carmine Foresta
Newspaper Clerk - Peter Maloney
New York State Trooper - Michael Hawkins
2nd New York State Trooper - Richard Hughes
Cop 2 at the House - Baxter Harris
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Detailed Synopsis
During a thunderstorm on the night of November 13, 1974, in Amityville, New York, a man goes throughout his house methodically shooting and killing all the members of his family including his Father. Th police arrive and Sgt. Gionfriddo remarks to the Coroner that it keeps on getting worse as more and more bodies are brought out of the house. The Coroner tells him that all the victims were shot in their beds execution style.
One year later, George Lutz and Kathy Lutz are doing a house showing of the Amityville house with Mrs. Townsend. She shows them around and Kathy tells her that they just got married. They tell Mrs. Townsend that they want to look around some more and Kathy worries that they can't afford it, but George thinks they can manage if he moves his office into the guest house. Kathy brings up the murders, but George tells her that houses don't have memories. They tell Mrs. Townsend that they'll buy it.
One month later, George, Kathy, Amy, Greg, and Matt move into the house. Father Delaney arrives at the house, but the family is out back. He walks into the house and walks into one of the rooms. As he is about to start blessing the house, the room starts to fill up with flies and he starts to develop a fever and cough. The room door opens and a voice yells to get out. Delaney stumbles out of the house and drives away. Later, Delaney calls Kathy, but she can't hear him through the static and his he drops the phone, when it suddenly burns his hand. George suddenly starts to feel ill and says it is cold inside the house. George goes down into the basement and as Matt is walking down the basement stairs he trips and falls. While George and Kathy are having sex, Amy walks into their room and tells Kathy that she wants to go home. At 3:15 in the morning, George wakes up and hears noises in one of the rooms. He goes into the room and sees the dock door swinging open and shut and brings Harry with him to check on things. George returns to the house and a cat screeches at him thorugh the window.
On the 4th day, which is a Thursday, Kathy comes home from the grocery store and finds George chopping firewood. Kathy tells him that Aunt Helena is stopping by which annoys George. Amy walks into the kitchen and tells Kathy that Jody wants to play. Kathy calls the church and asks Father Bolen if she can speak to Delaney, but Bolen tells her that Delaney isn't feeling well. She tells him that Delaney never showed up to their house, but Bolen tells her that was there. Helena shows up right when a smelly black goo starts to boil up from the toilets. Matt and Greg let Helena into the house and then run outside to play. As Helena is walking through the house she suddenly starts to feel ill and tells Kathy that she has to leave. Helena then hurriedly drives off and then stops to vomit.
On the 5th night, George continues to stack fire in the fireplace. Kathy tries to get George to come to bed, but he tells her that the fire went out. They try to have sex, but George can't maintain an erection.