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The Amityville Trope in Horror Cinema

March 1, 2022 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at the continual fascination with Amityville in horror cinema… In 1979, Stuart Rosenburg made The Amityville Horror, an adaptation of Jay Anison’s book. Said book was based on the real life case when Ronald Defeo Jr murdered his entirely family at their home in 1974. The book/film takes place a year later […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Amityville 3, Amityville Clown, amityville clownhouse, Amityville Cop, Amityville Exorcism, Amityville Hex, amityville II: the possession, Amityville in the Hood, Amityville Karen, Amityville Playhouse, Amityville Poltergeist, Amityville Scarecrow, Amityville Shark House, Amityville Vampire, amityville vibrator, Amityville Witches, The Amityville Horror, The Amityville Moon, The Amityville Murders, The Amityville Terror, Witches of Amityville Academy

Supernatural horror Amityville Poltergeist unleashes trailer and poster

May 13, 2021 by Amie Cranswick

Ahead of its digital and DVD release next week, a poster and trailer have arrived online for writer-director Calvin McCarthy’s supernatural horror Amityville Poltergeist which follows a young man that takes a housesitting job, and soon discovers the house isn’t as empty as it appears to be; check them out here… A young man encounters […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Airisa Durand, Amityville Poltergeist, Calvin McCarthy, Conor Austin, J. Rebecca Morse, Jesse Sass, Jon Hall, Parris Bates, Sydney Winbush

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