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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

The Amityville Murders gets a trailer and poster

January 10, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

Ahead of its US theatrical release next month, a poster and trailer have arrived online for writer-director Daniel Ferrands’ upcoming horror The Amityville Murders which stars John Robinson, Paul Ben-Victor, Diane Franklin, and Chelsea Ricketts; check them out here… On the night of November 13, 1974, Ronald DeFeo, Jr. took a high-powered rifle and murdered […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Chelsea Ricketts, Daniel Ferrands, Diane Franklin, John Robinson, Paul Ben-Victor, The Amityville Murders

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