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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 […]

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