{"id":2288,"date":"2011-10-27T14:21:07","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T19:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/?p=2288"},"modified":"2020-02-06T21:24:41","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T03:24:41","slug":"scary-movie-month-day-27-the-amityville-horror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/scary-movie-month-day-27-the-amityville-horror\/","title":{"rendered":"Scary Movie Month – Day 27 – The Amityville Horror"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, apparently I saw the 2005 remake<\/a> (iTunes<\/a>) of this movie back when it came out on DVD, and had forgotten about it. It didn’t take long to remember, though, since the remake borrows heavily from the original. The Amityville Horror<\/a> (iTunes<\/a>) is the supposedly true story of a haunted house in Amityville, New York, wherein a family that moved into the house claimed they were terrorized by paranormal phenomena. Based on the book of the same name, it was made scarier in the early days of its release, due to the claims of the events depicted being true.<\/p>\n

One of the nicest things about the original, though, was the extra 30 minutes of length, showing the audience many more of the events from the book. Also, Margot Kidder<\/a> was super-hot in this movie. I’m talking white-hot, supernova. I never felt the same way about her in the Superman movies, but maybe I should watch them again.<\/p>\n

The only real problem with this movie is that there are no real scares to be had. There’s a general sense of unease and a few moments where you worry about what might<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0happen, but nothing truly frightening. If you’re looking for a truly excellent haunted house movie, then I once again refer you to The Haunting<\/a> (iTunes<\/a>), which was simply outstanding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, apparently I saw the 2005 remake (iTunes) of this movie back when it came out on DVD, and had forgotten about it. It didn’t take long to remember, though, since the remake borrows heavily from the original. The Amityville Horror (iTunes) is the supposedly true story of a haunted house in Amityville, New York, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[194,195],"tags":[49,225,184,185],"class_list":["post-2288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movies","category-scary-movie-month","tag-halloween","tag-haunted-house","tag-horror","tag-scary","post-preview"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2263,"url":"https:\/\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/scary-movie-month-day-23-childs-play\/","url_meta":{"origin":2288,"position":0},"title":"Scary Movie Month – Day 23 – Child’s Play","author":"Jared Cash","date":"October 22, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Child's Play (iTunes) is one of those movies that is simultaneously scary and hilarious at the same time. 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