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The Amityville Horror (2005)
Runtime: 89 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, Jimmy Bennett, Jesse James, Chloe Grace Moretz
DVD Info
Release:
Apr 10, 2005
DVD Features:
- Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Subtitles - English - Closed Captioning
- Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
- Audio Commentary
- Behind the Scenes - 1. Making Of - "The Source of Evil"
- 2. "Scene Deconstruction: Supernatural Homicide"
- (8) Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary
- Trailers - Sony Pictures Previews
Interactive Features:
- Multi-Angle On Set Peeks
Text/Photo Galleries:
- Stills/Photos
Reviews
Reynolds is well cast in the lead - it's genuinely upsetting as the house starts to chip away at his Nice Guy persona. He also spends a huge amount of the film either half-naked or dripping wet, if you like that sort of thing.
An efficient, schlocky remake from the guys who disinterred The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Amityville Horror is actually slightly better than its 1979 inspiration.
I can't escape the feeling that if you were to put me in a room with an editing machine, the raw footage, and a collection of sound effects, I could have made a better film.
That it's based on true events makes it much more fascinating, even though the filmmakers have bent the story to fit the structure of a horror film.
Against the odds, the remake rivals the original for sheer mediocrity.
the original wasn't really that great, nor did it have a substantial cult following to justify a remake. So, unusual as it may be, this remake is a much, much better film.
The best thing I can say about Andrew Douglas's remake of The Amityville Horror is that it gave me a reason to track down the original film.
The movie's only aspiration is to be a jacked-up re-jiggering of a name-brand horror 'classic.' It sets out to be not just schlock, but pre-chewed schlock.
The Amityville Horror is just another decidedly bland, but mildly entertaining, horror film churned out in the rush to cash in on the reemergence of horror in Hollywood.
... The Amityville Horror is the best horror movie of the year so far. Faint praise, to be sure, but at least it's R-rated.
Douglas logra varios momentos de tensión en los que, si se va al cine con la suficiente intención de disfrutar la película, llega a generar uno que otro buen susto.
The problem with The Amityville Horror is that, in a very real sense, there's nothing there.
not really that good but better than the other eight previous movies
The prime victims are children who are shot, threatened, tortured and killed without any hesitation or reason other than to provide quick thrills.
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