Amityville Horror (1979) Documentary Part 2

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“The Amityville Horror” (Released July 1979) is based on the true story of George Lee Lutz (James Brolin, of “Marcus Welby, MD”) and Kathy Lutz (Margot Kidder, fresh from the success of “Superman”) who bought a charming Dutch Colonial home in Amityville, on the coast of Long Island NY, in 1975. A sign in front of the house gives its name as “High Hopes.” The film is based on the book of the same title, by Jay Anson, published in 1977. (Anson did not work extensively with the couple, but worked from hours of taped conversations between George and Kathy, which they had turned over to him.) The home features the Dutch gambrel (barn-shaped) roof design, and a pair of quarter-circle windows, on the end, on the 3rd floor, up near the roof. These are illuminated to look like the home’s eyes. Filmmakers modified a house in New Jersey to look like the actual home in Amityville, and it is surprisingly close. It is a documented fact that a troubled young man, 28, had shot his entire family to death in the house, on 11/13/1974, including father, mother, two brothers and two sisters. Thus, in the film, the history of the house allows the Lutz’s, in the fall of 1975, to make an offer of 000 on the home, which, we are told, is easily worth 0000. Despite full disclosure of the home’s past, by the realtor, the couple proceeds with the purchase, and moves in. George appears not to be strong of faith, but Kathy is at least a nominal Catholic. The couple turns to Father Delaney to …
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