The Amityville Horror, a horror movie based on the infamous real-life story, has become a franchise and an influence on modern horror greats (and not-so-greats). But it has left a strange legacy.
It was a story that horrified Long Islanders and later inspired horror films. On Nov. 13, 1974 -- exactly 50 years ago -- Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered his entire family inside their Amityville home.
“The Amityville Horror” house may still be “haunted” 50 years after the real-life massacre that inspired the book and movies, neighbors and a paranormal expert close to the case clai ...
The killings gave rise to dubious claims the home was haunted and inspired a 1979 movie, "The Amityville Horror." These stories, the real along with the fictional, seeded an industry of myth that ...
Since then, dozens of follow-up books and movies have been released, most recently in October 2024, which saw the premiere of the latest horror flick in the series, "Amityville: Where the Echo Lives." ...