The Amityville Horror

Don't get me wrong. The Amityville Horror 2005 looks and sounds great in HD with 5.1 surround, but this Blu-ray release from MGM has no extras other than a trailer. It's missing all the deleted scenes, the featurette about the DeFeo murders, the making of feature, and Ryan Reynolds commentary that were included on the original DVD.

This movie should be shown is school on how to make a well made modern day horror film. I enjoy how you seen the main actor go from being happy to insaine slowly threw out the film. The house is perfect also! It’s stunning cinematography in this film also. This is one of the few films that I couldn’t get outta my head for a couple days when going to bed. I’m not a huge fan of the ending but it’s still a perfect film regardless of what my opinion is about it. I give this a 10 outta 10 without any questions.

So ... I ordered the 2005 version and received the original movie. I enjoy the original & didn't already own it... but I wanted the one I ordered .....

I'm going to use the first few lines from my review of the original. In 1974, Ronald DeFeo brutally massacred his entire family via shotgun blasts while they were sleeping in their beds. One year later, the Lutz family moves into the same house. With 3 kids, it was too sweet a deal to pass up and was exactly what George and Kathy were looking for. And then just after a few days of moving in, strange things begin to occur. Most notably with George and also with their only daughter Amy. While George is beginning to go insane, Amy has made a new ghostly friend.I think the remake did an ok job in the story, but way overboard with the typical scares. While the original had a sort of drawn out story, it had the subtle scares. The remake though has a bit of better story at first, but uses the typical Hollywood scares that most of us are used to by now. The best thing I liked about the movie was them showing George Lutz (Ryan Reynolds) going crazy. It was more in depth and Ryan played the part really well. It was actually funny in a dark way listening to Ryan talk crap to the family sometimes, because to him it seemed like he was ok, while they were the ones being idiots or badly behaving. I really think Ryan gets a lot less credit than he deserves as an actor. Sure he gets put into comedy roles such as Van Wilder and Waiting, but I think he can act. When he told one of the boys to hold the wood while he chopped and then grabbed his face and got all evil looking, I looked at my buddy and said "Dude, that would be really scary to see as a 12 year old if not now". I also like how the story leaves out a lot of the priest parts that I didn't like from the original. I also thought the children's scenes were a lot better than the original and made me feel for them a bit more.What I didn't like though was the typical jump scares that felt unnecessary, but somehow I understand why they are there. If they weren't there, I could see people getting bored with the movie. Not everyone, but a lot. There were a few good ones though like when we see Jody sitting with Amy during one scene and the mom doesn't see her. But man they used way too much of her to try and scare us. Sure, little dead kids are scary, but come on. I liked how it was left to our imagination (sort of) in the original if she was there or not. The remake gives us no doubt. At least they didn't use some bad effects as her eyes outside a window this time...heh. And the ending was horrible... the way they wrapped it up was just bad. I almost thought I was watching 13 Ghosts in the end while George Lutz was walking past cages. Then he sees the main killer ghost... ridiculous.In the end, I'd give it a rent. I liked it just enough to buy it, mainly because of the character development of George Lutz and also some of the scenes. It can be a good movie for some though, and probably a fun date movie if you like horror.P.S. - They ruined the `Get Out' scene (my favorite scene) in this one in my opinion. It was so fake compared to the original.

I absolutely love horror movies! But for some reason this is the only one I can never make it through. I’ve been trying to watch it with friends or anytime it’s on tv for the past 14 years but I never make it very far. I finally bought the dvd to force myself to stick with it.

Good Horror Movie, inacurate re-telling buy cast is great. Should have been a series but rights issues stopped it happening.

one disc blu ray has no, NO special features, this release delegated all the special features to the DVD edition. this it one of the worst bluray releases you can find.

I'm not a fan of modern horror. It seems like most stories today overuse CGI or just want to sicken the audience with as much gross out shock gore as the studio can stuff into the film. This is not the case with Amityville Horror. I wasn't sickened to my stomach, but I did gave genuine chills while watching. It was good and creepy as a horror movie should be without the extreme misuse and abuse of CGI. Felt the actors were believable enough too.I would definitely list this under one of the better remakes of classic movies, and would recommend to a friend.

I watched the original & this remake over 2 consecutive nights.ProsUndoubtedly excellent & superior special effects (of course, that is to be expected).The lead actor (Ryan Reynolds) ......... phwoar. If he'd have kept his shirt off more, I'd have given it another starConsNot scaryI found it very disjointed with flashbacks & jumping oddly from section to section.*SPOILER ALERT*The pet dog met a horrible end (they didn't do that in the original)VerdictThe remake was consigned to the Charity Shop bag & I kept the original.

Since the original amityvilles as this is a remake with some edgy jumpy scenes. I don't envisage this having the same intensity and impact like the earlier ones as the the house layout is different.

Love this film. Unfortunately the sound is quiet bad.

Love it. Scary. Jumpy. Perfect.

M George plays a brilliant part in this film. the remake of this true story I think is much better than the original, it has more on the edge seat moments than the James Brolin one. and Ryan Reynolds plays a fabulous part as well, its well acted by both of them.