Films: The Amityville Horror

The Amityville Horror
Presented by The Watching Hour

USA, 1979, 117 Minute Running Time
Genre/Subject: Horror
Program: The Watching Hour

DIRECTOR: Stuart Rosenberg
Producer: Elliot Geisinger, Ronald Saland
Editor: Robert Brown Jr.
Screenwriter: Sandor Stern
Cinematographer: Fred J. Koenekamp
Principal Cast: James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger, Don Stroud, Murray Hamilton, John Larch

Screening alongside the new documentary My Amityville Horror in SDFF this year, this classic horror film shocked a generation with the story of the Lutz family, who fled their Long Island home after 28 days, telling of horrific supernatural events that befell them and anyone who came into the home. James Brolin, Margot Kidder, and Rod Steiger star in this film adaptation of the best-selling book by Jay Anson.

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