The Amityville Horror (2005)
24 %
Reviews Counted: 156 Fresh: 37 Rotten:119 Average Rating: 4.2/10
Consensus:
A so-so remake of a so-so original.
Runtime: 89 mins
Theatrical Release: Apr 15, 2005 Wide
Box Office: $64,255,243
Synopsis: This frightening remake of the 1979 horror classic from producer Michael Bay (THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE) delves deeper into the supposedly true story of supernatural events that occurred in a Long Island, New York home in the '70s. When George and Kathy Lutz (Ryan Reynolds and Melissa... [More]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, Jimmy Bennett, Jesse James, Chloe Grace Moretz
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Against the odds, the remake rivals the original for sheer mediocrity.
03/01/07
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.
09/10/06
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.
09/01/06
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06/24/06
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.
02/07/06
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.
12/06/05
... 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.
12/06/05
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.
11/28/05
The problem with The Amityville Horror is that, in a very real sense, there's nothing there.
09/30/05
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09/26/05
The prime victims are children who are shot, threatened, tortured and killed without any hesitation or reason other than to provide quick thrills.
06/28/05
Another of those recent horror pictures that you resent while in its presence and forget immediately afterwards.
06/11/05
Punchy, frightening, and far slicker than the original - but for all the refurbishment, something's still not quite right with this haunted house.
05/14/05
there is so much effort to explain everything, to supply reasons for things that don't need them and therefore cannot sustain them, that the film folds in on itself
05/14/05
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