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Ronald Defeo Jr., the man who murdered his parents and four siblings, in the house at 112 Ocean Avenue, and inspiring the novel and movie The Amityville Horror is dead at the age of 69. Defeo died in the Sullivan Correctional Facility while serving six life sentences. On Wednesday, November 13, 1974, 23-year-old DeFeo entered a local bar and in a panic revealed that his entire family had been slain. It did not take long for him to be arrested and charged. When police entered the house they found a shocking scene, each family member lay dead in their beds, each from a gunshot wound received while they slept. The children, aging from 9 to 18, were the most heartbreaking sight. During his trial, DeFeo claimed insanity and that voices made him do it. While he admitted to being on LSD and other drugs at the time of the murders, the court deemed him sane and fit to stand trial.
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Today, the Wonderfilm Media Corporation announced that is taking horror fans back to one of the most iconic homes of the genre, Amityville, Amityville 1974, set to begin principal photography this November. The film is based on the real-life tragedy that spawned The Amityville Horror novel and subsequent films when Ronald DeFeo Jr. shot all six members of his family on a fateful November night. This tragedy was seared into the minds of the public consciousness by writer Jay Anson, whose book “The Amityville Horror” recounted the terror experienced by a family moving into the house in 1975 but fleeing after 28 days driven out by hostile supernatural forces. Wonderfilm’s Amityville 1974 will tell the story of the DeFeo’s horrifying murderous rampage. Casey La Scala (Donnie Darko, The Remaining) will direct from a script he wrote. Jeff Bowler and Shaun Redick (Get Out/ Blackkklansman) will produce for Wonderfilm. Todd Garner (Tag, Mortal Kombat) will also produce. Bret Saxon and Yvette
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Skyline Entertainment has now announced the early 2019 release date for writer-director Daniel Farrand’s supernatural film The Amityville Murders. Skyline Entertainment has set the date for the North American release of the horror film The Amityville Murders from writer/director Daniel Farrands. Based on true events, the film serves as a prequel to the 1979 classic The Amityville Horror and tells the disturbing story of the DeFeo family and the events that led to the night of November 13, 1974, when Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered his entire family as they slept. DeFeo blamed a supernatural force in the home and insisted that voices told him to kill his family. John Robinson (“Elephant”), Chelsea Ricketts (“Crooked Arrows”), Diane Franklin (“Better Off Dead”), Paul Ben-Victor(“Daredevil”), Lainie Kazan (“My Big Fat Greek Wedding”) and Burt Young (“Rocky”) star. Farrands, Eric Brenner (All I Wish) and Lucas Jarach (Dear Dictator) produced the film that was executive produced by Jim Jacobsen (The Haunting of Sharon Tate).
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The Amityville legend continues to grow. A new film about the allegedly haunted house will premiere this October, The Amityville Murders, from writer-director Daniel Farrands. But this time, we will witness the original events that led to the night an entire family was gunned down in their sleep by one of their own. “On the night of November 13, 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. took a high-powered rifle and murdered his entire family as they slept. At his trial, DeFeo claimed that “voices” in the house commanded him to kill. This is their story.” John Robinson, Chelsea Ricketts, Paul Ben-Victor, Diane Franklin, Noa Brenner, Zane Austin, and Kue Lawrence star as the DeFeo family. Eric Brenner, Lucas Jarach, and Daniel Farrands (A Haunting in Connecticut) produced. German Michael Torres of CineTel Films and Jim Jacobson serve as executive producers. The Amityville Murders open in theaters on October 15, 2018.
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A one-man development (literally just one guy) is working on the most intriguing game to date, “Amityville ‘76”. The game takes place following the events of the “Amityville Horror” in 1976 the Lutz family fled their home in the middle of the night because of a demonic presence that was haunting them. Players will take on the role of an individual who was granted access to investigate the house to see whether or not the stories were true. The game itself is a cross between “Amityville Horror” and “Paranormal Activity” The developer painstakingly modeled the interior of the house to how it was when the Lutz family left, right down to the details of furnishings and items left behind. There will be two modes in the game, the story mode (investigation) and exploratory where you can explore the house without anything creepy happening. The game’s release date will be determined at another time since the developer is working on this
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Amityville: The Awakening, first set to be released back in 2015, has been delayed four times. The last release date was supposed to be in June 2017. We thought that Dimension films had given up on the film, but according to Deadline Amityville: The Awakening will finally be released. Not only will we finally get to see it, it will be free on Google Play from October 12th to November 8th. It will also have a limited theatrical run beginning October 28th. But at this point, I will believe it when I see it. Keep your fingers crossed that we will actually get to see it this time. The film follows Joan (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a single Mother, and her three children, one who is very ill. They have relocated to a new town and a new home. Unaware of its history and reputation, the family moves into the Amityville house, where Butch DeFeo butchered his family all those years
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Eli Roth is a busy man. Not only is Roth producing the upcoming Halloween film Haunt, he will also be producing the upcoming film 1974 that will explore the true story behind one of the most well known haunted houses, the Amityville house. Casey La Scala, who produced the long delayed movie Amityville: The Awakening, will be in the director’s chair. Production is set to begin this September and will center on the DeFeo murders murders that took place one year before the Lutz family moved into the house, only to leave 28 days later after a plague of paranormal activity. 1974 will be the first film about the happenings at the Amityville house that will feature the Defeo murders. No cast has been announced, but as soon as they are we will let you know.
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Usually when you’re shopping for real estate, a low price on nice home is a sign that something isn’t right. But a deal’s a deal, I guess. When your new home turns out to be haunted, don’t be surprised. That’s exactly what happens in the newest film to take advantage of the Amityville Horror story, The Amityville Terror. When a new family moves into an older home in Amityville, they are tormented and tortured by an evil spirit living in the home, and trapped by the malicious townspeople who want to keep them there. Directed by Michael Angelo and penned by Amanda Barton, the film stars Nicole Tompkins, Kaiwi Lyman, Amanda Barton, Kim Nielsen and Tonya Kay. Justin Jones, Zeus Zamani and Philip Day produce. The Amityville Terror will be released on Digital HD on August 2nd from Uncork’d Entertainment. https://vimeo.com/176200796
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Reality vs. Bullshit The only fact about any of the Amityville Horror films is that the DeFeo family was murdered in their sleep inside the house on 112 Ocean Avenue. The real horror is what the surviving relatives of the murdered Defeo’s must endure every time one of these lousy films is made. Hollywood cynicism goes beyond making bad films and trying to pass them off as good or worse yet, classics. The real cynicism is from the studios that torture the DeFeo family and make a buck off a terrible situation. As a result, I wonder, has any studio that made these films ever donated a few posthumous bucks to the DeFeo family for their trouble? I’m not one for reparations, but many of these films invoke the DeFeo name. Maybe a scholarship or two set up in memory of the victims? A lot of people made a lot of money off this family’s tragedy. As a result, they
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In 1979 a movie was released titled ‘The Amityville Horror’, that became an instant horror classic, this is the true story that inspired that supernatural masterpiece. The fact that the movie is based on a true story only adds to the sense of terror. ‘The Amityville Horror’ movie follows a newly wed couple who move into a house with their with their family. The Lutz family, George and Kathy and their three children, bought the house for a steal due to the fact that the previous family,the DeFeos, were brutally murdered in the home. Soon after moving in the Lutz family begin experiencing strange things. George becomes unhinged and things only get worse when he discovers a hidden room in the basement. The true story begins with the DeFeo family, the owners before the Lutz family, who lived in the house at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York. On Thursday, November 13, 1974 at 3:15 am, 23 year old
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Ronald Defeo Jr., the man who murdered his parents and four siblings, in the house at 112 Ocean Avenue, and inspiring the novel and movie The Amityville Horror is dead at the age of 69. Defeo died in the Sullivan Correctional Facility while serving six life sentences. On Wednesday, November 13, 1974, 23-year-old DeFeo entered a local bar and in a panic revealed that his entire family had been slain. It did not take long for him to be arrested and charged. When police entered the house they found a shocking scene, each family member lay dead in their beds, each from a gunshot wound received while they slept. The children, aging from 9 to 18, were the most heartbreaking sight. During his trial, DeFeo claimed insanity and that voices made him do it. While he admitted to being on LSD and other drugs at the time of the murders, the court deemed him sane and fit to stand trial.
Continue reading →
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Today, the Wonderfilm Media Corporation announced that is taking horror fans back to one of the most iconic homes of the genre, Amityville, Amityville 1974, set to begin principal photography this November. The film is based on the real-life tragedy that spawned The Amityville Horror novel and subsequent films when Ronald DeFeo Jr. shot all six members of his family on a fateful November night. This tragedy was seared into the minds of the public consciousness by writer Jay Anson, whose book “The Amityville Horror” recounted the terror experienced by a family moving into the house in 1975 but fleeing after 28 days driven out by hostile supernatural forces. Wonderfilm’s Amityville 1974 will tell the story of the DeFeo’s horrifying murderous rampage. Casey La Scala (Donnie Darko, The Remaining) will direct from a script he wrote. Jeff Bowler and Shaun Redick (Get Out/ Blackkklansman) will produce for Wonderfilm. Todd Garner (Tag, Mortal Kombat) will also produce. Bret Saxon and Yvette
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Skyline Entertainment has now announced the early 2019 release date for writer-director Daniel Farrand’s supernatural film The Amityville Murders. Skyline Entertainment has set the date for the North American release of the horror film The Amityville Murders from writer/director Daniel Farrands. Based on true events, the film serves as a prequel to the 1979 classic The Amityville Horror and tells the disturbing story of the DeFeo family and the events that led to the night of November 13, 1974, when Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered his entire family as they slept. DeFeo blamed a supernatural force in the home and insisted that voices told him to kill his family. John Robinson (“Elephant”), Chelsea Ricketts (“Crooked Arrows”), Diane Franklin (“Better Off Dead”), Paul Ben-Victor(“Daredevil”), Lainie Kazan (“My Big Fat Greek Wedding”) and Burt Young (“Rocky”) star. Farrands, Eric Brenner (All I Wish) and Lucas Jarach (Dear Dictator) produced the film that was executive produced by Jim Jacobsen (The Haunting of Sharon Tate).
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsParanormalTrailersTrue Crime
The Amityville legend continues to grow. A new film about the allegedly haunted house will premiere this October, The Amityville Murders, from writer-director Daniel Farrands. But this time, we will witness the original events that led to the night an entire family was gunned down in their sleep by one of their own. “On the night of November 13, 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. took a high-powered rifle and murdered his entire family as they slept. At his trial, DeFeo claimed that “voices” in the house commanded him to kill. This is their story.” John Robinson, Chelsea Ricketts, Paul Ben-Victor, Diane Franklin, Noa Brenner, Zane Austin, and Kue Lawrence star as the DeFeo family. Eric Brenner, Lucas Jarach, and Daniel Farrands (A Haunting in Connecticut) produced. German Michael Torres of CineTel Films and Jim Jacobson serve as executive producers. The Amityville Murders open in theaters on October 15, 2018.
Continue reading →
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A one-man development (literally just one guy) is working on the most intriguing game to date, “Amityville ‘76”. The game takes place following the events of the “Amityville Horror” in 1976 the Lutz family fled their home in the middle of the night because of a demonic presence that was haunting them. Players will take on the role of an individual who was granted access to investigate the house to see whether or not the stories were true. The game itself is a cross between “Amityville Horror” and “Paranormal Activity” The developer painstakingly modeled the interior of the house to how it was when the Lutz family left, right down to the details of furnishings and items left behind. There will be two modes in the game, the story mode (investigation) and exploratory where you can explore the house without anything creepy happening. The game’s release date will be determined at another time since the developer is working on this
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Trailers
Amityville: The Awakening, first set to be released back in 2015, has been delayed four times. The last release date was supposed to be in June 2017. We thought that Dimension films had given up on the film, but according to Deadline Amityville: The Awakening will finally be released. Not only will we finally get to see it, it will be free on Google Play from October 12th to November 8th. It will also have a limited theatrical run beginning October 28th. But at this point, I will believe it when I see it. Keep your fingers crossed that we will actually get to see it this time. The film follows Joan (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a single Mother, and her three children, one who is very ill. They have relocated to a new town and a new home. Unaware of its history and reputation, the family moves into the Amityville house, where Butch DeFeo butchered his family all those years
Continue reading →
True Crime
Eli Roth is a busy man. Not only is Roth producing the upcoming Halloween film Haunt, he will also be producing the upcoming film 1974 that will explore the true story behind one of the most well known haunted houses, the Amityville house. Casey La Scala, who produced the long delayed movie Amityville: The Awakening, will be in the director’s chair. Production is set to begin this September and will center on the DeFeo murders murders that took place one year before the Lutz family moved into the house, only to leave 28 days later after a plague of paranormal activity. 1974 will be the first film about the happenings at the Amityville house that will feature the Defeo murders. No cast has been announced, but as soon as they are we will let you know.
Continue reading →
From the Crypt
Usually when you’re shopping for real estate, a low price on nice home is a sign that something isn’t right. But a deal’s a deal, I guess. When your new home turns out to be haunted, don’t be surprised. That’s exactly what happens in the newest film to take advantage of the Amityville Horror story, The Amityville Terror. When a new family moves into an older home in Amityville, they are tormented and tortured by an evil spirit living in the home, and trapped by the malicious townspeople who want to keep them there. Directed by Michael Angelo and penned by Amanda Barton, the film stars Nicole Tompkins, Kaiwi Lyman, Amanda Barton, Kim Nielsen and Tonya Kay. Justin Jones, Zeus Zamani and Philip Day produce. The Amityville Terror will be released on Digital HD on August 2nd from Uncork’d Entertainment. https://vimeo.com/176200796
Continue reading →
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Reality vs. Bullshit The only fact about any of the Amityville Horror films is that the DeFeo family was murdered in their sleep inside the house on 112 Ocean Avenue. The real horror is what the surviving relatives of the murdered Defeo’s must endure every time one of these lousy films is made. Hollywood cynicism goes beyond making bad films and trying to pass them off as good or worse yet, classics. The real cynicism is from the studios that torture the DeFeo family and make a buck off a terrible situation. As a result, I wonder, has any studio that made these films ever donated a few posthumous bucks to the DeFeo family for their trouble? I’m not one for reparations, but many of these films invoke the DeFeo name. Maybe a scholarship or two set up in memory of the victims? A lot of people made a lot of money off this family’s tragedy. As a result, they
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsReviewsStreaming TVTrue Story
In 1979 a movie was released titled ‘The Amityville Horror’, that became an instant horror classic, this is the true story that inspired that supernatural masterpiece. The fact that the movie is based on a true story only adds to the sense of terror. ‘The Amityville Horror’ movie follows a newly wed couple who move into a house with their with their family. The Lutz family, George and Kathy and their three children, bought the house for a steal due to the fact that the previous family,the DeFeos, were brutally murdered in the home. Soon after moving in the Lutz family begin experiencing strange things. George becomes unhinged and things only get worse when he discovers a hidden room in the basement. The true story begins with the DeFeo family, the owners before the Lutz family, who lived in the house at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York. On Thursday, November 13, 1974 at 3:15 am, 23 year old
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