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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2018 21:56:06 GMT
Something to it, or were the family making it up?
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Post by forca84 on Sept 8, 2018 22:40:48 GMT
Some theories abound that Butch was sleeping with his Sister and both planned to kill his Parents for money. But he went ahead and iced them all. A new movie is coming out called "The Amityville murders" which (to my dismay) seems
to focus on the Occult and salacious haunting aspects instead of just the crime itself.
The actors who played the older daughter and Father in "Amityville part 2" have roles in the new film.
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Post by Nalkarj on Sept 9, 2018 0:23:41 GMT
Making it up.
Friend of a friend (hey, that’s apropos for a horror story!) lived in the Amityville house. There’s nothing there. And, if I’m not mistaken, one of the lawyers confessed that he made the whole story up with George Lutz over some drinks.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Sept 9, 2018 0:48:49 GMT
Making it up. Friend of a friend (hey, that’s apropos for a horror story!) lived in the Amityville house. There’s nothing there. And, if I’m not mistaken, one of the lawyers confessed that he made the whole story up with George Lutz over some drinks. That really deflates my desire to rewatch the original!
Oh well, there's always THE EVIL. I also saw that in my drive-in days.
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Post by Nalkarj on Sept 9, 2018 0:58:16 GMT
Making it up. Friend of a friend (hey, that’s apropos for a horror story!) lived in the Amityville house. There’s nothing there. And, if I’m not mistaken, one of the lawyers confessed that he made the whole story up with George Lutz over some drinks. That really deflates my desire to rewatch the original!
Oh well, there's always THE EVIL. I also saw that in my drive-in days.
Hey, I actually like the movie! Margot Kidder (RIP) looks great in it.  But I like it just as a spooky story, not anything real. |
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Sept 9, 2018 11:23:37 GMT
It's a great haunted house tale, but I don't buy into the factual aspects, although, the fact that it could be real adds that extra layer of spookiness.
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Post by rogerthat on Sept 9, 2018 16:40:30 GMT
The only truth to the story is the DeFeo murders and the Lutzes buying the house. You can find a That's Incredible segment on youtube that is filmed in the house with a family currently living there.
They prove many things like doors coming off hinges or banisters coming out of the ground never happened. They also interview a neighborhood girl who use to play with the DeFeos in the infamous red room which she showed wan't hidden or mysterious.
It's a great haunted house tale and fun movie but it's fiction.
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Post by darkknightofgotham on Sept 9, 2018 18:40:20 GMT
It was a big fake. It was debunked ages ago. The Lutz family just wanted to make a big buck off a movie/book deal. There was no real haunting. Even the people that have lived there since have reported no paranormal activity at all.
I don't know if ghosts exist, but this isn't a very good case to argue in favor of.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2018 18:52:48 GMT
It's a fun film, and even better book, but the 'haunting' didn't happen.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Sept 9, 2018 18:54:16 GMT
It's a great haunted house tale, but I don't buy into the factual aspects, although, the fact that it could be real adds that extra layer of spookiness. I agree with that, and I feel the same way about The Entity, which was also based on a supposedly true story. I don't believe for one second that a woman was repeatedly raped by a demon as was claimed, but it's a good idea for a fictional horror story. |
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Post by amyghost on Sept 9, 2018 19:05:09 GMT
The murder is real (we were living on Long Island at the time; my dad on the way to commuting in to New York to work, saw the cop cars and commotion--he passed by the house every day), the story is just that--a story.
The sequels just got worse and worse. By the time of Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes, the films had dwindled down to made-for-tv, and the gripping horror revolved around a possessed lamp (!)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2018 0:35:36 GMT
The original movie wasn't good at all, I had to give up on it halfway through.
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Post by amyghost on Sept 10, 2018 11:55:30 GMT
The original movie wasn't good at all, I had to give up on it halfway through. The only part I cared about was that Brolin's character saved the family dog at the end. |
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Post by masterofallgoons on Sept 10, 2018 15:17:55 GMT
It's a ghost/haunted house story.. so it's inherently fictional.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2018 20:16:43 GMT
Something to it, or were the family making it up? The latter. |
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Post by HorrorMetal on Oct 11, 2018 2:46:12 GMT
I always found the DeFeo story way more interesting than what the Lutz family allegedly went through.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Oct 11, 2018 3:11:14 GMT
They could do an Amityville film where the people are haunted by Mayor Vaughn.
"Amity as you know, means friendship!"
"Sick vandalism!"
"I want those paint happy bastards caught, and hung up by their buster browns!"
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Oct 13, 2018 19:24:34 GMT
I always found the DeFeo story way more interesting than what the Lutz family allegedly went through. Indeed. Its weird people talk so much about the made up haunting and not about the murders that actually happend. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2018 20:36:29 GMT
Something to it, or were the family making it up? My money's on the latter. |
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Post by OffTheBoatPsycho on Oct 13, 2018 23:55:15 GMT
As much as I'd like to believe I've seen no evidence of a haunted house so I'd say fake. Houses can be spooky and make strange noises and there are good movies though. I keep an open mind on such things.
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But I like it just as a spooky story, not anything real.
