The Amityville Horror

Horror

James Brolin	George Lutz
Margot Kidder	Kathy Lutz
Rod Steiger	Father Delaney
Murray Hamilton	Father Ryan
Don Stroud	Father Bolen
John Larch	Father Nuncio
Natasha Ryan	Amy
K.C. Martel	Greg
Val Avery	Sgt. Gionfriddo
Meeno Peluce	Matt
Irene Dailey	Aunt Helena
Michael Sacks	Jeff
Marc Vahanian	Jimmy
Helen Shaver	Carolyn
Amy Wright	Jackie

Director	Stuart Rosenberg
Producer	Elliot Geisinger; Ronald Saland
Writer	Jay Anson; Sandor Stern
Cinematography	Fred J. Koenekamp
Musician	Lalo Schifrin

The Amityville horror tells the story of the George (James Brolin) and Kathleen Lutz (Margot Kidder) family, and a house they purchased in 1975 in Amityville, New York. Prior to their purchase, the house had sat empty for over a year, after the previous owner murdered his entire family while they slept. The Lutz family moves in with no reservations though, feeling that the home is the house of their dreams. Shortly after moving in, the Lutz family asks Father Delaney (Rod Steiger), a local priest, to bless the home. Father Delaney proceeds to bless the home, but is frightened while doing so and eventually leaves the home in a great hurry. Soon some very unusual and frightening events begin to take place in the home, and the Lutz family begins to believe the stories about the house being haunted.