The world’s most famous haunted house is getting a fresh movie makeover, following the decades-longThe Amityville Horrorfranchise. Beginning with the 1979 supernatural horror starring James Brolin and Margot Kidder, the original movie would spawn dozens of sequels and spinoffs, including2005’sThe Amityville Horrorremakewith Ryan Reynolds and Melissa George.
PerDeadline,the original story ofthe infamous Amityville house is set to receive a new movie from the studios behindBarbarian(BoulderLight Pictures) andHeart Eyes(Divide/Conquer). Set to be helmed by writer-director duo Joseph and Vanessa Winter (Deadstream), producers are reportedly looking to fast-track the project and are currently eyeing an end-of-2025 production start date.
What This New Movie Means For Amityville’s Horror Legacy
This New Movie Will Not Be Part Of The Amityville Horror Franchise
Unlike the original movie and the many sequels that spawnedThe Amityville Horrorfranchise, this latest movie will not be using Jay Anson’s best-selling 1977 bookas its source material or be related to the existing franchise’s IP. Instead, the Winters’ new movie is looking to delve into the real-life events surrounding the infamous house at 112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville.
While plot details are currently under wraps, according toDeadline’s original report, this new filmwill not focus on the highly publicized 1974 DeFeo family murdersor the house’s subsequent occupants, the Lutz family. In particular, it was the Lutz family’s unsettling 28-day stint occupying the house that inspired much of the original book and movie.
Instead, the Winters seem poised to draw from other documented events surrounding the original house, and the constantly evolving folk legends connected with it. While this may seem like a daunting task, theproducers behind the project have the benefit of developing some of modern horror’s more celebrated films.
Our Take On Yet Another Amityville Haunting Movie
This Latest Movie Will Need To Stand Out From The Crowd
With well over 30 films and a slew of documentaries and other published works, thetales of the infamous Amityville househave continued to terrify and fascinate audiences for 46 years.
However, given that this latest movie will becontending with one of the most regularly mined horror legends in cinema history, the Winters will have a daunting task of proving their new tale can stand out from the crowd.
In breaking free of the established franchise, and the baggage that comes with some of its less-than-stellar and sometimes bizarre, direct-to-video entries, it is possible that this new Amityville movie could potentiallyreinvigorate a tale that has already been retold countless times.
Nonetheless, with the DeFeo and Lutz families’ stories central to so much ofThe Amityville Horror’senduring place in horror cinema and folk legend, itwill be interesting to see what new angle the movie will take.
The Amityville Horror
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The Amityville Horror is the first film in the long-running horror franchise. In the original 1979 film, a family moves into a home where years prior, a brutal murder was committed. Quickly after moving in, they begin to experience supernatural events that take a toll on the father’s sanity. James Brolin and Margot Kidder star as the newlyweds George and Kathy Lutz.
