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Title: A disappointing knock-off
Review: The film starts out well enough, but alas it goes no where. In the end, nothing happens. Frankly the Simpson's Halloween special parody of this film is better than the original... which leads to the next point, there is very little in this which is original - much of it is taken straight out of other horror films that were made shortly before it. A few moments are lifted as is intact...Plot holes abound... things are introduced which are never resolved, characters are brought in who ultimately serve no purpose... thoroughly disappointing.The title "The Amityville Horror" is self referential in a quite unintentional way.The dvd transfer is nice enough though should you actually wish to watch it.
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