<P> The Amityville Horror is a 1979 American supernatural horror film directed by Stuart Rosenberg , based on Jay Anson 's 1977 book of the same name . It stars James Brolin and Margot Kidder as a young couple who purchase a home they come to find haunted by combative supernatural forces . The story is based on the alleged experiences of the Lutz family who bought a new home on 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville , New York , a house where a mass murder had been committed the year before . It is the first film based on the Amityville horror . </P>
<P> The Amityville Horror is a 1979 American supernatural horror film directed by Stuart Rosenberg , based on Jay Anson 's 1977 book of the same name . It stars James Brolin and Margot Kidder as a young couple who purchase a home they come to find haunted by combative supernatural forces . The story is based on the alleged experiences of the Lutz family who bought a new home on 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville , New York , a house where a mass murder had been committed the year before . It is the first film based on the Amityville horror . </P>
when did the amityville horror movie come out
when did the amityville horror movie come out
1979
1979