112 Ocean Avenue


112 Ocean Avenue
Continuity:	Amityville Horror
Aliases:	Amityville House
Category:	Residence
Continent:	North America
Country:	United States
State:	New York
City:	Long Island
Town:	Amityville
1st appearance:	Amityville Horror, The

112 Ocean Avenue is a street address located in the town of Amityville, New York. It is the former home of the Lutz family who briefly lived in the allegedly haunted house for twenty-eight days in 1975.

History[]

112 Ocean Avenue is a real location in Amityville and built in the year 1927 A.D., though the locals dislike the attention the movie The Amityville Horror brings to their neighborhood and as such have renamed the 4,000-square-foot old house as well as redesigned it: in the movies 112 Ocean Avenue is infamous for its demonic windows that resemble glowing eyes - the style of architect this waterfront residential 3-story building was originally is described as Dutch Colonial.

In the movies, 112 Ocean Avenue was said to be isolated but in reality it was within 50 feet of other houses and the story of The Amityville Horror is deeply controversial even to this day: with some claiming that it was a demonic phenomena and others claiming it was a hoax.

Regardless of what truly happened at 112 Ocean Avenue, one thing is known for certain, this home was the location of a grisly mass-murder by Ronald "Ronny" DeFeo Jr. in 1974 - this massacre is widely claimed to have given the location its curse (though in the films it is suggested that DeFeo was possessed by the house into committing these acts).

Supernatural events that are attributed to 112 Ocean Avenue includes swarms of flies, an invisible "imaginary friend" that turns out to be some kind of demonic pig, spouts of madness and violence in people that stay too long, poltergeist activities such as rattling of windows and slamming of doors: a priest who came to bless the house reported hearing a dark voice (possibly of the house itself) yell "GET OUT!" and many people felt ill by going near the building.

Unpleasant sights and smells would appear on and off in varied parts of the home and the basement was said to have a mysterious "red room" that was not part of the home's blueprint - perhaps a manifestation of the house's true-nature. Most disturbing of all was claims that green slime would pour out of the walls (changed to blood in the movies) and a crucifix hung on a wall was found turned upside down - making it a Satanic symbol.

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Criticisms of the Amityville Horror have been the similarities between the demonic phenomena described in the book and those found in stories such as The Exorcist as well as the fact that the new owners of 112 Ocean Avenue have never experienced malevolent forces (then again the new owners do not discuss the Amityville Horror as they, like most residents of Amityville, dislike the publicity it receives)

112 Ocean Avenue has been heavily altered over the years and bears little resemblance to the haunting building seen in the movies or book yet the original house will always stand as a symbol of one of the most unusual and disturbing ghost stories of American lore (at least in modern times).

It is also worth noting that in the film series (prior to the remake) 112 Ocean Avenue was eventually destroyed but the evil of the house remained active long after this event and went on to possess varied objects and people - including a dollhouse that heavily resembled the original.

112 Ocean Avenue had a variety of supernatural powers, many of which were of a decidedly Satanic origin, the house could emit masses of ectoplasm, black slime and blood - it could summon clouds of flies, induce sickness and madness in others and manifest numerous demonic spirits by which to torment and possess its inhabitants.

the house could communicate with others via intimidating voices or poltergeist activities such as doors opening and closing by themselves, it could also manifest many other attributes and was described at least once as a "passage to Hell", hinting at near-unlimited power.

Strikingly the house was able to resist attempts to bless or exorcise itself, to the point of killing those who tried - this ranks it very high on the scale of demonic entities as most Satanic spirits are extremely weak to holy rites or exorcism.

In addition, a common device used in the film (and advertising) was symbolic glowing lights on the house's two upper windows, giving an illusion of a demonic face - with the windows acting as "eyes".

Residents of 112 Ocean Avenue[]

Name	Source
Allison DeFeo	Real world
Amy Lutz	Amityville Horror, The
Anthony Montelli	Amityville II: The Possession
Dawn DeFeo	Real world
Dolores Montelli	Amityville II: The Possession
Emma Caswell	Amityville 3-D
George Lutz	Amityville Horror, The
Greg Lutz	Amityville Horror, The
Harold Caswell	Amityville 3-D
Janice Montelli	Amityville II: The Possession
John Baxter	Amityville 3-D
John Matthew DeFeo	Real world
Kathy Lutz	Amityville Horror, The
Louise Brigante DeFeo	Real world
Marc DeFeo	Real world
Matt Lutz	Amityville Horror, The
Patricia Montelli	Amityville II: The Possession
Ronald DeFeo, Sr.	Real world
Ronald DeFeo, Jr.	Real world
Sonny Montelli	Amityville II: The Possession

112 Ocean Avenue

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