Amityville Horror, The (2005)

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The Amityville Horror

Credits
Title:	The Amityville Horror
Director:	Andrew Douglas
Writers:	Scott Kosar; Jay Anson; Sandor Stern
Producers:	David Crockett; Ted Field; George Furla; Paul Mason; Randall Emmett; Steve Whitney; Andrew Form; Brad Fuller; Michael Bay
Composer:	Steve Jablonsky
Cinematography:	Peter Lyons Collister
Editors:	Roger Barton; Christian Wagner
Production
Production company:	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Dimension Films Platinum Dunes
Distributed by:	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Released:	April 15th, 2005
Rating:	R
Running time:	90 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Budget:	$19,000,000 ^[1]
Gross:	$65,233,369 (US) $108,047,131 (Worldwide) ^[2]
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The Amityville Horror is an American feature film of the supernatural thriller subgenre of horror. It is a remake of the 1979 film The Amityville Horror, which was based on an allegedly "true story" as chronicled in a book written by Jay Anson. It was directed by Andrew Douglas with a screenplay written by Scott Kosar based on accounts provided by George and Kathleen Lutz. The movie was produced by Platinum Dunes and presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Dimension Films. It was distributed through MGM and premiered in Hollywood, California on April 7th, 2005. It opened nationally in the United States and ins the United Kingdom on April 15th, 2005.

Cast[]

Actor	Role
Ryan Reynolds	George Lutz
Melissa George	Kathy Lutz
Jesse James	Billy Lutz
Jimmy Bennett	Michael Lutz
Chloe Grace Moretz	Chelsea Lutz
Rachel Nichols	Lisa
Philip Baker Hall	Father Callaway
Isabel Conner	Jodie Defeo
Brendan Donaldson	Ronald Defeo
Annabel Armour	Realtor
Rich Komenich	Chief of police
David Gee	ER doctor
Danny McCarthy	Officer Greguski
Nancy Lollar	Librarian
José Taitano	Stitch

Notes & Trivia[]

The tagline for this film is "What happened over the next 28 days has never been explained".
There are a total of fifteen credited cast members in this film.
Principal filming on The Amityville Horror began on August 4th, 2004 and concluded on October 12th. Filmed on location in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.
Closed out of theaters on June 16th, 2005.
The Amityville Horror was released to DVD by MGM on October 4th, 2005.
Horror film debut for director Andrew Douglas. Originally, Samuel Bayer was being considered for the role, but turned it down. Instead, he went on to direct the 2010 remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Actress Melissa George, who plays the role of Kathy Lutz in The Amityville Horror, will go on to portray fire marshal Stella Oleson in the 2007 vampire film 30 Days of Night.
Actor Ryan Reynolds chose not to become close with his "movie" children. He wasn't mean or rude to them, just very distant. So distant in fact that the children often confided to those on the set that "Ryan doesn't like us!" Ryan said that he didn't want to "fall in love" with the kids. Ryan did this so that when "George" started changing, he'd have no trouble easing into the verbal and physical abuse. ^[3]
In the original script, the poster on Billy's bedroom wall during the babysitter scene was of a different band. However, when the crew realized how long of a tongue actress Rachel Nichols (who played the babysitter) had, they decided to change it to a poster of the rock band Kiss, because of band member Gene Simmons' very long tongue. ^[4]
Actors Rachel Nichols and Jimmy Bennett both appeared in the 2009 reboot of Star Trek, though they did not share any scenes together. Rachel played a green-skinned alien named Gaila, and Bennett played a young James T. Kirk.
This is the first, and to date, only known acting work for José Taitano.

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[1] Box Office Mojo; The Amityville Horror (2005)

[2] Box Office Mojo; The Amityville Horror (2005)

[3] IMDB; The Amityville Horror (2005); Trivia

[4] IMDB; The Amityville Horror (2005); Trivia

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