First Time Watching THE AMITYVILLE HORROR Reaction... It was too good to be true.
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- Watching THE AMITYVILLE HORROR for the first time!
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You know you’re screwed when your head bishop is also the mayor with a shark problem!
maybe that explains the shark! the DeFeo family possessed the shark after their stint with the Lutzes at the house.
😂😂😂
The mayor of Amity Island no less.
@@greyinvader I know. That's the hilarious part 🤣 😂
LOL I thought that too! You're gonna need a bigger boat.
"Inflation is the real horror of this movie and also in real life." You are not wrong.
Great reaction, Kat!
AGREED
Love that comment! So true. Stephen King once said he thinks the movie was maybe a metaphor for home owner anxiety and fear of financial ruin.
Thank a Biden voter. 👍🏻
Y'all put Biden in there. 🤷♂️
@@Maverick_682Kat is Canadian, so are many of her fans. None of them voted for Biden. Not all of the US voted for him either. Let's keep this a fun place devoid of politics.
If your kid's invisible friend refuses a cookie... *pack your stuff and move.*
All kids say their invisible friend wants a cookie so they can have two snacks.
Not enough likes for this, BY far. Just shows how much the average audience has lost their survival instinct.
THIS! Anyone who has ever spent enough tine around kids knows this.
“I assume it is about a Ville called Amity, and there will be a horror there”. This is why we love you Kat!! 😅
Fun Fact: the Amityville house was one of the cases that Ed and Lorraine Warren investigated, which Lorraine said it was one of the most disturbing cases she's ever experienced. The same couple who were portrayed in "The Conjuring".
A disturbing case of fraud, to be sure.
That might explain why this movie always seemed more fake than horror movies that didn't even claim to be based on true stories. Ed and Lorraine Warren were trash human beings and the fact that they are being remembered as heroes now because of these idiotic movies sickens me.
You don't have to preface information with the pretense of it being a "fun fact". We aren't children
@@thewanderingwizard9848 Finding out the truth of what happened was so underwhelming. I remember buying into this crap as a kid. It's so frustrating that these people made a living lying to people and laying a lot of the groundwork for the Satanic Panic.
@@thewanderingwizard9848whoa whoa whoa tell us how you really feel wiz.
I'm never disappointed by a Kat reaction.
She is a delight 😊
Aren't you?
If I could get a house that big and in such good condition for 80k in today's world... The ghost wouldn't stand a chance.
I'd elbow drop that ghost from the top of the stairs.
The last time it sold, the ACTUAL house went for over 800,000 . This time in January, 1.46 million... -- Regardless if anything supernatural or not happened.. six people were still murdered in the house, and yet it constantly sells higher than any other home in the area.
@@bekindandrewind1422 I was just having a laugh but thanks for the info, I found that truly fascinating. I guess fame does things for houses as well as people. 😆
@@Charlee1776I live about 20 minutes or so from the house.. And when I was living in farmingdale, I was 10 minutes away.. :)
Try Detroit.
The true parts of the story are that the house exists, Ronald Defeo killed his family there, and the Lutzes briefly lived there. The Lutzes and their lawyer and an author made up the rest of it.
Facts. And the Warrens promoted the hell out of it
Allegedly made up. The movie doesn’t stay true to the book either, that’s a fact ,however, the haunting on whole hasn’t been proven or disproven. Though I do suspect it was all made up.
Not allegedly, the Lutz thing is a hoax. Nobody who lived in the house afterwards reported anything paranormal
@@djr6876 didn't the lawyer admit to fabricating the story? Over bottles of wine. The 70s were big in fear of the devil stuff and this really tapped into that fear. The family, I've heard, couldn't afford the mortgage and thought this could help them. The Warrens are famous for making up shit and being obsessed with the devil. After the family moved out, other families who moved in reported nothing out of the ordinary
And that it’s haunted ….
This came out in 1979, The Shining came out in 1980. Jodie was a spirit in the shape of a large pig not a giraffe
I love how you just casually mention that you have a knack for throwing axes lmao
She seemed proud too, I was happy for her
Jacob’s Ladder is a really good horror/psychedelic movie. If not react to it with us then I really suggest you just give it a watch anyway, haha.
I really like that movie too, it had some very creepy scenes.
It was a movie that made you think, the end was a bit of a twist.
Is one of my favorite horror movies!!
Fun fact: The scene where the priest, who had gone to bless the house, is arguing with a second priest about the house. The actor who plays the second priest also played the mayor from Jaws, Mayor of Amity Island.
And apparently was quite typecast, lol.
His name is Murray Hamilton.
All I can think about is that suit covered in anchors that he wears in JAWS lol. Yeah Murray Hamilton is usually typecast but he is really good in other roles as well. He's great as "Mr. Death" in the second episode of the original TWILIGHT ZONE episodes.
Additional fun fact:
The scene in Jaws where the Hooper's character is introduced on the busy dock where the townspeople are gearing up to hunt the shark, in one of the scenes, and identical style house like the one in The Amityville Horror can be seen in the background.
I believe it's light blue with white trim.
The two half arch windows on the top floor gave it away.
if you would like to watch something suspenful/spooky haunted house story, try "The Others". Stars Nicole Kidman and is quite good.
My fav horror flick
Phenomenal movie. In my top 2 horror along with Session 9.
@@emilywilhite5807Session 9 is a horribly underrated movie imho
@@emilywilhite5807 Same. Session 9 gets under my skin, so creepy, and the tension just builds throughout the whole thing. Plus, for me it qualifies as both psychological horror and also a haunted place.
Now that is an excellent movie!
I always obey the house when it says, "GET OUT!"
"Inflation is the real horror of this movie" 😂
The Car 1977. James Brolin against an evil customized Lincoln. That would be a terrific next movie.
Great flick!
Saw it when it came out.
Never forgot the quote by the hippie violinist:
"Up your @$$ with a splintered fiddle!" 🤣
I prefer the one with Jamie Bamber. I'm allergic to Thanos.
James Brolin who plays the dad is the father of actor Josh Brolin who played Thanos, Cable, and the older brother in "The Goonies" .
And he's also Barbra Streisand's husband.
Josh Brolin plays Cable opposite Ryan Reynolds... who played James Brolin's role in the "Amityville" remake.
I've always wondered if they ever talked about that on the "Deadpool 2" set.
@@deborahpaley21Being married to Barbra Streisand is the real horror...
@@ratbastard2708 oh they certainly must have.. I think we could do with a remake of "The Car" as well and have Josh in his dad's role there...
@@bekindandrewind1422 That would be most excellent.
“As you know, Amity means friendship.”- Mayor from Jaws
We need summer dollars!💵
I saw Amityville first run at the age of 11 with the folks at a local drive in theater. The co-feature (you got 2 at the drive in) was Phantasm so it was kind of a double whammy of horror coolness that night. Amityville doesn't hold up as well as Phantasm now imo but it was creepy fun at the time. Rod Steiger's berserk performance as the priest is still quite the showstopper lol.
The Amityville Horror(1979)
No waaaaaaay! Finally!! Yesssss!!!
I was hoping you would react to it.
So MANY reaction channels ignore it.
It's sequel "Amityville II: The Possession"(1982)
is really CREEPY.
It's a prequel focusing on the DeFeo
family. It's also well worth the watch.
The 1970s is a decade rich and replete with really effective horror films.
Here are a few others from it:
The Other(1972)
Sisters(1972)
The Possession of Joel Delaney(1972)
Don't Look Now(1973)
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark(1973)
Trilogy of Terror(1975)
Shivers(1975)
The Devil's Rain(1979)
Burnt Offerings(1976)
Alice, Sweet Alice(1976)
Audrey Rose(1977)
The Sentinel(1977)
The Haunting of Julia(1977)
The Car(1977)
Prophecy(1979)
Thirst(1979)
The Brood(1979)
Please note:
Both The Possession of Joel Delaney
and The Haunting of Julia are here on youtube free to watch.
Really good quality uploads too.
Just search their title names with "full movie" added.
My brother in law used to visit his grandmother in the area. He knew the kids and has memories of jumping on their trampoline. So sad what happened to them.
I recommend the remake for one reason: Ryan Reynolds is smoking hot in it and they keep finding reasons for him to take his clothes off like falling in the river for no reason and taking baths. Oh. And chopping wood.
Amityville II is worth watching too for the camp factor. It’s nuts! Lol
Yeah. Ryan Reynolds.✌👏
I'm sorry, but "The Amityville Horror" remake was more worthless than any of the sequels made after 1983.
@@ConstantineFurman it’s a terrible movie. But Ryan Reynolds is hot in it. That saved it for me.
Almost forget about 1975's "Burnt Offerings", a VERY creepy haunted house movie, with a terrific cast.
Fantastic movie. Plus it has Bette Davis. How can you go wrong. Karen Black is a horror queen. RIP BETTE & KAREN.
OMG Karen Black scared the crap out of all of us 😅
I'm a 49 year old horror fan, I've watched pretty much most horror movies and I'm completely desensitized, however this was the very first horror movie I ever watched when I was probably too young to be watching it and although it's pretty tame by todays standards, I still can't listen to that Laaa La Laaa La La la la la without shivers running down my spine. Good reaction as always.
"Not little kids singing la la la la" sent me into orbit
Just rewatched The Changeling 1980. Still a great haunted house flick!
For some reason, I always get The Changeling mixed up with Don't Look Back.
Very good movie!
Watched it wen I was 7 , still traumatised by it 30 years later
The Changeling scared me. I never finished it lol!
I would recommend checking out other haunted house movies like The Legend of Hell House, The Haunting, The Innocents, or The Changeling.
I love all of those films.
House! and House 2! And Hausu, which isn't actually related.
No love for Burnt Offerings?
@@kristinaF54 Honestly, I was trying to keep a short list. There's tons of ghost and haunted house movies I can think of. Burnt Offerings is definitely a great one too.
Legend of Hell House. please
George without a library card? That’s the REAL HORROR of this movie...
Mentioning The Shining is actually quite ironic, considering the books for both were published the same year, (1977,) and the films came out a little over a year apart, (The Amityville Horror - 1979, The Shining - 1980,) only they were opposite each other. The Shining book was published first, but The Amityville Horror movie was released first. I think each took a little inspiration from each other, The Amityville Horror book taking advantage of the massive upsurge in haunting novels, especially with the success of The Shining, then The Shining film taking some inspiration from The Amityville Horror film, albeit both were using a lot of tropes found in other books and films of the time already. Regardless, they are both good on their own merits, but it shows just how much you've grown in your horror knowledge to be able to compare and recognize little things like that that honestly, many big horror fans don't even stop and take the time to appreciate or notice!
I'm not sure about the novel aspect - it was common place for authors to spend over a year or several to write a single book. If they came out the same year, then they were near completion at the same time. Did both of the books feature an ax or did The Shining take some shine from Amity? Still, axes aren't that strange since wood burning was still a common method for heat during winter for that time period.
It's unlikely either took inspiration from either, given they were produced concurrently. The Shining was inspired by King's stay at the Stanley Hotel (Colorado), which is purported to be one of the most haunted places around. While the external shots of the hotel in the film are of Timberline Lodge in Oregon, the story is a fictionalization about the Stanley. The overall concepts of both are, of course, also drastically different. One is about traditional demonic haunting, poltergeists, etc. The other is psychological horror and isolation with threads of family breakdown and alcoholism thrown in.
They're both certainly products of the zeitgeist of the times, though it's pretty clear that The Shining remains outstandingly relevant to this day. Plus, The Shining had the benefit of Stephen King and Stanley fucking Kubrick.
BUT... that isn't to say that Stuart Rosenberg isn't amazing. While Amityville doesn't hold up today and didn't have the benefit of a better writer, Rosenberg also directed Cool Hand Luke the decade prior -- which is not only still relevant today, but is one of the unquestionably greatest films in the history of the medium.
Im suprised you didnt recognize Margot Kidder as Barb from Black Christmas! Great reaction as always Kat!
Always wait for "the real horror is..." from Kat 😆
me too!!!
What got me was how they kept saying that father looked like "that kid". HE was certainly no KID! That guy was clearly a full-grown MAN "for God's sake (get out)!" He did have a kind of scary look about him though. A bit of a Charles Manson resemblance in fact.
He looks like Ronald Difeo the man who killed his family in the beginning of the movie. That's a true story.
@@edquinn5773It's Ronald DeFeo.😂
@@oldeskoolnana7543 I knew that, my fat fingers did not. I was obsessed with this story as a kid, read the books, the articles lol
@@edquinn5773 🤣🤣
$80,000? I'll take 5.
How does this channel not have more subscribers?
why i hate when i wake at 3:15a
this was a classic at the time glad you gave it a look. you should look for 'the sentinel'
my exe wife lived in the town the house used in the film was located in nj [not actual amityville location]
have you seen 'they live'? it's a fun film about aliens
Jody DeFeo was one of the children who was murdered November 13, 1974 by the eldest sibling Ronald Joseph DeFeo Jr.
Jody short for John?
Ronald DeFeo was the son who killed his family in the house.. If you google his picture.. He does kind of look like Brolin in this role.
"You gotta be in Jodie's good books or you're screwed, into the closet with you!" Iconic "Katch phrase" for this one.
Can't wait for you to react to some more sci-fi horror. I think you'd love Dreamcatcher, The Sphere and Deep Blue Sea, maybe Cloverfield or Attack the Block.
As for horror/comedy I know you'll get a kick out of Idle Hands and Lake Placid or American Werewolf in Paris.
My favorite classic horror is Creature from The Black Lagoon. And Hitchcock has so many good ones, I love Rear Window and Vertigo.
If you are looking for more brutal fare, I recommend Hostel and Hostel 2. Also The Silence of the Lambs, and Hannibal are on HBO Max.
Your channel has become one of my absolute favorites and I look forward to your reactions every week. Youdabest!!
@-Mrs_Katwatches_horror shenanigans
29:25 - "The Amityville Horror" (1979) --- "The Shining" (1980).
And the superb Margot Kidder makes her second appearance after Black Christmas.
The best ever Lois Lane, she was awesome. And from Canada, so... that's a bonus.
You know who else that guy who you "don't like" at 16:16 is? He's also that a-hole Mayor from Jaws!
Not “Is Jody a Naked Giraffe” LMBAOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
_Burnt Offerings_ (1976)
Also, everyone forgot to mention that Margot Kidder is Lois Lane from the Superman movies with Christopher Reeves. :).. But of course that is some foreshadowing, since this came out before the Superman films with Reeves, so yeah. Lol
Another 70's film about a fun family vacation, 'The Hills Have Eyes'. The early 2000's remake is good also.
I imagine The Exorcist 3 would be worth your while to watch.Also, Dead Ringers I found extremely creepy.
14:16 - My wicked, evil older sister once locked me in a dark closet like this demon did to this poor young babysitter, for over an hour. That's the real horror of my life, LOL. That's scarred me for a long time. I was afraid of the dark for many years after that. Hehe, my sister is more devilish than the Amityville Horror house, LOL.
Hi Kat. -- I live about 30 minutes from the house in Amityville.. And about an hour from where Jaws was filmed.. --- The John Wick house is out here on Long Island too.
-- The ACTUAL Amityville house sold in January for 1.46 million... -- Regardless if anything supernatural or not happened.. six people were still murdered in the house, and yet it constantly sells higher than any other home in the area.
@@user-cl5tk3dt7i - Yep. Reasonably sure I can get to Martha's Vineyard from Long Island in an hour or so.. Best bet would probably be by boat. Seems like a waste to take a plane out of Republic for such a short hop.
Don't know if you've ever seen the Sci-Fi comedy classic, "Back To the Future", but the bald headed coroner on the left in this scene 1:48 is the actor (James Tolkan) who played the main character's ('Marty McFly') High School dean, Mr. Strickland.
“Orphan” 2009 would be a good watch!
Saw this at the movies as a kid and damm did this scare the crap out of me.
The dad in this movie is James Brolin, dad of Josh Brolin, who played in "The Goonies" and most recently in the MCU movies as "Thanos" and the time traveler in "DeadPool 2" (Forgot his name in that one).
Not to take anything away from the movie's strong points, but it features some... interesting acting choices. If this was a theatrical production, forget about playing to the folks in the back, they'd be playing to the folks halfway across town who aren't even in the building.
Rod Steiger displaying the staggering force of his full Steiger-osity. And I'm here for it.
@@davidlionheart2438 I think the debris falling from the statue overhead was aiming for his mouth and missed.
Seeing James Brolin again reminds me you need to see THE CAR (1977).
This flick came one year BEFORE The Shining MOVIE (1980) but AFTER the NOVEL (1977). So it's possible that it took some elements from THAT.
Both books, The Shining & The Amnityville Horror, were released in 1977. The movie for TAH was released in 1979 & The Shining in 1980. I don’t think either borrowed from each other - the similarities are likely a result of the collective subconscious & cultural zeitgeist.
The Haunting In Connecticut is a trippy flick also.
Such a classic. I seen this when it first came out.
Don't worry Kat, nothing creepy going on in that attic..."Laaa laa laaaa la" 😂LOL
"GET OUT" !!!
Amityville Horror (1979) and The Shining (1980) were both based on books published in 1977.
This movie came roughly 1 year before The Shining.
THE ENTITY (1982) 😵🥶😵💫
16:34 - Hi Kat! Did you recognize that dill-hole priest who didn't believe father Delaney? He was the actor who played that dill-hole mayor of Amity Island in the movie "Jaws". You know, the one who didn't believe Chief Brody about the shark, LOL. Haha, Murray Hamilton often got casted for such dill-hole roles because he did them so well. 😅
Our Queen of Horror Kat. I live 1/2 hour from Amityville. Nothing has happened there since the Lutzes moved out. House looks completely different now.😈😈 Don't forget Cujo.🐕. In the book The Shining no axe is used.
Did you recognize the wife? You saw her on your channel in a house with a rocking chair, and a glass unicorn. She didn't survive that one. Margot Kidder is also my favorite Lois Lane. Fun reaction 👍
This movie used to spook me so much as a kid. I love haunted house movies. Another found footage movie you might enjoy is Hell House LLC. It is great so well done.
16:24 - First he wants to keep the beaches open during shark week in Amity (Jaws) and now doesn't want to do anything about a possession in Amity
Oh boy...I was a kid when this movie came out and the TV ads traumatized me.
Amityville Horror was nothing compared to the TV ads for Magic. Those gave me nightmares.
Ed and Lorraine Warren of the conjuring movies fame actually work in the Amityville case in real life, so this movies is tangently related to the conjuring universe
When the Warrens turn up they think everything is demonic though.
Leading lady Margot Kidder played Lois Lane-her most famous role- for 1st time,the previous year🎩
So cool to see JOSH (Thanos) Brolin's FATHER, JAMES, as a young man playing "George Lutz".
Some relatively famous actress (character actress from many films) actually lived at the Amityville Defeo house when she was a kid and said she has nothing but good memories of it.
The books and films came out at nearly the same time, but Stephen King's story was inspired by his stay at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park Colorado (though in the film, they use the exterior of Timberline Lodge in Oregon to depict the Stanley Hotel in Colorado -- a real and supposedly extremely haunted hotel).
Amityville Horror and The Shining (the books) were both written in 1977. The Amityville film came out in 1979 and the Shining came out in 1980, so both the books and the films were created and put out concurrent to each other. However, the events of Amityville Horror took place in November 1974 (That is when Ronald DeFeo Jr. shot and killed his entire family in that house) and December 1975 (that's when the Lutz's moved into the house, where they lived for 28 days). It should be noted that the Lutzes did not directly write the book, though. A publisher heard about their story and connected them to Jay Ansen. They gave him like 50 hours worth of tape recordeings of them recalling their experiences which he used for the book.
As to waht happened to the people in the story? Well, since this is a dramatization of the book and the book is a dramatization of the real purported events, who can be entirely certain? However, Father Pecoraro (Mancuso in the story) said in an affidavit from a lawsuit in the late 70s that his ONLY connection with the Lutzes had been by telephone. Other claims said he did go to the home, but nothing happened. But then many years later, he claimed he DID go into the home and was slapped by a ghost that told him to "get out".
Most of the other accounts are obviously bullshit, too. For example, the next peopel who bought the house in March of 1977 claimed that there were no signs of damage int he house nor any items that had recently been replaced (despite the claim that doors and doorknobs and handles and other things had been destroyed during the orddeal, later being replaced).
Basically, the entire thing is both one of the most infamous hauntings in history and one of the biggest and widest known frauds. There are countless conflicts with what the Lutzes claimed happened and other people involved. On top of that, TONS of people have lived int he house since they moved out and NONE of them hav ANY experiences whatsoever to report. Still, it has somehow wound up with like half a dozen books and almost 40 movies.
The fact that Ed and Lorraine Warren got involved, of course, didnt' help. They're two of the biggest paranormal grifter types (I'm sure you've seen the movies about them, already). They drew a lot of attention to the story.
Hey Kat : you should have told me that you were reacting to this movie. This place DOES exist! It is in a place called, get this Amityville, Long Island in New York. I could have gotten you an all expense ticket to Amityville and you could have done a location reaction like you did in Jaws & The Blair Witch Project! 😂😂😂
If she tried to do a location reaction at the Amityville Horror House, she would have either been chased off by the homeowner, or would have been issued a no trespass warning by the police.
50 years after the murder that made the house famous (it was a HUGE story before the BS ghost story and movies) and the people on Ocean Avenue in Amityville STILL don't want the attention. Can't say I blame them either!
In the last few years the house on Ocean Avenue has been removed from Google Streetview. Since the movie enough tourists and crazies have tried to trespass that locals consistently misdirect people looking for the house.
Fellow Long Islander. Remember this well. 😊
The current owners of the house have always maintained that the house is not haunted. Also, the Lutzs later admitted that at the time they owned the house they were experimenting with halucinagenic drugs
Have you ever seen the owners of the house and their ghosts in the same room? I rest my case, your honor. They are the haunters!
This film is based on a "true story"... depending on if you're a believer of such things. This is arguably one of Ed and Lorraine Warren's most infamous cases. Probably one of the most well known true haunting cases. House is still there, only the newer owners did a little bit of reno-work to make it look less like the original house... They got tired of all the looky-loos. Just sezin.
The ghost story is complete bullshit.
The murder did happen, but aside from that, the rest of the story is complete and utter bullshit that the Warrens invented.
The story has been thorough debunked. Fun story, but just a piece of fiction.
@@deanromanado5850 The only true part of the story is the murder of the DeFeo family by Ron DeFeo Jr.
Another fantastic review! THE AMITYVILLE HORROR is one of the best haunted house flicks ever, and if you want more details on the history of the house, read the book! Check out the sequel, AMITYVILLE 2: THE POSSESSION, which is actually a prequel about the family murdered in the house! THE CHANGELING is another great haunted house flick!
A2 has its moments. Unlike the other films, Amityville Murders is actually about the family and by far the most authentic in the franchise. Indeed, The Changeling is great!
The Amityville story is one of the scariest there is even Ed and Lorain Warren said it was one hell of an haunting
I have lived on Long Island most of my life. As as a kid, I remember my family driving to see the house (we lived 2 towns over also on the South Shore about 15 minutes away). This was in 1981 or 82, so I was about 10/11. The home facade made for the movie looked exactly like the original house, and back then, the house still looked the same. The home has had several owners over the decades and it has been remodeled so much that it no longer looks anything like it did. This was purposely done to discourage people from coming to see "The Amityville House".
Drove by one time. It was insane how many people did.😂😂
Yeah, it no longer has the characteristic attic windows anymore.
@user-cl5tk3dt7i I hate to burstnyour bubble but the housenwas never haunted. DeFeo killednhis parents while high on drugs. He blamed a demonic presence. The Lutz family bought the house but they were financially downtrodden and couldn't afford it, so they played on DeFeo's defense of the demonic presence to get out from their financial downfall. No one else has ever claimed to have seen, heard or otherwise experience anything strange.
The even changed the address, that didn't help much, still easy to find. Beautiful house!
Hi Kat! Did you know the actor who plays the father in this movie (James Brolin) is actor Josh Brolin's dad? You know, the one who was the older brother in The Goonies, and who also is 'Thanos' in the MCU's Avengers: Infinity Wars movie?
Great reaction from THE #1 "reactor" in the game.👸 It would be such a treat and honor to be kicked out of a theater screening for talking with you!👏🏾👍🏾😅😄😃🤣😂😁😆
Great score composed and conducted by Lalo Schifrin.
The real estate lady was also in Back to the Future. “Save the clock tower! Save the clock tower!” 😂
The next Amityville Horror is a prequel and is quite disturbing. The third film is the sequel to this movie. James Brolin was being controlled by the demon of the house.
One of the creepier things they claimed in the book that they left out of the movie, was that when the little girl was singing Bible songs, if she left her room, she'd stop singing, and when she'd re-enter, she'd resume the song mid sentence, even mid word where she left off when she walked out.
That was my favorite part. It reminds me of the doorway effect. That... and the clock at 3:15am, are the things that stay with you long after you forget about the movie (or book)
*"American Gothic" (1988). Starring Yvonne de Carlo, from Vancouver, BC (Lily Munster). And "Teeth" (2007). Awesome revenge horror*
Oooooo Teeth 😮
AG!! So creepy
@@Castlependragon Right! I mean, just the American Gothic trailer alone would creep Kat out. lol
You're really good at the "la-la" singing! :)
Another movie you might like is "The Entity". The true story of Carla Morin.
Hi Kat!
You are spot on about this movie ripping off popular at the time movie franchises! The original author of the book, Jay Anson,, sexed up the story as much as possible, but most of the details don't match participants memories or official records. The Priest who visited did not come down with dramatic illness, crash his car, find himself unable to telephone the house, or go blind (!) due to the houses malevolent influence. In fact, after the Lutz's left the house no one who has lived their since has experienced anything "supernatural", nor did anyone prior to the De Feo family who were murdered there. The was no leaking blood or goop reported in the house. Jack Ketchum, driven out of Salem for Satanism, never existed. Weather reports do not match.what the Lutz family clam. The NYPD never visited the house during the Lutz residence. George Lutz comes across as the classic shady guy. A failing businessman, unable to even pay his employees, whose brother in laws wedding caterer's cash mysteriously vanished in his presence - and then stiffed the guy when "paying" by cheque. He definitely could not afford the house at 112 Ocean Avenue, (which is on a corner and much less isolated than it seems in the movie.) Allegedly the Lutz's contrived the whole story "over many bottles of wine" with Ronnie De Feo's lawyer, who was angling for an insanity plea. In short, this whole case is giant nothingburger, but it has spawned 20 movies and gained a place in the international psyche.
Most "true" stories are 99% made up or they wouldn't be interesting or remembered. Just look at the *bible*
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There was a house off of 8 Mile road behind a car dealership in Detroit that looks just like that house.. scared me shitless for decades😂
One of the Lutz kids said his stepdad was into the occult and that's what left his family vulnerable to the hauntings... And he hated him.
My sister and I read this book to each other as kids while on a cross country family road trip. We definitely thought it was a true story, but we were young.
Because it is. Check the newspapers and the news and several other sources.
@@judeless77 Except ghosts aren’t real, so it’s clearly a work of fiction.
@@judeless77 I mean, the part where a dude slaughtered his family is true, yes.
That's Rod Steiger as the priest. He's an amazing actor and he's done a few horror movies. I have a favorite, I'll find it for you. btw, as always, I love your reaction videos!
He was also in the movie "Oklahoma" from 1955
Two "Back to the Future" alumni are in this picture. Principal Strickland and "Save the Clock Tower" lady appear at the beginning.
Kat singing “laaaalaaa” is all I needed in 2024 lol
This was a decent haunted house film. So, was Poltergeist I and II. However, no one ever reacts to 1973's "The Legend of Hell House", which could be the scariest of them all.
Ok the other film Rod Steiger was in, there are a bunch, he's an absolute classic, 'No Way to Treat a Lady' which is just wonderful, its a slasher, light on the slashing, you'd love it.
Ronald DeFeo, Jr. went to prison for the murders of his family, and stayed there until he died in early 2021. Over the years, he changed his story about what happened that night almost as often as some people would change their underwear, and the reasons behind the killings still remains unclear. The murders were odd, because every member of the family was found face down and with no signs of a struggle, there was no evidence of any drugs in their systems, and the neighbors stated that they didn’t hear any shots being fired even though the rifle used didn’t show any signs of having any type of suppressor or “silencer”.
Also, as others have pointed out, the story came under fire almost immediately, and more questions came out over the years to where it’s pretty certain that the story was made up (well, aside from the fact that ghosts aren’t real). Plus, the Warrens have also come under criticism over the years. And, the house has had quite a few other people living in it, and no one has ever claimed that anything paranormal happened to them.
Having grown up on Long Island not far from Amityville, I can tell you first hand that the people who owned the house in the 1980's and 90's HATED all the people who would park outside or ring their doorbell.
I was chased away MANY times!
I'm from PA. My bf and I got bored during Covid and wanted to see it. We drove by but weren't annoying we just drove by. They still have signs outside warning potential visitors lol
@@lucianaromulus1408 and with all the renovations they've had done, the house is unrecognizable now.
But still.. almost 50 years since Ron DeFeo Jr. shot his family to death people STILL show up there! (the house was getting gawkers before the movie & BS haunted house story. Was a HUGE story when it happened!)
Side note: Ron DeFeo Jr. went to his grave with one regret... that he didn't get his grandmother too!
@@LiveFromThePorcelainPalace yeah, looks totally different. We didn't want to be annoying, just a curiosity for us. Very interesting story.
@@lucianaromulus1408 I know the house has gone through a few owners since the Lutz' left.. The owners in the 1980's, when I was a teenager, did extensive remodeling. First change was removing the attic windows. I've also seen the house go through several color changes.
@@LiveFromThePorcelainPalace it looks much smaller in person lol
The Howling, Firestarter, Fright Night, The Lost boys, The Monster Squad, The Oman, The people under the stairs, Rosemaries Baby.
So, the town of Amity is the setting for two great horror movies: This, and Jaws.
This is Amityville, Long Island. Even though we've had quite alot of sharks last summer.🤯🥶
29:27 Actually the axe scene in The Shining comes from The Phantom Carriage (1921)
In the book Jack beat Wendy with a croquet mallet.Kubrik changed it up alot.
This came out first… 1979. Shining came out the following year in 80