Comments on: ‘The Amityville Horror’ Getting Remade… Again?

By: ‘Piranha 3DD’ & ‘Amityville Horror: Lost Tapes’ Get Release Date Delay | Movies

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:49:09 +0000

[...] to start your week off with bad news, horror fans, but it seems as though both Piranha 3DD and The Amityville Horror: The Lost Tapes have been bumped from their respective release dates, and are now facing an uncertain [...]

By: Alison

Alison — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 04:50:52 +0000

Do you realize that many people hate the Shining and consider it nothing more than a boring Amityville Horror rip off, so before you starting stating poncey statement like “generally regarded as a bad film”, you’re talking about critics and critics don’t pay to watch films. The public spent over 80 million of their cash to watch it..and the DVDs still sell today. I rest my case really.

By: TDK11

TDK11 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:50:01 +0000

Wow, Josh Brolin to play the lead in the remake of the remake would be an outstanding idea, gdw 298. I’m all for that! His dad, James, was in the original 70′s version as George Lutz. Very cool idea.
As for the story focus…I thought it would be interesting to tell the tale of the Defeo family murders. They’ve only used it as a kickstart in the first 5 minutes in both the original and remake…why not use that story for an entirely new Amityville film. It was a true story told from many different perspectives. However, I think it would be a more compelling film if you subtract the Lutz characters, possibly the hauntings too, and portray the real people(The Defeo’s)and what lead up to that inevitable tragedy in the next installment. The real challenge would be finding the correct story or at least something that holds a light of truth to what really happened to the Defeo family. If you can do that…I think we’ll finally get the Amityville film that was supposed to be made a very long time ago.

By: Daniel F

Daniel F — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:42:27 +0000

Meh I liked the remake more I thought the original was terrible. The remake was better, but still bad either way no need to remake it again.

By: Dan Lister

Dan Lister — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:18:33 +0000

Why not just release both versions in a box set, call it “The Amityville Boredom”?

By: Jimmy FIVE

Jimmy FIVE — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:04:26 +0000

remakes are just the nature of the bussiness. whatever sells/sold will be remade. it has always been this way. for some part films titles were at least reworked and changed in the past unlike now where we are getting this plethera of well known classics being remade by the dozens each month. It all feels like some sort of technological/commericial raping to the public with an overload of fat people dispensing feces to no end at a constant. can you believe they are increasing the number for best picture acacademy award nods to ten. So now plenty of horrible films remade or not will get the precursor oscar nominated. what a sad state it all is. so my answer is lets all just make movies and have fun doing it. lets bring back the independent spirit that ruled the 70′s and 90′s with original ideas people!

By: Eddie

Eddie — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:41:57 +0000

Liked ang lees hulk

By: jstoldr

jstoldr — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:42:51 +0000

I never said the murders were a hoax. Just The Lutz’s story. There were no murders when they lived tere just the so called hauntings. They moved in after the murders.

By: gdw298

gdw298 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:46:13 +0000

Im all for remaking the remake.
I Loved the original.
I enjoyed the 2005 version, but I couldnt help but think it was a missed opportunity on many levels.

I say, ignore the 2005 film and replace Ryan Reynolds with Josh Brolin in the new film.

By: DrSamBeckett

DrSamBeckett — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:30:40 +0000

The original holds up a hell of a lot better than the most recent remake!

And the murders were no hoax, the demonic forces behind it, they might be falsified a tad.

Also, technology can hamper a film as well as help it, just because todays effects are more impressive visually doesnt mean they are neccessarily better. The ships in the first Star Wars trilogy look better in some ways than their CGI counterparts in the prequels.

And The Fly, while kinda being a remake itself, they are planning a new version, and I am willing to be a million pounds that a CGI transformation isnt half as scary as the make up and prosthetics.

New film making is lazier, better is not the word i would have chosen.

By: 790

790 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:23:01 +0000

Since when were these murders a hoax Jstoldr?

Greenlite, the original Amityville was pretty freaky even today it holds up,,,

By: DrSamBeckett

DrSamBeckett — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:05:22 +0000

Greenlite

I’m sorry but that is a ridiculous statement, Star Wars is still great and its over 30 years old now! Or Indiana Jones! Or hundreds of other films that were better! Is Terminator 4 better than 1+2.
And as for acting being better now than it was, that is a really silly notion, acting styles may have changed but acting in of itself has gone way down hill in the last 10 years, people are cast these days solely on looks rather than actual talent. Megan Fox and Orlando Bloom are perfect examples! Niether can act but are attractive enough to scrape by!

By: Greenlite

Greenlite — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:22:06 +0000

I like remakes, cause people of my age havn’t seen the old classics, and when we do, it’s a let down cuz the acting and visuals back then were no where near as good compared to today’s technology and skill sets.

Let the quality people do remakes so the new generation can appreciate why some films were the classics in their times.

By: DrSamBeckett

DrSamBeckett — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:34:38 +0000

Ban any remakes, boycott them right now. Come on people, all it does is diminish the way people feel about the original, and we are going to end up with a whole generation who think Jackie Earl Haley is Freddy Kruger, and that Michael Bay is responsible for Texas Chainsaw!

Also just realised, Jakie Earl Haley, kind of a girls name!

By: jstoldr

jstoldr — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:20:14 +0000

I have always said that if you are going to remake a movie, remake a bad one. the original Amityville Horror is generally regarded as a terrible movie. The remake wasn’t much better. So I guess the are going to see if they might be able to make a good version. Maybe they are taking the angle of what really happened, like the hoax that the whole Lutz story was. Or maybe the story of the original murders.

By: 'Amityville Horror' To Be Remade Again? | The Film Stage

'Amityville Horror' To Be Remade Again? | The Film Stage — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:47:54 +0000

[...] (via ScreenRant) has uncovered the snippet of news that Dimension and the Weinstein Company may be doing a second [...]

By: 790

790 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:01:06 +0000

Is that cause the house is built over an indian shark graveyard?

By: Mike E.

Mike E. — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:07:49 +0000

I think they should do an “Amity Horror” film.. like this family moves into this house in a lovely fishing village off the coast of Maine, and it turns out the house is haunted by a giant shark…