Amityville Horror House - A True Spine Chilling Story Behind Amityville Horror Movie (2005)
Of all the houses or places titled 'The Most Haunting' places in America, this tiny house children's 3-year-old in Amityville, New York, is the queen of all horrors. An entire family was murdered inside the house by another family member, their very own son. The tales of the Amityville house spook terror all over the neighborhood.
This house is situated around 30 miles outside New York City. In 1974, children's3-year-old Ronald J. DeFeo was held on trial for shooting his parents and his family members while they were sleeping in the same house.
When asked why he had done it, he had the same answer: the house's voices asked him to. This incident that took place earlier set the chain for a string of horrible, haunting incidents over the years.
The Lutz Family
A year later, after the incident, the Lutz family bought the house at a reduced price than the original. But the family, unfortunately, lasted only for 28 days in the place. The terrifying incidents in the area gave rise to the most famous house movie, 'Amityville Horror' and several other best-selling books.
Lutz woke up at 3.15 every morning on his own, which was when Ronald set out to shoot his family. The family members claimed to have smelled suspicious and weird odors, found green slime oozing out keyholes and door gaps, random chills, .etc.
Due to the happenings, the family called a priest to perform an exorcism. The priest heard a yell s'reaming''Get out' and asked the family members never to sleep in that room again.
Other hauntings include opening and closing the garage door without prompt, knocking down knives and other harmful objects on their own, and a hideous creature with red eyes staring into the house.
One fearful instance was when George Lutz woke up to his wife, Kathy Lutz, floating in the air and his sons, Daniel and Christopher Lutz, also floating over their beds.
After the Lutz family left the house, Ed and Lorraine, the famous ghost experts, took a picture" of the "demonic boy" with glowing white eyes. The house was empty for several years after that.
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The Amityville Horror (2005)
The Amityville Horror was a movie directed by Andrew Doughlas in 2005. This movie was the ninth in the line of the Amityville horror series. The film is based on the DeFeo mass murder and the tales of the Lutz family.
In the movie, their daughter Chelsea seems to have befriended an imaginary friend named Jodie, one of the murdered DeFeo children. The film shows the paranormal events that the original Lutz family witnessed.
The movie also showed the instance of the babysitter Lisa, the DeFeo children's former babysitter, who encountered Jodie in the closet she was murdered in. Slowly, the stepfather George, started getting possessed and eventually killed their pet dog.
He is also shown trying to kill his wife and children as well. According to some critics, the movie shows disturbing scenes which are exaggerated.
The Amityville Horror Book by Jay Anson also discusses similar experiences and stories that inspired the movies. The book was published in 1977. However, the book and the movie have faced controversies and objections. However, this does not stop books and movies from being one of the best horror sequences ever.
Conclusion
Now the house sits alone on the street with no residents. The house is put for sale, but who would want to purchase that house? Although locals have claimed that it is still haunted and radiates negative energy from every corner, it does not prevent curious minds from exploring and discovering the mysteries themselves.
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