Which Amityville Movies Are Considered Franchise Canon (& Why)
There are more than 30 horror movies with Amityville in the name, but fans could use a guide to which ones form the official franchise canon. The entire cinematic property dates back to an actual piece of property, the infamous house located at 112 Ocean Avenue in the town of Amityville, New York, on Long Island. Equipped with top floor windows that look like eyes, the Amityville house is one of the most well-known haunted places in history. That is provided that one believes the story of what supposedly happened there.
What is 100 percent indisputable fact is that in November 1974, at that address, a young man named Ronald «Butch» DeFeo Jr. brutally murdered his entire family with a shotgun. He later claimed he was told to do this by sinister voices. For those crimes, he was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. What has been repeatedly called into question over the years is the purportedly true story of the Lutz family, who moved into the DeFeo home in December 1975, only to flee not long after. The Lutz family said they left due to terrifying paranormal encounters inside.
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Jay Anson's book chronicling the Lutz tale was adapted into 1979's The Amityville Horror, a movie regarded by many as a horror classic. It was a big success, and led to multiple sequels, most of which bore only small connections to each other from a narrative standpoint. A remake of the original also came in 2005, starring Ryan Reynolds as George Lutz. Beginning in 2011, the floodgates suddenly opened on so-called Amityville movies, with low-budget effort after low-budget effort being pumped out. Here's why that happened along with a breakdown of which Amityville movies are the canon
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