ForgetFreddy and Jason . There ’s one repulsion scoundrel that ’s inspired more continuation and spinoffs than any other , and it ’s not a masked Orcinus orca — it ’s a goddamn house .
By my enumeration , the just - announced Amityville 1974 will be the twenty-fourth film with ties to the Amityville series , and that ’s not even number docMy Amityville Horroror the iconic Long Island home ’s cameo inThe Conjuring 2 .
The title Amityville 1974 essentially open it away , but this entry in the jaw - droppingly springy franchise will be a prequel , digging into the real - life murder that transpire at 112 Ocean Avenue in 1974 . That tragic law-breaking , in which adult son Ronald DeFeo Jr. shotgun - blasted his parents and four untried siblings to death , is the foot for the “ haunting ” chronicle by the home ’s next occupier in Jay Anson ’s full - seller , The Amityville Horror — bill as a true storyin the 1977 book and the 1979 hit movie asterisk Margot Kidder and James Brolin .
The real-life Amityville house in 2005, still recognizable even without those eye-shaped windows.Photo: Paul Hawthorne (Getty Images)
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As it happens , there ’s already a prequel based on the aggregated execution that start up it all ( 1982 ’s Amityville II : The Possession ) , but overall the serial , which is mostly populated with unbent - to - television films , has been more loosely inspired by the ghost narrative ( the statute title Amityville Dollhouse tells you all you take to know , though there ’s also been a possess lamp , a curiously familiar asylum , and institute footage in the admixture over the days ) . The last Amityville motion-picture show with any sort of visibility wasAmityville : The Awakening , take in 2014 but not turn until 2017 , and which ca n’t be recommended even to diehard Jennifer Jason Leigh fans .
This brings us to Amityville 1974 ( though the estimate for the film has been bouncing around since 2017 or so , according to aVarietyreport ) . A press release from producers Wonderfilm Media says it will deliver “ a truly alone and terrifying vision for the fright dealership ” but there ’s not much elaboration beyond that ; author - music director Casey La Scala adds “ This is a story that takes its jump - off point from the truthful facts surrounding the DeFeo tragedy , but also focuses on the human drama that took home inside a family as they were relentlessly haunt by a terrifying wickedness . ”
No Word of God on casting or when we might be get wind new lightness shining through those eye - form windows — it ’s set to begin filming in November , per the press button — but if you really have a hankering for some Amityville , there are slew of other cinema ( ranging from capital to just awful ) ready to fill the emptiness .
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