Genre: Horror
Published: 1977
Pages: 256
In December 1975, the Lutz family moved into their new home on suburban Long Island. George and Kathleen Lutz knew that, one year earlier, Ronald DeFeo had murdered his parents, brothers, and sisters in the house, but the property—complete with boathouse and swimming pool—and the price had been too good to pass up.
Twenty-eight days later, the entire Lutz family fled in terror.
Twenty-eight days later, the entire Lutz family fled in terror.
I listened to the audiobook version of this book through my library. This is my honest review.
I've seen a couple different movies based on this book, and although I haven't watched them recently, I feel like they did a pretty good job of sticking to the events of the book from what I do remember. Which means you could reasonably just watch the movies and basically get the same story.
One thing we got from the book you won't get from the movies is the insight into the thoughts of the characters. While the movies show the external events really well, the book takes you into the minds of the characters, and you really see how they unraveled as their time in the house grew short. This also made it seem less absurd that they didn't just leave when things first got weird.
As the story progressed, George started to seem very Jack Torrance like in his attitude towards his family. It would be interesting to see how he felt about his actions and attitude after they left the house.
Overall I give The Amityville Horror 3.1032 out of 5 stars. - Katie
Jay Anson (1921–1980) began as a copy boy on the New York Evening Journal in 1937, and later worked in advertising and publicity. With more than 500 documentary scripts for television to his credit, he was associated with Professional Films, Inc. He died in 1980.
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