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The "behind the scenes" interviews are as interesting as the novel. You'll love Kidder's personality, off screen, as she describes some of the acting processes and her interaction with her co-stars. Brolin does a great job of recounting his early days. All in all, a good "edition" of the film to have. Now, on to the film:

The fact or fiction faction of this film has nothing to do with the film. Nor should the "truth" about what truly happened should be of no concern to the horror fan.

The facts about this film are:
1. Brolin's performance is flawless and riveting.
2. Kidder's performance is genuine and provoking.
3. Steiger's performance deserved an Academy nod.

The film begins it's haunting feel from the get-go. A great job by all involved. A perfect film for the horror genre. Just keep telling yourself: what if? what if.....

Amityville Horror is a supposed true story that centers around a family who buy a new home. They think the house is being invaded by spirits of a murdered family who died there years before. Despite the fact of them finding out about the murder and being harrassed by ''demons'' they decide to stay and the chaos ensues.

As far as this being a true story.. Whatever happened in that house could be attributed to common occurences or freak incidents- How would a car accident or a cut on a priests hand have anything to do with spirits or demonic possession?

They are trying to put a supernatural spin on things that are not out of the ordinary occurences. So the fact that a family died here just gives more of an excuse to attribute regular occurences to something supernatural.

The people in this story could have made something out of nothing, been freaked out by the fact a family was killed there or the father could of been mentally ill. Everything else that happened was no proof of a ghost.. They could of made it all up.

Other than that, This was a pretty good movie. If you want to see a good/decent horror movie then you should buy it but stick with the original and pass on the re-make. 3.5 stars.