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EAN num: 9781416507697
ISBN number: 1416507698
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Page Count: 256
Printing Date: July 26, 2005
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OK, folks, for the last time, here's the real story.
1. On 13 November 1974, a murder occurred in the home known as "High Hopes," located at what was then 112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, New York. The victims of the crime were the DeFeo family: Ronald Sr., Louise, and four of their five children; Dawn, Allison, Mark and John.
2. Ronald "Butch" DeFeo, Jr., eldest son of the DeFeo family, burst into a local bar in town that night around 6:30PM, asking for help.
3. Butch DeFeo was later tried for and found guilty of the murders of his family, and was sentenced to the Green Haven Penitentiary. Every endeavor DeFeo has made to be granted parole has been rejected, he is serving consecutive life sentences. DeFeo turns 56 years old subsequent week (09/26/07).
4. The house was resold following the murders and probate. Among the owners since the murders were a couple named George and Kathy Lutz, who occupied the house in late 1975. The Lutzes later collaborated with an author to write this "true account" of their stay in the house. Mrs. Lutz has since passed away from cancer.
5. No other owner of the property has complained of psychic disturbance, hauntings, paranormal activity, or any other issues with the house. The novels which followed this one claim the house is located on a Native American burial ground. No local tribe has substantiated this claim.
6. Due to unwanted publicity, the house has been painted and the number changed to avoid onlookers.
The murders happened, folks. They're real, they were tragic. There are some odd inconsistencies about them. But that is IT. There is NOTHING to substantiate any possession, haunting, demonology, incest, or anything else suggested in this book. It is a work of fiction, which the Lutz's lawyer later suggested they dreamed up after a night of drinking. If you want a book about a haunting, go find a good telling of the story of the Bell Witch (verified by a President of the United States) or read the "Weird" series, edited by Mark Moran. This is just nonsense. There is no basement door to hell in a quiet Long Island suburb. Sorry to disappoint everyone.
:: steps off soapbox:: End of Rant. Thank you.
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I finally got a hold of this book. After seeing the movies, I wanted to get what I thought was the "whole" story as books often include more information than film. What I got..not only disappointed me in the book but also made me actually disappointed in the films (Including the remake). The book jumped too much from one scenario to another, leaving me, what felt like, in the wide open for another attack of useless jabber. The subject of the book is wonderful, and should be a little soul shaking. As far as I'm concerned, there were no real creepy sections, and I felt like I was reading an elementary grade school horror novel that you find on the "Halloween" themed shelf in the school library. The story of this book had the makings to be deeply disturbing, but all I ended up with was about a five hour reading session with no real memory of anything that transpired in the book.
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I remember seeing this movie when it very first came out--the original with James Brolin. I thought it was quite scary and, at that time, it was unknown how true or fictional most of it was. Either way, it made for good viewing and reading...the latter which I only recently undertook.
I need to see the movie again (the original) because I don't recall getting caught up with the "whys?" and "what fors?" as I did in the book. Undoubtedly the difference in age has quite a bit to do with that. Thirty-some-odd years ago, I just remember the movie showing all these horrific things happening to this family because the house was supposedly haunted. However, as I read, I found myself agonizing about how stupid the family was to stay in that house for 28 cataclysmic days. I mean who, in their right mind, is going to put up with more than a coupla days of extreme agitation, fear, and life threatening events?
That aside, this book is an easy read--easy to pick up and put down (the latter due, no doubt, to being older). It's fast paced--almost furiously so--as it cuts from the unspeakable horrors going on at the house to those being lived by the priest across town who tried to bless the house at the beginning. Would I recommend it to others? To many I would. It's a fun diversion for those who occasionally enjoy something supernatural. However, for the straight-laced, level-headed realists among us, probably not--it's a bit much.
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It scared me more as a child, when I thought the story was true. After discovering it was a hoax, the story's ability to frighten me lessened until now, I find the whole thing laughably silly. And look what happened
to George and Kathy Lutz for all that!
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This story is very well written. I'll admit that I slept with my lamp on while I was reading this. It scared the hell out of me! It's a fast read as well. Things just keep happening over and over again. It was hard to put it down! The Amityville Horror is a truely scary book. It's down right horrifying. I don't care whether it's true or not because it's such a good read. If you want to be scared, then read this. You will not be disapointed. Damn good book!
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