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Skyline Announces Early 2019 Release Date For ‘The Amityville Murders’

Skyline Entertainment has now announced the early 2019 release date for writer-director Daniel Farrand’s supernatural film The Amityville Murders. Skyline Entertainment has set the date for the North American release of the horror film The Amityville Murders from writer/director Daniel Farrands. Based on true events, the film serves as a prequel to the 1979 classic The Amityville Horror and tells the disturbing story of the DeFeo family and the events that led to the night of November 13, 1974, when Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered his entire family as they slept. DeFeo blamed a supernatural force in the home and insisted that voices told him to kill his family. John Robinson (“Elephant”), Chelsea Ricketts (“Crooked Arrows”), Diane Franklin (“Better Off Dead”), Paul Ben-Victor(“Daredevil”), Lainie Kazan (“My Big Fat Greek Wedding”) and Burt Young (“Rocky”) star. Farrands, Eric Brenner (All I Wish) and Lucas Jarach (Dear Dictator) produced the film that was executive produced by Jim Jacobsen (The Haunting of Sharon Tate).

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 21, 2018
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‘The Amityville Murders’ Trailer Takes Us Back To The Beginning

The Amityville legend continues to grow. A new film about the allegedly haunted house will premiere this October, The Amityville Murders, from writer-director Daniel Farrands. But this time, we will witness the original events that led to the night an entire family was gunned down in their sleep by one of their own. “On the night of November 13, 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. took a high-powered rifle and murdered his entire family as they slept. At his trial, DeFeo claimed that “voices” in the house commanded him to kill. This is their story.” John Robinson, Chelsea Ricketts, Paul Ben-Victor, Diane Franklin, Noa Brenner, Zane Austin, and Kue Lawrence star as the DeFeo family. Eric Brenner, Lucas Jarach, and Daniel Farrands (A Haunting in Connecticut) produced. German Michael Torres of CineTel Films and Jim Jacobson serve as executive producers. The Amityville Murders open in theaters on October 15, 2018.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 19, 2018
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Eli Roth To Produce New Amityville Movie ‘1974’

Eli Roth is a busy man. Not only is Roth producing the upcoming Halloween film Haunt, he will also be producing the upcoming film 1974 that will explore the true story behind one of the most well known haunted houses, the Amityville house. Casey La Scala, who produced the long delayed movie Amityville: The Awakening, will be in the director’s chair. Production is set to begin this September and will center on the DeFeo murders murders that took place one year before the Lutz family moved into the house, only to leave 28 days later after a plague of paranormal activity. 1974 will be the first film about the happenings at the Amityville house that will feature the Defeo murders. No cast has been announced, but as soon as they are we will let you know.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 15, 2017
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Daniel Lutz Wants To Make A Film About His Experiences In The Amityville Horror House

There have been many films that have capitalized on the tragedy that befell the DeFeo family in 1974 after the family was brutally murdered by one of their own in their home at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York. The home’s next residents, the Lutz family, only stayed in the home 28 days before fleeing with recounts of paranormal activity. The family’s story was adapted into a book by Jay Anson, then became one of the genre’s largest movie franchises, beginning with 1979’s classic ‘The Amityville Horror‘. Back in 2012 George Lutz’s stepson, Daniel Lutz, told his side of the story of what happened in the home during those dark 28 days in the fantastic documentary ‘My Amityville Horror’, directed by Eric B. Walter. This week, Daniel called out producers Jason Blum and Harvey Weinstein, while tagging TMZ, during a series of brutal rants on Twitter. What is unclear is why Lutz is attacking the very people that could

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 5, 2016
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A Closer Look At The Conjuring 2

The Conjuring 2, from director James Wan, the follow up to 2013’s haunting hit, is one the most highly anticipated movies of 2016. One the biggest draws to the film is that it is based on true events. The film, like its predecessor, is based on the investigations of famous paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga. In the film the Warrens arrive in London in the late 1970’s, after looking into the Amityville Huanting, to investigate the intense paranormal happenings a single mother and her children are facing, known as the Enfield poltergeist. The film will also reveal the couple’s internal struggle of dealing with the paranormal world, the drain and the danger Lorraine faces with each investigation. “You know, we’re a little older, a little wiser. But we still have that same drive. That’s the crux of the Warren’s position: what’s good for their family, and what’s good for their souls, and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 7, 2016
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The True Story Behind ‘The Amityville Horror’

In 1979 a movie was released titled ‘The Amityville Horror’, that became an instant horror classic, this is the true story that inspired that supernatural masterpiece. The fact that the movie is based on a true story only adds to the sense of terror. ‘The Amityville Horror’ movie follows a newly wed couple who move into a house with their with their family. The Lutz family, George and Kathy and their three children, bought the house for a steal due to the fact that the previous family,the DeFeos, were brutally murdered in the home. Soon after moving in the Lutz family begin experiencing strange things. George becomes unhinged and things only get worse when he discovers a hidden room in the basement. The true story begins with the DeFeo family, the owners before the Lutz family, who lived in the house at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York. On Thursday, November 13, 1974 at 3:15 am, 23 year old

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 19, 2015

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Skyline Announces Early 2019 Release Date For ‘The Amityville Murders’

Skyline Entertainment has now announced the early 2019 release date for writer-director Daniel Farrand’s supernatural film The Amityville Murders. Skyline Entertainment has set the date for the North American release of the horror film The Amityville Murders from writer/director Daniel Farrands. Based on true events, the film serves as a prequel to the 1979 classic The Amityville Horror and tells the disturbing story of the DeFeo family and the events that led to the night of November 13, 1974, when Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered his entire family as they slept. DeFeo blamed a supernatural force in the home and insisted that voices told him to kill his family. John Robinson (“Elephant”), Chelsea Ricketts (“Crooked Arrows”), Diane Franklin (“Better Off Dead”), Paul Ben-Victor(“Daredevil”), Lainie Kazan (“My Big Fat Greek Wedding”) and Burt Young (“Rocky”) star. Farrands, Eric Brenner (All I Wish) and Lucas Jarach (Dear Dictator) produced the film that was executive produced by Jim Jacobsen (The Haunting of Sharon Tate).

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 21, 2018
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‘The Amityville Murders’ Trailer Takes Us Back To The Beginning

The Amityville legend continues to grow. A new film about the allegedly haunted house will premiere this October, The Amityville Murders, from writer-director Daniel Farrands. But this time, we will witness the original events that led to the night an entire family was gunned down in their sleep by one of their own. “On the night of November 13, 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. took a high-powered rifle and murdered his entire family as they slept. At his trial, DeFeo claimed that “voices” in the house commanded him to kill. This is their story.” John Robinson, Chelsea Ricketts, Paul Ben-Victor, Diane Franklin, Noa Brenner, Zane Austin, and Kue Lawrence star as the DeFeo family. Eric Brenner, Lucas Jarach, and Daniel Farrands (A Haunting in Connecticut) produced. German Michael Torres of CineTel Films and Jim Jacobson serve as executive producers. The Amityville Murders open in theaters on October 15, 2018.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 19, 2018
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Eli Roth To Produce New Amityville Movie ‘1974’

Eli Roth is a busy man. Not only is Roth producing the upcoming Halloween film Haunt, he will also be producing the upcoming film 1974 that will explore the true story behind one of the most well known haunted houses, the Amityville house. Casey La Scala, who produced the long delayed movie Amityville: The Awakening, will be in the director’s chair. Production is set to begin this September and will center on the DeFeo murders murders that took place one year before the Lutz family moved into the house, only to leave 28 days later after a plague of paranormal activity. 1974 will be the first film about the happenings at the Amityville house that will feature the Defeo murders. No cast has been announced, but as soon as they are we will let you know.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 15, 2017
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Daniel Lutz Wants To Make A Film About His Experiences In The Amityville Horror House

There have been many films that have capitalized on the tragedy that befell the DeFeo family in 1974 after the family was brutally murdered by one of their own in their home at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York. The home’s next residents, the Lutz family, only stayed in the home 28 days before fleeing with recounts of paranormal activity. The family’s story was adapted into a book by Jay Anson, then became one of the genre’s largest movie franchises, beginning with 1979’s classic ‘The Amityville Horror‘. Back in 2012 George Lutz’s stepson, Daniel Lutz, told his side of the story of what happened in the home during those dark 28 days in the fantastic documentary ‘My Amityville Horror’, directed by Eric B. Walter. This week, Daniel called out producers Jason Blum and Harvey Weinstein, while tagging TMZ, during a series of brutal rants on Twitter. What is unclear is why Lutz is attacking the very people that could

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 5, 2016
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A Closer Look At The Conjuring 2

The Conjuring 2, from director James Wan, the follow up to 2013’s haunting hit, is one the most highly anticipated movies of 2016. One the biggest draws to the film is that it is based on true events. The film, like its predecessor, is based on the investigations of famous paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga. In the film the Warrens arrive in London in the late 1970’s, after looking into the Amityville Huanting, to investigate the intense paranormal happenings a single mother and her children are facing, known as the Enfield poltergeist. The film will also reveal the couple’s internal struggle of dealing with the paranormal world, the drain and the danger Lorraine faces with each investigation. “You know, we’re a little older, a little wiser. But we still have that same drive. That’s the crux of the Warren’s position: what’s good for their family, and what’s good for their souls, and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 7, 2016
Horror Fuel

The True Story Behind ‘The Amityville Horror’

In 1979 a movie was released titled ‘The Amityville Horror’, that became an instant horror classic, this is the true story that inspired that supernatural masterpiece. The fact that the movie is based on a true story only adds to the sense of terror. ‘The Amityville Horror’ movie follows a newly wed couple who move into a house with their with their family. The Lutz family, George and Kathy and their three children, bought the house for a steal due to the fact that the previous family,the DeFeos, were brutally murdered in the home. Soon after moving in the Lutz family begin experiencing strange things. George becomes unhinged and things only get worse when he discovers a hidden room in the basement. The true story begins with the DeFeo family, the owners before the Lutz family, who lived in the house at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York. On Thursday, November 13, 1974 at 3:15 am, 23 year old

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 19, 2015