For God's sake, get out!
George Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and improbably cheap, Victorian mansion nestled in the sleepy coastal town of Amityville, Long Island. However, their dream home is concealing a horrific past and soon each member of the Lutz family is plagued with increasingly strange and violent visions and impulses.
Cast
James Brolin
George Lutz
Margot Kidder
Kathy Lutz
Rod Steiger
Father Delaney
Don Stroud
Father Richard Bolen
Murray Hamilton
Father Ryan
John Larch
Farther Nuncio
Natasha Ryan
Amy
K.C. Martel
Greg
Meeno Peluce
Matt
Michael Sacks
Jeff
Irene Dailey
Aunt Helena
Helen Shaver
Carolyn
Amy Wright
Jackie
Marc Vahanian
Jimmy
Elsa Raven
Mrs. Townsend
Eddie Barth
Agucci
Hank Garrett
Bartender
James Tolkan
Coroner
J.R. Miller
Boy
Val Avery
Sgt. Gionfriddo
Peter Maloney
Newspaper Clerk
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- Release Date 07/27/1979
- Language English
- Director Stuart Rosenberg
- Editor Robert Brown
- Cinematographer Fred J. Koenekamp
- Producers Ronald Saland, Elliot Geisinger
- Company American International Pictures
- Budget $4,700,000
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Jul 24, 1979 | Premiere ( Museum of Modern Art) | — |
| SE | Jul 27, 1979 | Theatrical | 15 |
| United States | Jul 27, 1979 | Theatrical | R |
| United Kingdom | Jan 10, 1980 | Theatrical | 15 |
| Germany | Jan 17, 1980 | Theatrical | — |
| IE | Jan 25, 1980 | Theatrical | 15 |
| Japan | Mar 29, 1980 | Theatrical | R18+ |
| Germany | Nov 24, 2023 | Physical (Blu-ray, MGM / Black Hill / WVG) | 16 |
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