My Amityville Horror

Ever since i started this movie review blog, i have never written any movie review of a documentary. Why is that ? Well, i have no good answer, even if i have seen some great ones, i never really thought about writing a review on one so far. But since documentaries have become box office success worldwide, it is hard to avoid the impact a documentary can give the audience. We all read about Searching For Sugar Man, that became one of the biggest documentary successes of all time. Personally i really loved Never Sleep Again - The Elm Street Legacy, this is without a doubt the best documentary ever made so far, 4 hours long with a perfect example of interesting information of cult film making. For those of you who have heard the true story of George Lutz and the so called The Amityville Horror story, you may think this is another movie adaption of what happened to the Lutz family. Actually this is documentary where George´s stepson Daniel Lutz, where he tells his story, of what happened in the so called posessed house. Is it possible My Amityville Horror will tell us the real truth on this case, or was this all a hoax ?

December 1975. George Lutz, his wife Kathy Lutz, and her three kids move into 112 Ocean Avenue, in Amityville, on the south shore of Long Island, New York. They are informed that 13 months ago, former owner Ronald DeFeo, Jr killed 6 family members in the house. George still belive this is the perfect house for the family. Until strange things begin to happen, as objects move and family members experience strange events in the house. Every day that pass by, things become worse. Until one day George decide to escape from the house, with the family. 35 years later, Daniel Lutz decide to tell the story his way, what he experienced in the haunted house. Was this story a hoax to make money, or did the Lutz family experience hell ?

The most interesting part of My Amityville Horror, is to hear Daniel Lutz tell his side of the story. You can see the pain he has carried inside for all these years, a normal kid does not grow up like he did. And then we hear audio interview from George Lutz himself, telling us what happened in the house. It´s hard to belive that this is all true, as the family claims. I understand many people out there belive in haunted houses, but somewhere along the way, i feel that this might have been mental issues, instead of haunted experiences. When you hear George Lutz tell you he was thrown away by a spirit, alot of questions comes to my mind. Even if i feel some details are told in a very easy way, My Amityville Horror gives some interesting information, in a case that became popular worldwide. I wish director Eric Walter would have given us much more deeper details, especially about the many strange happenings in the house. Now we only get some detailed information from the audio with George Lutz, and of course with Daniel Lutz. But things get even more interesting when former Channel 5 reporter Marvin Scott, tell the story when he stayed in the house for 6 hours. Nothing happened at first, and still he brought with him a professional paranormal expert. Not until they went upstairs, the paranormal expert felt a presence . Is this all a hoax ? I think you should decide for yourself. As a documentary, My Amityville Horror delivers a interesting story, that should please people who love ghost stories. No matter what you belive, i have a feeling you will ask yourself many questions after hearing these witnesses.

Rating: DDD