Murder in amityville, the amityville curse and the secret of amityville. Murder in amityville was used as the basis of the 1982 film amityville. Everything you thought you knew about the haunted amityville horror house in new york is wrong.
One of america’s most notorious homes, the amityville horror house has captivated movie lovers and fans of the paranormal for nearly 50 years. Meanwhile, the purportedly paranormal occurrences that happened here have spawned a slew of books and films like the amityville horror, which have kept tourists flocking. On november 13, 1974, a large colonial house at 112 ocean ave., amityville, long island, new york, was the scene of a mass murder.
This is the twisted truth. The story goes much deeper. Books and movies about ‘the amityville horror’ blur fact and fiction. Hans holzer wrote three books relating the story: