My Amityville Horror Review
My Amityville Horror - Fact or fiction, truth or hoax you can't deny the impact that the house on 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville did for the horror genre. George and Kathleen Lutz became a media sensation when they shared with the world their 21 days of terror in the Amity house. Even though this is a decades old story it is still a debatable horror topic. Most believe that the Lutz's story is a true story of pure fiction perpetrated in order to receive money while others hold that the events that happened in that house are true, like Daniel Lutz. He was the son of Kathleen Lutz, who George later adopted and he has finally agreed to speak on camera about this life in the Lutz's family and his memories of his time at 112 Ocean Avenue.
I for one am a fan of the Amityville story and the mystery that surrounds it. So, I was eager to hear Daniel Lutz's account of living in that house. I was hoping to hear some new information on this story and what better way to hear it than from the person who lived it. But, much of what was presented in this documentary was really nothing new. Danny is interviewed by both the director and one of the journalists, Laura Didio, who was one of the first to report on the Amity home and is still a believer of the events that took place there.
Throughout the documentary you can actually feel the anger of Danny coming out of the screen as he tells his story of a life with a controlling man, George Lutz, who he hated from the moment that he adopted him. He further explains his troubled childhood being labeled as the Amityville kid and how the media sensation changed his life forever.
This documentary includes interviews with psychologists, reporters, skeptics and even a visit with Lorranie Warren who with her husband Ed investigated the house, which they state they rid of its demonic possession. Sadly, even with all the information presented, this documentary still plays out like the story of a bitter man with daddy and anger issues. Danny's recounting of the events seem to go all over place and at times contraindicating himself. To put it bluntly he just doesn't come off as being believable in anything he says. He even at one point threatens the director for asking him if he would be willing to take a lie detector test. It is odd to say that this was a well put together documentary, but overall this would have been better had you eliminated the one person who could have told the truth about the events that took place there.
