The Amityville Horror (1979)
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.
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#010626
The Warrens: Paranormal Power Couple
"if you've ever seen movies like the Amityville horror, so we talked about them in that episode"
— Chuck
Referenced as a film about the Lutz family's experiences at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York.
Jan 6, 2026
#102925
Short Stuff: The Bell Witch
"this throws it in there with the category of, like, the Amidaville House and stuff like that of these supposed real hauntings."
— Josh
Josh compares the Bell Witch story to the Amityville Horror as a category of supposed real hauntings.
Oct 29, 2025
#103024
Short Stuff: Two Scary True Shorties!
"They were essentially like the family from the Amityville horror that they had, they were trying to basically create a sellable story."
— Chuck
The hosts discuss speculation that the Brodus family may have fabricated the Watcher letters as a hoax, comparing them to creating a story like Amityville Horror.
Oct 30, 2024
#032624
Love Canal: Even Dirtier Than It Sounds
"I think that's literally part of Amityville Horror at the end. Isn't there like black sludge seeping through the walls?"
— Josh
Josh references the Amityville Horror movie when comparing it to families finding black sludge seeping through basement walls at Love Canal.
Mar 26, 2024
#091419
SYSK Selects: How Wills Work
"One of my personal favorites, Amityville Horror. The first one. The 1979 one."
— Chuck
Chuck lists it as one of his personal favorite movies from 1979.
Sep 14, 2019
#021219
Could There Be A Loch Ness Monster?
"The haunted house in Amityville or the Loch Ness monster photos? Or the Bermuda Triangle."
— Chuck
Chuck mentions the haunted house story from Amityville as a competing news story in the 1970s.
Feb 12, 2019
#102518
How the Amityville Horror Worked
"one of the greatest horror movies of all time"
— Josh
Josh introduces the Amityville Horror film as one of the greatest horror movies, referencing it as the subject of the episode.
Oct 25, 2018
#042111
How Wills Work
"One of my personal favorites, Amityville Horror. The first one."
— Josh
Josh was listing his favorite movies from 1979 to set up the topic about wills.
Apr 21, 2011
#041911
Shoo Fly Don't Bother Me
"Do you remember that part in Amityville horror? The priest is like, he's covered in flies and starts sweating"
— Josh
Josh recalls a scene from The Amityville Horror involving a priest covered in flies when discussing disgusting fly scenarios.
Apr 19, 2011
#101309
How to Find the History of Your House
"obviously, it turned into like an Amityville horror type of scene"
— Josh
Josh references the movie when discussing what would happen if ghostly activity occurred in your house after finding out about a murder there.
Oct 13, 2009
Cast
James Brolin
George Lutz
Margot Kidder
Kathy Lutz
Rod Steiger
Father Delaney
Don Stroud
Father Richard Bolen
Murray Hamilton
Father Ryan
John Larch
Father Nuncio
Natasha Ryan
Amy
K.C. Martel
Greg
Meeno Peluce
Matt
Michael Sacks
Jeff
Irene Dailey
Aunt Helena
Helen Shaver
Carolyn
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