James Brolin said when he read this book as part of his audition for the role of George, it had him so on edge that when a pair of pants he had hanging fell on the floor, it startled him so much he literally jumped out of his chair.
When I was 9, my sister told me the Amityville story as well as parts of The Exorcist film. They commingled in my young mind into a cocktail of dread that stayed with me for a very long time. (I love my sister)
I think I was 11, same sort of situation but I think it was the Babysitter. I recall those two Windows in the Attic on the side of the house seemed etched in my mind, lol. I agree with Anthony Palermo, great story!
@@cardphins68 My babysitter lent me her copy in secret when I was 12. It was the first adult book I ever read and I had my nose in it for two days straight. It scared me big time, but it also gave me my love of reading which I still have today🙂
@@caveman3021 Something positive did emerge, always a good thing. I admit that Book scared the heck out of me, the whole "Get Out" deal with the Priest. Sheesh, not like he was trolling the Locker Room after the 5th Grade boys practiced! Where are those Entities when you need them!
Lol, typical older sibling thing. My brother was 10 and absolutely insisted on watching A Nightmare on Elm St with 18 year old me despite my warnings…he regretted it and I had to babysit him a lot after that 🤣
Tony Gary • I HAVE READ A COUPLE CHAPTERS OF THE BOOK YEARS AGO I WAS 13 YEARS OLD WHEN RONALD DEFEO KILLED HIS FAMILY I REMEMBER WHEN THE BOOK AND MOVIE CAME OUT .I JUST READ THE AUDIO BOOK AND YES YOUR RIGHT IT'S A LOT BETTER THAN THE MOVIE MATTER OF FACT I WATCHED THE MOVIE YESTERDAY ON THE COMET CHANNEL THAT'S THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS I HAD SEEN THE MOVIE I WATCHED IT ONCE YEARS AGO AND IT WAS PRETTY GOOD I BELIEVE A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO THE LUTZ'S REALLY HAPPENED
@@mikehartsook5281 i believe it did also i have listened to a lot of the ghost hunters Ed and Lorain i forget there last name but they were represented in the movie the conjuring
I absolutely agree. Even moreso with this story though. The way it's written is just so purely and completely creepy. Even when he was talking about the little girls rocking chair moving by itself. Lol his writing makes it scarier than it would be if someone else had written it.
Thanks for posting. I read the book over the summer of 1979 at 12 years of age, than my mom and dad took me to the drive in movie to see it I believe fall of 1979.
So many horrible things said here about Dawn. She was a young woman attending secretarial school. Her close friends all said she was quiet, well mannered and had no boyfriend. She was not wishing to join a boyfriend in Florida because the alleged boyfriend wasn't even in Florida at that time. There was no evidence of anyone else involved in the shootings, only one Marlin was used. The alleged handgun remains were too old to have been used at the time. No DNA was found on guns or Dawn - there was NO DNA testing at that time - please do your homework whoever stated that one Please ask yourself who, other than Ronnie DeFeo has damned his sister, mother and father? How many more times can he change his story? The good thing is he will never leave prison again that is a relief for the good people in this world: that one is stuck in the past and the past is welcome to him.
Note:.. Don't put this on before you sleep.. I was literally transported to the house in my dreams and I realised I was screwed, woke up at six on my day off and stayed awake.
I've been ONLY listening to this before bed and I totally agree. It painted such vivid scenes from the book and I had 3 seperate days where I got no sleep at all no joke
One of my favorite books as a child I became fascinated with this story and still in to this day. The movies did no Justice for this story whereas I think that it should have been played out as a to TV Mini series and stuck closer to the book.
That's not a bad idea to be honest with you make it into a miniseries like a far part mini series because part one could be about the murder in the house before the let's move in and then in each part in the me series is where you see the events happen when the lights move in what was going on in the house you know all that sort of stuff and the very very ending of the miniseries you know when George gets possessed by the house goes after his family and everything and they bring them back just show the family getting in the car leaving and then you see Ed and Lorraine Warner pull up with 13 and investigate what happened in the house after the let's move and she can and the actress who plays Lorraine Warner say this is the closest I want to get the hell I have the movie in that way and roll the credits but have it followed the actual book
@@mareapaszek1721 they have this new thing called google where you type in. Ronald dafeo. and press enter and it ll tell you everything you want to know about that yankee. Unless that s too much work
@@shaunfleming5860 the name of the next family was L U T Z. the paranormal investigators are ed and lorraine W A R R E N. unless you re talking about a different movie
I thought the film was very well acted , the deterioration of the father & rod Steiger is a phenomenal actor , the scene with him in that room always stood out with him battling pure evil …
Wow, only at the end i realized that this was narrated by Darkseid himself, Mr. Ray Porter... Great... Love all these hours while i was working and hearing this...
This book strangely enough, has sadly never been done any justice by ANY of the movies. Both the 1979 and 2005 versions have never been that loyal to it at all. The 1979 tackled about 30% of the elements and the 2005 one was like another version of The Shining; minus the psychic kid.
Since my local library is closed due to Covid, I've been listening to audiobooks rather than buying from Amazon. I'm enjoying this book even though I've seen the '79 movie a million times.
Why did Mr. George Lutz leave his dog , Harry outside in a dog house in the freezing temperatures? I understand the times, guard dog etc. We know better now. Right? Dogs are pack animals and are not suited for living in harsh freezing weather away from their human family. I am familiar with the horrific deaths, RIP 😔. As well of this Ocean Avenue home's history. I enjoyed the narration. It is just now at the close of 2019, listening to The Amityville Horror Audiobook that I have even considered the Lutz Family 🐶 dog. Be kind and Peace to all.
@Michelle FaithLove Ikr?!Poor Harry...duh George maybe that's why he wouldn't eat, he was too cold to exert the energy to eat! 😢🐕😢🐕 Even large dogs who come from backgrounds where their job is/was herding or guarding homesteads from wild animals cannot bear extreme temps. If they are actively working, they must have a place like a barn to retreat to. If they are just a family animal, they cannot be in extreme temps at all. My Mastiff almost had a heat stroke because my ex-fiance thought it would be good for her to sit in the sun at 4pm! After 20 minutes I discovered her and screamed when I saw her. She was panting very heavily, moaning, and I had to help her get up. She weighs 145 pounds! She drank 2 full bowls of water immediately and laid down exhausted. I had to keep a cool towel on her. In snow, she runs out only to potty! Plus, why did George always have Harry on a damn leash?! Asshole.
Love SteveClark I’m heartbroken that your beloved Mastiff was put under that stress. You are a kind and loving pet owner. Our world needs more of us. Thank you for sharing you insightful information. I also believe it should be illegal to tie a dog or walk then with a collar . Harnessing is the only way to protect their delicate tracheas. Don’t even get me started on chokers with nails. Respectfully Michelle and Gidget.
Anthony you really are a prick. I've read most of these comments and in each of your comments you've uttered nothing but offensive noise. Stfu pantywaist
I read this before I saw the movie in theaters in '79. Being R rated I had to have an adult with me. I was eleven years old. After I saw the movie I read the book again. Yes, I ended up having some nightmares for quite some time. Why do we do things like this to ourselves?!
That s why there is a rating system for movies an age of majority and a legal drinking age. To prevent 11 year olds from injuring themselves. Caveat emptor
I was in fourth grade when the movie came out in ‘79. I begged my parents to take me to see it but they refused because “The Exorcist” had terrified my younger sister so badly that they declared a moratorium on any and all horror movies until we were a bit older. We had seen seen a double feature of “Jaws” and “The Exorcist” at our local drive-in the previous summer. A few weeks later, we saw “Logan’s Run” and “Star Wars”. The 70s were awesome! In the library of my grade school, there was a single copy of “The Amityville Horror”. I probably checked it out at least ten times that year. I was a little Catholic kid, totally obsessed with anything involving demons, witchcraft and the paranormal. After I’d checked out the book for maybe the fourth or fifth time, the school librarian called me over to her desk and said, “You really like that book, don’t you?”. I said, “Yes.” She smiled and asked me if I’d seen the movie. I said that I hadn’t but I really wanted to because it was such a good story. She leaned a little closer and whispered, “Do you think it really happened?”. Without hesitation, I said, “I sure hope so.” She laughed so loud that it scared everyone in the library.
Since 1979 when i watched the movie, The movie still scares me in some way, not when i first watched it, It tripped me out and I was 10 years old when i first saw it and read the book. I wasn't too much myself into scary movies at the time, now, it doesn't too much bother me but I do tend to watch scary movies at night sometimes. I so enjoyed the 1979 version than the 2005 but the movie and story today is still great and unsolved of the house. Believe It or Not!! The House still stands today and reconstructed built and change.
@Steffie - Me too lol. Loved going to movies in the 70s. One time my friend & I saw a double feature of Willy Wonka & Beneath the Planet of the Apes. Good times.
@@j.j.spliffstar9633 good times for sure! Our parents had no clue about half the stuff we saw and did, that generation was so lackadasical about parenting. Not only that, but even the stuff they allowed us to see and do often had far more profound effects on us than they realized would happen. But we survived it! The 70's was an awesome time to be a kid!
Steffie: My mom was pretty vigilant. She had been through some supernatural things as a teenager. She didnt let us see this when it came out. I saw the Omen series much later. But yeah, the 70’s were the best.
I remember reading this upstairs in my room alone one night and after awhile I saw a fly buzzing around my room. I freaked the fuck out and went downstairs haha
I remember being 9 years old, and told my parents i could stay home alone for a few hours. So they went out visiting some friends , and i watched TV,. It was the interview with this Lutz family, telling this story..I freaked out and panicked, calling my parents to come home 😅
This has to be one of the most frightening books ever, and probably one of the most controversial stories .It seems no matter which way you go with it ;the facts don't add up 100% .My mom grew up in the next town from over from Amityville. Although she was only in grade school when the murders happened; she says it was a really big thing. Everyone was talking about it,and people had theories ; even before the whole haunted demon house angle was introduced.Many people in the area felt that DeFeo did not act alone. I have always been fascinated by this story. I've read many books on it including The Night The Defeos Died by Ric Osuna. I have been down that block several times,and have gone past that house. Don't know what it is, but there really is a very strange and unpleasant energy in that general area.
@@SamuelBlack84 I did't say I had a feeling of dread.I said there's unpleasant energy in that general area. No demons,no ghosts,nothing like that. Even if I didn't l didn't know anything about the senseless killings that took place in one of the homes on that block, the negative energy I felt would still be there. I know of others who have felt it also. I guess any location where people are murdered for stupid reasons, would more than likely have negativity attached to it.
@@liamwalters5029 How would you know? Are you from that area? Did you ever live there? Did you grow up there? Do you have friends and family there/ You have no right to make any assertions about anything . I don't know you and you don't know me.
If im not mistaken whikst filming the film the film Ryan reynolds and other nembers of the crew woke at 3.15 am most nights, which is reckoned to be the time Ronald started the killings . Also, during filming a dead body washed ashore near where they were filming, shutting diwn filming until things settled. Truely strange happenings . .
The movie is excellent and the book is even better especially if you can disregard that ONE nagging question...WHY DON'T THEY JUST GET THE FUCK OUT THE HOUSE?
Because it's all bs ghosts aren't like that they might be seen sometimes by some but they can't physically interact since they're trapped in another, non material world. Plus they're basically all fcked up totally preoccupied with stupid shit moving around in a nonsensical world tuned out to ours. And even the one's who by accident get out through those random rare and short lived tears in the fabric of that which borders and separates, they can't see you and you can't get their attention no matter what you do. They're not scary they're funny to watch sometimes fascinating mostly silly mindless dumb and boring. Harmless. All are invariably transported back to stupidville where they belong..
When George offers the priest a steak & a good drunk 😂 In the 70’s, offering him to spend the night may have been code for some kind of key party action lol lol 😳🤯🥳👼🏼 Just kidding lol
George made some pretty questionable decisions throughout this book lol guy is a business owner but made some brutal executive decision for his family. Moment he started listing demon names off to the priest, I knew he truly was a dumbass. Great story though, thank you for posting
@@jaulloa21 yeah when George starts researching demons he calls Father Mancuso and starts saying the names of demons over the phone. Meanwhile mancuso is just repeatedly telling george to stop lol
@@jaulloa21 I know what i'm saying is George is a dumbass because he's doing something thats going to negatively effect him while someone is repeatedly telling him to stop yet he keeps going on
@@GragarTheGreat George and Kathy did not even make that much money. They walked away from everything. Plus, they both passed polygraph tests. To this day, the kids even said the haunting happened.
I enjoyed the remake film but find something more creepy in the 70’s film, maybe due to my age. I was young the first time i watched on television & it was horrifying lol. I own the disc at 50 & still enjoy that version though I dont find it as scary. I read the book & obviously Im listening to this audio version. I wish they would remake it one more time, but this time cover more of what is in the book. They cut a lot out for the films. Thank u for sharing this content, well done!!
It still fascinates the world now in 2024 it’s still shocking what ever really happened to the Lux family 6 human beings were killed 😢in a house ! That it was children makes it harder to cope with . 1.4 million violent crimes happen in the USA every year! What ever truly happened a full family being shot to death in one night is the evil 👿
Remember it’s the 70’s the same time every terrifying films we’re phenomenally successful eg the exorcist made $193 ,000,000 then the OMEN ! Something evil 👿 coming was big business! After seeing the documentary with Geraldine Defoe my eyes were opened ! It was a tragedy multifaceted with layers !
Corey flood • DO YOU BELIEVE THIS REALLY HAPPENED ? I BELIEVE IT DID I WAS IN ARMY BASIC TRAINING AT FORT JACKSON SOUTH CAROLINA WHEN THE MOVIE FIRST CAME OUT I REMEMBER THE COMERICALS ON TV ABOUT THE MOVIE AND IT SHOWED THE RED EYES LOOKING IN THE WINDOW I THOUGHT THAT WAS SCARY. THEY ARE DEMONIC SPIRITS AND DEMONS THE DEVIL WANTS PEOPLE TO THINK THAT HE DOESN'T EXIST PLUS SOME OF THEM SCIENTIST OR MOST OF THEM ARE ATHEISTS AND IF THEY SAY THAT THE AMITYVILLE HORROR IS TRUE THEN THEY ARE GOING AGAINST THEIR ATHEIST BELIEFS CAUSE THEY ARE SAYING THEY ARE A DEVIL SO THEY HAVE TO BE A GOD THAT IS WHY A LOT OF THEM SAY IT WAS A HOAX. I BELIEVE WHAT GEORGE AND KATHY LUTZ, SAID THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM IS TRUE.
@@xancypillosi9497 yeah but it looked better in the 70's back when all this shit was going on simply because of the creep factor. In particular the windows wich created the "eyes" of the house. It made the entire structure actually look like a fucking skull. & with both dark family history's behind it, that makes it cool as shit. But of course, eventually, new owners had to be gay and totally re-shape the look of the house in efforts "not to perpetuate" the stigma attached to the house. they even changed the original adress of the house too lmao...as if changing the number of the house on ocean ave. is supposed to trick people or completely bury the reality of its history?? Smfh
@@davidfitzgerald5206 yea. They changed the address. I remember going to see the stupid movie with Ryan Reynolds. And this was in Farmingdale. 12 mins way. At end of movie everyone was screaming like let’s go to the house lol. But it’s clear as day. Make the right or left depending on ocean Avenue. Go down a stop sign or two and it’s there on the left. Amity sports right there
@@SamuelBlack84 Prove to me the Paranormal doesn't exist. Lol I could tell you things that I've seen that would blow your mind and make you into a believer....and nope, I don't use drugs. I am 100% Straight Edge. Back to Amityville, how in the world, does a guy shoot a rifle in the dead of night, without anybody hearing it? Why were all victims laying on their stomach? Makes no sense. From personal experiences, I can ASSURE YOU, the Paranormal/Supernatural is as real as a tree you see in the forrest.
@@Don.1984 That's the only thing that is strange, but it doesn't automatically mean demons or goblins are involved I want to go to Amityville myself and see if any supposed phenomenon would react to me
About as much truth, fact and believability as a presidential speech (not to mention using a real life tragic mass murder as a means of making money, but hey, its the american way...) but still a damn fine yarn. Could have used a bit of editing in parts but still a well written and fascinating urban legend/ modern folk tale.
I get this story is a load of BS; but that part where George - after everything his family had been through - dared to ask the priest why he shouldn't invoke the names of demons just left me floored. I get being desperate to stop the nightmarish things they had to endure - but how utterly stupid could George have been to ask such a question?
This was one of those book I read through during night. Went to school like a zombie the day after, hadn't slept a second. _same as when I read "Salems Lot" as a teen alone at home during a summer break_
For some stupid reason I clicked on your post and it took me to the 1 minute mark. It took my awhile to find where I was in the audio book. Lol lol lol
There are still documentaries on this tragedy this week another showing here in England on the BBC it gives a great concept of the 70’s & remember during the trial lots of films were phenomenal hits eg the exorcist the omen etc … paranormal mania was big business! 😮 I’m not sure 🤔 things were happening in the supernatural aspect though I think the Defoe murders is where the tragedy lays
At 3:45:45, does anyone else hear the voice yell "get out!" in the background, simultaneously with narrative of Father Mancuso saying "get out" in conversation with George Lutz?
I i fell asleep listening to this threw head phones an an woke screaming at the top of my fucking lungs the only book that made me shit my pants more then this was the exorcist. But ive read that like 5 times so it puts me to sleep at this point.
I Read The Book, Saw The Movie. There's Nothing False About It. That Was Blood Oozing Out Of The Walls, Since The Family Was Killed. The Blood Was Never Cleaned Up. 28 Days Of Terror, In A Haunted House, Possessed By Evil Spirits. See Ya.
It’s all false though. 🤷🏼♂️ The Lutz family has stated that they embellished 90% of the story to make money. The Warrens have been proven to be scam artists as well and had a hand in making this up. It’s still an awesome story for it’s time and one of my favorite books growing up.
James Brolin said when he read this book as part of his audition for the role of George, it had him so on edge that when a pair of pants he had hanging fell on the floor, it startled him so much he literally jumped out of his chair.
Lol never heard that, thanks for sharing. I could see that happening this movie had me on edge as a kid.
Hahahaha yeah I recently heard of this too!
Well he sounds like a bit of a pussy to me.
When I was 9, my sister told me the Amityville story as well as parts of The Exorcist film. They commingled in my young mind into a cocktail of dread that stayed with me for a very long time. (I love my sister)
I think I was 11, same sort of situation but I think it was the Babysitter. I recall those two Windows in the Attic on the side of the house seemed etched in my mind, lol. I agree with Anthony Palermo, great story!
@@cardphins68 My babysitter lent me her copy in secret when I was 12. It was the first adult book I ever read and I had my nose in it for two days straight. It scared me big time, but it also gave me my love of reading which I still have today🙂
@@caveman3021 Something positive did emerge, always a good thing. I admit that Book scared the heck out of me, the whole "Get Out" deal with the Priest. Sheesh, not like he was trolling the Locker Room after the 5th Grade boys practiced! Where are those Entities when you need them!
Lol, typical older sibling thing. My brother was 10 and absolutely insisted on watching A Nightmare on Elm St with 18 year old me despite my warnings…he regretted it and I had to babysit him a lot after that 🤣
Shitty parents eh
Prologue 6:01
Chapter 1 10:06
Much better than movie I find listening to these stories seems more frightening than watching it on screen love it
Agree!
...because our own minds are already Effed, we create WHAT WE want to see.
It is our own hell
Tony Gary • I HAVE READ A COUPLE CHAPTERS OF THE BOOK YEARS AGO I WAS 13 YEARS OLD WHEN RONALD DEFEO KILLED HIS FAMILY I REMEMBER WHEN THE BOOK AND MOVIE CAME OUT .I JUST READ THE AUDIO BOOK AND YES YOUR RIGHT IT'S A LOT BETTER THAN THE MOVIE MATTER OF FACT I WATCHED THE MOVIE YESTERDAY ON THE COMET CHANNEL THAT'S THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS I HAD SEEN THE MOVIE I WATCHED IT ONCE YEARS AGO AND IT WAS PRETTY GOOD I BELIEVE A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO THE LUTZ'S REALLY HAPPENED
@@mikehartsook5281 i believe it did also i have listened to a lot of the ghost hunters Ed and Lorain i forget there last name but they were represented in the movie the conjuring
I absolutely agree. Even moreso with this story though. The way it's written is just so purely and completely creepy. Even when he was talking about the little girls rocking chair moving by itself. Lol his writing makes it scarier than it would be if someone else had written it.
Book starts at 10:05.
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6 people murdered must of left a horrendous atmosphere! The police going in & out ! Personally I wouldn’t want to live there 😮
Thanks for posting. I read the book over the summer of 1979 at 12 years of age, than my mom and dad took me to the drive in movie to see it I believe fall of 1979.
I was 11 when I saw it on tv. Terrifying
*then my mom
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I remember staying up half the night reading this book, just completely terrified in a fascinated kind of way. I definitely recommend it
This, and "Salem's lot! Two best horror reads!
The book was much better than the movie 🎥
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When I read the book the first time it scared the crap out of me.
When I 1st read this I was 15 or 16. I would wake in the middle of the night & be afraid to look at the clock! I was afraid it would say 3:15😲
It's one of the very few nonStephen King books that scared me too. Real or not it was a great book.
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I was born on 3/15
@@davebellivich703 hey I ve got a birthday this year too. Small world huh
If my memory is correct, I read this book when I was 9. Scared me but I couldn’t stop reading it. My mom had it. Next one I remember was Cujo.
Thank you for the upload. This is wicked. I’m exited to listen. Here I go.
So many horrible things said here about Dawn. She was a young woman attending secretarial school. Her close friends all said she was quiet, well mannered and had no boyfriend. She was not wishing to join a boyfriend in Florida because the alleged boyfriend wasn't even in Florida at that time.
There was no evidence of anyone else involved in the shootings, only one Marlin was used. The alleged handgun remains were too old to have been used at the time.
No DNA was found on guns or Dawn - there was NO DNA testing at that time - please do your homework whoever stated that one
Please ask yourself who, other than Ronnie DeFeo has damned his sister, mother and father? How many more times can he change his story?
The good thing is he will never leave prison again that is a relief for the good people in this world: that one is stuck in the past and the past is welcome to him.
I read this book ages ago, good stuff. Happy to find an audio version. The narrator is great!
I think the narrator is too fast and basically has no variation, nuance or emotion. Could be way better.
I think the narrator is also the author
I think it's an AI narrator haha
Been listening to this religiously every night at bed time ,with a nice joint ...great story to say the least....
Same...
Sounds good to me
Ban Weed !
Brave
Why mention a joint?
These are THE most obstinate folks I have ever encountered!
Yeah, fuck the Lutzes.
The reader is Scott Brick, one of the premiere audiobook narrators in the business. He could make a reading of board resolutions entertaining.
My nickname is red hard brick.
Do my own stuns.
The narrator is Ray Porter.
While Scott Brick is amazing this isn’t actually Scott Brick. It’s Jay Porter.
Thanks to those who advised that the reader is Ray Porter, not Scott Brick. I will have to see what other works Ray Porter has read - great voice!
Note:.. Don't put this on before you sleep.. I was literally transported to the house in my dreams and I realised I was screwed, woke up at six on my day off and stayed awake.
I've been ONLY listening to this before bed and I totally agree. It painted such vivid scenes from the book and I had 3 seperate days where I got no sleep at all no joke
You were lucky it wasn.t. 3 15
@@davehallett3128 😳 you're so right lol
Dont eat cheese before going to bed. Sounds like a wild ride mate.
I sleep like a baby lol ..cuddle up to Jodie the 🐖😈 n a nice joint !😎
One of my favorite books as a child I became fascinated with this story and still in to this day. The movies did no Justice for this story whereas I think that it should have been played out as a to TV Mini series and stuck closer to the book.
That would be cool neither movie especially 2005 did book justice
That's not a bad idea to be honest with you make it into a miniseries like a far part mini series because part one could be about the murder in the house before the let's move in and then in each part in the me series is where you see the events happen when the lights move in what was going on in the house you know all that sort of stuff and the very very ending of the miniseries you know when George gets possessed by the house goes after his family and everything and they bring them back just show the family getting in the car leaving and then you see Ed and Lorraine Warner pull up with 13 and investigate what happened in the house after the let's move and she can and the actress who plays Lorraine Warner say this is the closest I want to get the hell I have the movie in that way and roll the credits but have it followed the actual book
is ronny still alive?
@@mareapaszek1721 they have this new thing called google where you type in. Ronald dafeo. and press enter and it ll tell you everything you want to know about that yankee. Unless that s too much work
@@shaunfleming5860 the name of the next family was L U T Z. the paranormal investigators are ed and lorraine W A R R E N. unless you re talking about a different movie
Very little of this fantastic story is true but it was always one of my favorite movies and the book is even better. Thank you!
I thought the film was very well acted , the deterioration of the father & rod Steiger is a phenomenal actor , the scene with him in that room always stood out with him battling pure evil …
I agree, great film and actors. Absolutely terrifying.
Nothing compares to the horror novels/films of 70's and 80's.
Fake or not, it's an awesome story!
Jay Anson and Ronald J. DeFeo, Jr. both died on March 12, 1980 and 2021, freaky coincidence?
Its based off of a true story, actually. Last I checked the real house still stands.
Based on a story that the family admitted never happened. The Warrens were part of the scam as well.
@@carolynnreynolds1974it's a real house, but it's not really haunted
@@carolynnreynolds1974 The house is real, and that's the only true part of the story. Everything else is just fiction.
Good book. Alot better than the film with more details.
You're very beautiful 🙂
Most audio books are.
Wow, only at the end i realized that this was narrated by Darkseid himself, Mr. Ray Porter... Great... Love all these hours while i was working and hearing this...
When mom says you can watch one more video before bed
This book strangely enough, has sadly never been done any justice by ANY of the movies. Both the 1979 and 2005 versions have never been that loyal to it at all. The 1979 tackled about 30% of the elements and the 2005 one was like another version of The Shining; minus the psychic kid.
If something that evil was there everyone in that neighborhood would have told them when they moved there its all bull
2005 was a piece of shit
@@charlesrobison673 Oh really?
@@alkohallick2901 yes really its bull shit its nothing to that place but lies the only truth is that family got murdered there thats it
Stephen Fox agreed completely the 2005 movie was more of a comedy than anything
Nice one Thankyou
I find it so funny whenever they refer to Jodie the pig
Thank you for this!!!!
Just in time for 🎃☠️😈HALLOWEEN!!!👹👻🎃
It sounds like this was recorded in vacuum! Thanks for the upload all the same.
Anyone else out this on before they lay down and go to bed to sleep to?
OMG! I through I was the only one. There is something about his voice that puts me to sleep. I dam near know the book by heart.
Since my local library is closed due to Covid, I've been listening to audiobooks rather than buying from Amazon. I'm enjoying this book even though I've seen the '79 movie a million times.
Why did Mr. George Lutz leave his dog , Harry outside in a dog house in the freezing temperatures? I understand the times, guard dog etc. We know better now. Right? Dogs are pack animals and are not suited for living in harsh freezing weather away from their human family. I am familiar with the horrific deaths, RIP 😔. As well of this Ocean Avenue home's history. I enjoyed the narration. It is just now at the close of 2019, listening to The Amityville Horror Audiobook that I have even considered the Lutz Family 🐶 dog. Be kind and Peace to all.
It's just a stupid dog, libtard.
@@anthonypalermo8816 wtf? My Mastiff saved me from someone breaking into my house 3 years ago in the middle of the day!
@Michelle FaithLove Ikr?!Poor Harry...duh George maybe that's why he wouldn't eat, he was too cold to exert the energy to eat! 😢🐕😢🐕 Even large dogs who come from backgrounds where their job is/was herding or guarding homesteads from wild animals cannot bear extreme temps. If they are actively working, they must have a place like a barn to retreat to. If they are just a family animal, they cannot be in extreme temps at all. My Mastiff almost had a heat stroke because my ex-fiance thought it would be good for her to sit in the sun at 4pm! After 20 minutes I discovered her and screamed when I saw her. She was panting very heavily, moaning, and I had to help her get up. She weighs 145 pounds! She drank 2 full bowls of water immediately and laid down exhausted. I had to keep a cool towel on her. In snow, she runs out only to potty!
Plus, why did George always have Harry on a damn leash?! Asshole.
Love SteveClark I’m heartbroken that your beloved Mastiff was put under that stress. You are a kind and loving pet owner. Our world needs more of us. Thank you for sharing you insightful information. I also believe it should be illegal to tie a dog or walk then with a collar . Harnessing is the only way to protect their delicate tracheas. Don’t even get me started on chokers with nails. Respectfully Michelle and Gidget.
Anthony you really are a prick. I've read most of these comments and in each of your comments you've uttered nothing but offensive noise. Stfu pantywaist
I read this before I saw the movie in theaters in '79. Being R rated I had to have an adult with me. I was eleven years old. After I saw the movie I read the book again. Yes, I ended up having some nightmares for quite some time. Why do we do things like this to ourselves?!
I was the exact same, I read the book and had the most horrendous nightmare afterwards.
That s why there is a rating system for movies an age of majority and a legal drinking age. To prevent 11 year olds from injuring themselves. Caveat emptor
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Amityville possession scared the hell outta me... creepy as hell the demon talking to him...
Do you wake up at 3:15 randomly sometimes? ;)
Don’t Play Games With The Builder….is about a group of builders working in a haunted manor. Scary as hell.
Excellent. Thanks for the upload.
Way better than all the movies
I read this book when I was in high school and it scared me a lot
Why would you leave your poor dog outside in 6 below zero weather...!!! That's crazy in and of itself.
This book scared me really bad when I read it. It felt evil somehow. It was so terrifying I could barely get through the last few pages.
@Greengrass81Watch what??
@Greengrass81 What's it about?
I was in fourth grade when the movie came out in ‘79. I begged my parents to take me to see it but they refused because “The Exorcist” had terrified my younger sister so badly that they declared a moratorium on any and all horror movies until we were a bit older. We had seen seen a double feature of “Jaws” and “The Exorcist” at our local drive-in the previous summer. A few weeks later, we saw “Logan’s Run” and “Star Wars”. The 70s were awesome!
In the library of my grade school, there was a single copy of “The Amityville Horror”. I probably checked it out at least ten times that year. I was a little Catholic kid, totally obsessed with anything involving demons, witchcraft and the paranormal. After I’d checked out the book for maybe the fourth or fifth time, the school librarian called me over to her desk and said, “You really like that book, don’t you?”.
I said, “Yes.”
She smiled and asked me if I’d seen the movie. I said that I hadn’t but I really wanted to because it was such a good story. She leaned a little closer and whispered, “Do you think it really happened?”.
Without hesitation, I said, “I sure hope so.”
She laughed so loud that it scared everyone in the library.
Since 1979 when i watched the movie, The movie still scares me in some way, not when i first watched it, It tripped me out and I was 10 years old when i first saw it and read the book. I wasn't too much myself into scary movies at the time, now, it doesn't too much bother me but I do tend to watch scary movies at night sometimes. I so enjoyed the 1979 version than the 2005 but the movie and story today is still great and unsolved of the house. Believe It or Not!! The House still stands today and reconstructed built and change.
Yea. House is gorgeous
After the Lutz's moved out, did any subsequent owners say anything about the basement and the "red room?"
Nope
@@rachelnoske1267 thank you.
after the lutzs left, police found strong evidence of the manbearpig. they ran for their lives. the property remains vacant to this day.
the place is vacant now but i dont believe so
People live there. Also the house number has been changed. But u can’t miss the house although looks updated n beautiful
6:26:51 After the introduction about how all this stuff is true, psychical research, blah, blah, blah.
😂
If it is fake it’s a work of genius.
That Archdiocese failed so badly.
I don't know how old I was when I watched the movie, but that movie made Poltergeist look like a comedy.
It scared the SHIT out of me!
@Steffie - Me too lol. Loved going to movies in the 70s. One time my friend & I saw a double feature of Willy Wonka & Beneath the Planet of the Apes. Good times.
@@j.j.spliffstar9633 good times for sure! Our parents had no clue about half the stuff we saw and did, that generation was so lackadasical about parenting. Not only that, but even the stuff they allowed us to see and do often had far more profound effects on us than they realized would happen. But we survived it! The 70's was an awesome time to be a kid!
Steffie: My mom was pretty vigilant. She had been through some supernatural things as a teenager. She didnt let us see this when it came out. I saw the Omen series much later. But yeah, the 70’s were the best.
😶 well actually... poltergeist was INTENDED to kinda be a comedy.
I remember reading this upstairs in my room alone one night and after awhile I saw a fly buzzing around my room. I freaked the fuck out and went downstairs haha
I remember being 9 years old, and told my parents i could stay home alone for a few hours. So they went out visiting some friends , and i watched TV,. It was the interview with this Lutz family, telling this story..I freaked out and panicked, calling my parents to come home 😅
As a boy, I tried to stay awake late at night and listen for marching bands.
This has to be one of the most frightening books ever, and probably one of the most controversial stories .It seems no matter which way you go with it ;the facts don't add up 100% .My mom grew up in the next town from over from Amityville. Although she was only in grade school when the murders happened; she says it was a really big thing. Everyone was talking about it,and people had theories ; even before the whole haunted demon house angle was introduced.Many people in the area felt that DeFeo did not act alone. I have always been fascinated by this story. I've read many books on it including The Night The Defeos Died by Ric Osuna. I have been down that block several times,and have gone past that house. Don't know what it is, but there really is a very strange and unpleasant energy in that general area.
It's just a house with a tragic past. The reason you have that feeling of dread is because you know about it.
@@SamuelBlack84 I did't say I had a feeling of dread.I said there's unpleasant energy in that general area. No demons,no ghosts,nothing like that. Even if I didn't l didn't know anything about the senseless killings that took place in one of the homes on that block, the negative energy I felt would still be there. I know of others who have felt it also. I guess any location where people are murdered for stupid reasons, would more than likely have negativity attached to it.
@@thebeyond2855 negative energy ? All in your head
@@liamwalters5029 How would you know? Are you from that area? Did you ever live there? Did you grow up there? Do you have friends and family there/ You have no right to make any assertions about anything . I don't know you and you don't know me.
@The Beyond
He diesnt have to know you to know all that "negative energy" is a bunch of bullcrap. 🤣🤣🤡🤡
If im not mistaken whikst filming the film the film Ryan reynolds and other nembers of the crew woke at 3.15 am most nights, which is reckoned to be the time Ronald started the killings . Also, during filming a dead body washed ashore near where they were filming, shutting diwn filming until things settled. Truely strange happenings . .
I saw this movie in 1979 and and read the book once ! Its a very frighting scary story !
I don't get why George thought invoking demons would help his situation. But then again, I wasn't there.
Lol. He made it all up. The FBI got the man to admit it.
The movie is excellent and the book is even better especially if you can disregard that ONE nagging question...WHY DON'T THEY JUST GET THE FUCK OUT THE HOUSE?
Ikr the first incident I would've been out of there
Because the Lutzes were frauds.
Because it's all bs ghosts aren't like that they might be seen sometimes by some but they can't physically interact since they're trapped in another, non material world. Plus they're basically all fcked up totally preoccupied with stupid shit moving around in a nonsensical world tuned out to ours. And even the one's who by accident get out through those random rare and short lived tears in the fabric of that which borders and separates, they can't see you and you can't get their attention no matter what you do. They're not scary they're funny to watch sometimes fascinating mostly silly mindless dumb and boring. Harmless. All are invariably transported back to stupidville where they belong..
@@anlze9557 😳
Because it was all a lie. They made it up because they overpaid, and the mortgage was too high. An FBI psychologist got the guy to admit it.
He calls it, "112 Ocean Drive" at 5:27:23.
And?
@@Jessica-ct8fw It's Ocean Avenue.
@@travellingshoes5241 ah! Duh (:
@@Jessica-ct8fw ;)
When George offers the priest a steak & a good drunk 😂
In the 70’s, offering him to spend the night may have been code for some kind of key party action lol lol 😳🤯🥳👼🏼 Just kidding lol
Thanks seth great scary story ......first read it when it came out in 78.......chilling
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George made some pretty questionable decisions throughout this book lol guy is a business owner but made some brutal executive decision for his family. Moment he started listing demon names off to the priest, I knew he truly was a dumbass. Great story though, thank you for posting
rice9195 names?
@@jaulloa21 yeah when George starts researching demons he calls Father Mancuso and starts saying the names of demons over the phone. Meanwhile mancuso is just repeatedly telling george to stop lol
rice9195 none of the demons actually spoke to George, they were oppressing the family and making them see things
@@jaulloa21 I know what i'm saying is George is a dumbass because he's doing something thats going to negatively effect him while someone is repeatedly telling him to stop yet he keeps going on
Great, eerie story. I believe there is truth to most of it 👍
There's not.
@@robirvine6970 then prove that it _didn’t_ happen
They were broke and needed to make money fast so the chances of a hoax and the numerous contradictions to their story is something you can’t ignore
@@GragarTheGreat George and Kathy did not even make that much money. They walked away from everything. Plus, they both passed polygraph tests. To this day, the kids even said the haunting happened.
I enjoyed the remake film but find something more creepy in the 70’s film, maybe due to my age. I was young the first time i watched on television & it was horrifying lol. I own the disc at 50 & still enjoy that version though I dont find it as scary. I read the book & obviously Im listening to this audio version. I wish they would remake it one more time, but this time cover more of what is in the book. They cut a lot out for the films.
Thank u for sharing this content, well done!!
1:00:00 "Mr and Mrs. Lutz, why are there bruises on your children." "Uhhhh.... GHOSTS! Yeah that's it."
Why am I just now finding this? Thank you.
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It still fascinates the world now in 2024 it’s still shocking what ever really happened to the Lux family 6 human beings were killed 😢in a house ! That it was children makes it harder to cope with . 1.4 million violent crimes happen in the USA every year! What ever truly happened a full family being shot to death in one night is the evil 👿
I've probably seen every movie and every documentary ever made about this but this is the first time I have sought out the book.
And did you still find it enjoyable? Better than the film?xx
Things, or rather noises began happening in my bedroom when I was listening to this. Now there's a buzzing in here.
"Get OUT!!!"
Was the movie James Brolin and Margot Kidder?
Yes
No that was the amity horror
@@alicedominguez9994 lol wow. Stupid has no boundaries
Some supernatural things went down for sure. No one invents things like this, not a normal family. Strange things definitely went down.
What is up with beating the kids, ugh.
They were influenced by the house I think.
Spankings were common back then.
PMS
Remember it’s the 70’s the same time every terrifying films we’re phenomenally successful eg the exorcist made $193 ,000,000 then the OMEN ! Something evil 👿 coming was big business! After seeing the documentary with Geraldine Defoe my eyes were opened ! It was a tragedy multifaceted with layers !
Man, I'd be out of that house long before my wife started fucking *levitating*
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Very cleverly written and cashed in on
You don't say!
Wish somebody could do justice with a movie based on the actual true story
Corey flood • DO YOU BELIEVE THIS REALLY HAPPENED ? I BELIEVE IT DID I WAS IN ARMY BASIC TRAINING AT FORT JACKSON SOUTH CAROLINA WHEN THE MOVIE FIRST CAME OUT I REMEMBER THE COMERICALS ON TV ABOUT THE MOVIE AND IT SHOWED THE RED EYES LOOKING IN THE WINDOW I THOUGHT THAT WAS SCARY. THEY ARE DEMONIC SPIRITS AND DEMONS THE DEVIL WANTS PEOPLE TO THINK THAT HE DOESN'T EXIST PLUS SOME OF THEM SCIENTIST OR MOST OF THEM ARE ATHEISTS AND IF THEY SAY THAT THE AMITYVILLE HORROR IS TRUE THEN THEY ARE GOING AGAINST THEIR ATHEIST BELIEFS CAUSE THEY ARE SAYING THEY ARE A DEVIL SO THEY HAVE TO BE A GOD THAT IS WHY A LOT OF THEM SAY IT WAS A HOAX. I BELIEVE WHAT GEORGE AND KATHY LUTZ, SAID THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM IS TRUE.
@@mikehartsook5281 i believe them 💯
I’ve driven by this house twenty times. It’s gorgeous. 2 million dollar house
@@xancypillosi9497 yeah but it looked better in the 70's back when all this shit was going on simply because of the creep factor. In particular the windows wich created the "eyes" of the house. It made the entire structure actually look like a fucking skull. & with both dark family history's behind it, that makes it cool as shit. But of course, eventually, new owners had to be gay and totally re-shape the look of the house in efforts "not to perpetuate" the stigma attached to the house. they even changed the original adress of the house too lmao...as if changing the number of the house on ocean ave. is supposed to trick people or completely bury the reality of its history?? Smfh
@@davidfitzgerald5206 yea. They changed the address. I remember going to see the stupid movie with Ryan Reynolds. And this was in Farmingdale. 12 mins way. At end of movie everyone was screaming like let’s go to the house lol. But it’s clear as day. Make the right or left depending on ocean Avenue. Go down a stop sign or two and it’s there on the left. Amity sports right there
Greatest hoax of all time. I do like the book though.
Many seem desperate to believe in the paranormal
@@SamuelBlack84 Right? Like the people who absolutely insist on believing in aliens. They refuse to see reason or look at facts
@@SamuelBlack84 Prove to me the Paranormal doesn't exist. Lol I could tell you things that I've seen that would blow your mind and make you into a believer....and nope, I don't use drugs. I am 100% Straight Edge. Back to Amityville, how in the world, does a guy shoot a rifle in the dead of night, without anybody hearing it? Why were all victims laying on their stomach? Makes no sense. From personal experiences, I can ASSURE YOU, the Paranormal/Supernatural is as real as a tree you see in the forrest.
@@SamuelBlack84 Six bodies shot dead with a high powered rifle, and none of the neighbors hearing the shots? Yeah, seems pretty normal.
@@Don.1984 That's the only thing that is strange, but it doesn't automatically mean demons or goblins are involved
I want to go to Amityville myself and see if any supposed phenomenon would react to me
About as much truth, fact and believability as a presidential speech (not to mention using a real life tragic mass murder as a means of making money, but hey, its the american way...) but still a damn fine yarn. Could have used a bit of editing in parts but still a well written and fascinating urban legend/ modern folk tale.
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Dropping to much lsd in the 1970s
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Had nightmares after reading this book,proper nightmares.
Just settling down in bed to listen, hope i dont regret it😅😅i live alone😱😱😱
I get this story is a load of BS; but that part where George - after everything his family had been through - dared to ask the priest why he shouldn't invoke the names of demons just left me floored.
I get being desperate to stop the nightmarish things they had to endure - but how utterly stupid could George have been to ask such a question?
This was one of those book I read through during night. Went to school like a zombie the day after, hadn't slept a second.
_same as when I read "Salems Lot" as a teen alone at home during a summer break_
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I love this story about Amityville horror I watch the movie form 1979 my favorite horror movie .
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I read this in the late 80s I’m about to start it now , can’t remember if I enjoyed it or not
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For some stupid reason I clicked on your post and it took me to the 1 minute mark. It took my awhile to find where I was in the audio book. Lol lol lol
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There are still documentaries on this tragedy this week another showing here in England on the BBC it gives a great concept of the 70’s & remember during the trial lots of films were phenomenal hits eg the exorcist the omen etc … paranormal mania was big business! 😮 I’m not sure 🤔 things were happening in the supernatural aspect though I think the Defoe murders is where the tragedy lays
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When the house tells you to get out, you should GET OUT !!!!!!!!
V well read, no embellishing nonsensr,
Cold , calculate d, as is the house.
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2nd half? ugh I HATE getting thru part of these to find no ending rrrr
@RothschildDontWantMeNoMore foolish?
At 3:45:45, does anyone else hear the voice yell "get out!" in the background, simultaneously with narrative of Father Mancuso saying "get out" in conversation with George Lutz?
@Bert 238 😆
2 hours in and shitting myself already
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I i fell asleep listening to this threw head phones an an woke screaming at the top of my fucking lungs the only book that made me shit my pants more then this was the exorcist. But ive read that like 5 times so it puts me to sleep at this point.
They were really horrible to their kids.
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What about it
I Read The Book, Saw The Movie. There's Nothing False About It. That Was Blood Oozing Out Of The Walls, Since The Family Was Killed. The Blood Was Never Cleaned Up. 28 Days Of Terror, In A Haunted House, Possessed By Evil Spirits. See Ya.
It’s all false though. 🤷🏼♂️ The Lutz family has stated that they embellished 90% of the story to make money. The Warrens have been proven to be scam artists as well and had a hand in making this up. It’s still an awesome story for it’s time and one of my favorite books growing up.
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