Fresh
Where Walter's film succeeds is in rendering Lutz, onscreen throughout, as an indelibly prickly and unsettling figure.
Rob Nelson, Variety
My Amityville Horror
I just wanted somebody to believe me.
2013 · 1h 28m · NOT RATED
Documentary, Horror
Directed by
Eric Walter
Overview
For the first time in 35 years, Daniel Lutz recounts his version of the infamous Amityville haunting that terrified his family in 1975. George and Kathleen Lutz's story went on to inspire a best-selling novel and the subsequent films have continued to fascinate audiences today. This documentary reveals the horror behind growing up as part of a world-famous haunting and while Daniel's facts may be others' fiction, the psychological scars he carries are indisputable. Documentary filmmaker Eric Walter has combined years of independent research into the Amityville case along with the perspectives of past investigative reporters and eyewitnesses, giving way to the most personal testimony of the subject to date.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
74%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Unusual doc should please both believers and die-hard skeptics.
John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter
Rotten
Mr. Lutz prattles on endlessly about the paranormal activity he says he witnessed, the unpleasant family dynamics he grew up with and more.
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times
Fresh
The blurring of fact and fiction has been a part of the Amityville saga since it became public, but for Lutz there's no gray area in his memories, whose power is undiminished.
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
[Feels] like an episode of "In Search Of" on steroids.
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
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