Ronald DeFeo, Jr. In an attempt to discourage tourists from visiting the location, one of the home's subsequent owners changed the address to Ocean Avenue. The home's iconic eye windows were also replaced. It was listed for sale in View the Amityville house interior photos that were used to showcase the home. Unlike what is stated in the movie, the house was built in , not The Amityville true story reveals that unlike what is stated early in the movie, Kathy's former husband, Sebastian, was not dead.
The pair had divorced, but according to son Christopher Lutz, the kids still saw their birth father regularly on Sundays. George did insist on their adoption though, at which point their last names changed from Quaratino to Lutz. Following the release of the original movie , the investigative television show In Search of aired an episode on October 4, that featured an interview with a man who they claim is the real Amityville Horror priest Watch the Priest Interview Here.
He says that the Lutzes informed him that the DeFeo murders took place in the home and asked him to come by to bless the house. However, his visit supposedly took place on the day the family was moving in similar to the original movie , not after they had been in the house for some time.
The real Amityville priest right conceals his identity during a interview. He was never swarmed by flies like actor Philip Baker Hall in the movie left. It was really cold in there. I'm like, 'Well, gee, this is peculiar,' because it was a lovely day out, and it was winter, yes, but it didn't account for that kind of coldness.
I was also sprinkling holy water, and I heard a rather deep voice behind me saying, 'Get out! I felt a slap at one point on the face. I felt somebody slap me, and there was nobody there.
During the Lutz vs. Weber trial his story became shrouded in controversy after he contradicted himself with regard to his involvement with the Lutz family. The Lutz family has acknowledged on numerous occasions that although hundreds of flies did allegedly appear in the home, they did not swarm the priest.
In Jay Anson's Amityville Horror book that provided the basis for the movie, the house is plagued by swarms of flies, which show up in the dead of winter. However, they don't swarm the priest. In the book, the priest tells George that the family shouldn't go back into the second-floor room where the flies are appearing. Jay Anson's Amityville Horror Book provided the basis for the movie. Chris Quaratino Lutz has said, "I saw no children running around that were you know, no dead children.
Like what you see in that last movie, I thought was a disgusting display of Hollywood. There was no sister or other relative named Jodie DeFeo killed on the night of the DeFeo family murders. However, according to the real George Lutz, Missy did have an imaginary friend named Jodie, but it was not a ghost of one of the children slain during the DeFeo murders.
It was an entity that presented itself to Missy in different forms, including as an angel and a pig. Below on the left is a drawing that Missy Lutz supposedly drew of Jodie when Missy was a child.
Jay Anson's novel The Amityville Horror describes it as a pig running through the snow. Left: Missy Lutz's drawing of Jodie in pig form running through the snow. Right: Jodie in the movie is fictionalized to be the ghost of a murdered DeFeo child.
The Amityville Horror babysitter, Lisa Rachel Nichols , is not based on a real-life individual, nor does she appear in the book. The idea for the babysitter character came from the mind of screenwriter Sandor Stern, who wrote the screenplay for the original Amityville Horror. Scott Kosar, the screenwriter for the remake, reinterpreted the character and gave her much more sex appeal. Click to Enlarge The face and white eyes of the alleged Amityville ghost child can be seen peering out of a doorway.
Yes, but its validity is debatable. The real Amityville ghost photo is pictured on the left click here to enlarge. It was supposedly taken in when paranormal researchers Ed and Lorraine Warren, along with their team, were investigating the home. Gene Campbell, a professional photographer, set up an automatic camera to shoot off black and white infrared film during the night. The real George Lutz revealed this photo on The Merv Griffin Show three years later in , the same year that the original movie was released.
Many have wondered why the photo of the Amityville ghost child wasn't revealed earlier, prompting speculation that the image was faked to help promote the book that George Lutz was working on, which also included the photo. As to who the ghost might be, one theory among fans and researchers is that it resembles John DeFeo, the younger of the two DeFeo boys who were murdered in the home.
Others believe that the figure in the Amity ghost photo is that of Paul Bartz, one of the investigators working with the Warrens who was there that night. His white eyes could have been caused by the infrared film. During our exploration into the Amityville true story, we discovered that George Lutz did not kill their dog, Harry. In the documentary My Amityville Horror , son Daniel Lutz claims that their dog, which was kept in a pen behind the house, went ballistic once and tried to jump the fence.
The dog's chain wasn't long enough and it was left hanging over the fence by its neck, its paws unable to reach the ground. Daniel made his way over and rescued the dog from nearly hanging itself.
He believes that the dog had been alarmed by a poltergeist of some sort that haunted their boathouse. Even the controversial book, The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson, did not claim that George ever harmed or tried to kill their half breed Malamute. My Amityville Horror is a documentary starring son Daniel Lutz, who recounts his version of the haunting.
Yes, but it was actually a small storage space under the stairs which the DeFeo family had used to store toys. What Really Happened: In reality, the Shinnecock tribe didn't live anywhere near Amityville, and the house was not constructed atop ancient burial grounds. What Happened in the Movie: In basically every Amityville Horror movie, a priest shows up and usually gets his buns handed to him by the entity haunting the house.
The most famous scene features Father Delaney being assaulted by the angriest flies in film history. What Really Happened: In reality, the priest that the Lutz family called, Father Pecoraro, told a judge that he never actually visited the house.
The only contact he allegedly had with the Lutz family after their haunting was via phone. Although, when Father Pecoraro spoke to Leonard Nimoy on a episode of In Search Of , he recounted the story from the book - which the Lutzes had commissioned Jay Anson to write - and maintained his December experiences with the house. What Happened in the Movie: At one point in the original film adaptation of Anson's book, green slime begins to ooze from nail holes, and it both disgusts and confuses the Lutzes.
The unexplained goo was received as a paranormal happening. During this interview, George says that the green substance was not quite as it was depicted in the film and that it more closely resembled " a gelatin. They also believed the cause was supernatural. What Happened in the Movie: In both the adaptation and the remake, the Lutz family suddenly leaves the Amityville home, never to return. The film indicates that the Lutzes abandoned the estate after 28 days of residence.
In both depictions, the family leaves all their possessions behind. What Really Happened: In a interview with Good Morning America , the Lutzes explain that they did abandon the home without warning, although they maintain this was unplanned. They described the intent to return after fixing whatever was going on, but due to health concerns, they didn't. What Happened in the Movie: In the remake, a ghost depicts one of the four deceased Defeo children.
Whereas Missy Lutz befriends a pig demon in the adaptation, Chelsea, one of the three Lutz children, befriends a ghost named "Jodie" in the remake. What Really Happened: After the Lutz family left in a hurry, a group of paranormal investigators, including Ed and Lorraine Warren, had a sleepover in the house and tried to speak to the ghosts.
The ghost hunters set up a timed camera that ended up snapping a shot of what looked like a ghost child peeking out from around a staircase.
While the photo is real , t he common theory is that the face in the photo belongs to paranormal investigator Paul Bartz, or his nephew who tagged along. What Happened in the Movie: For a while, most of the hauntings in The Amityville Horror are your standard ghosty type things.
There's lots of banging, a door flies open, the banister explodes, and one of the iconic windows gets exploded by ghost wind. What Really Happened: According to the family who bought the house on Ocean Avenue after the Lutzes left to write their tell-all, the house still had all of the Defeo's original furnishings - including the window that supposedly exploded. More on this around in the above clip.
What Happened in the Movie: In the original film, the red room that's hidden behind a layer of brick has a profound effect on the family's dog, who refuses to go near it. At the end of the movie, an ambiguous thing covered in ooze comes out of the room, almost killing the dog and Paul Lutz. The mythology proposes that the ancient burial site is connected to whatever previously transpired in the pseudo-dungeon. What Really Happened: In reality, the " Red Room " was a small closet in the basement that wasn't concealed in any way, shape, or form - except by a door.
Likewise, allegations of a dark connection to Native American history has been deemed unfounded. What Happened in the Movie: Multiple times throughout The Amityville Horror book and films, the local police are seen at the house on Ocean Avenue investigating noises, arguments, and all sorts of peculiar activity. What Really Happened: Even though they supposedly lived through 28 days of dark paranormal activity, neither George nor Kathy Lutz contacted the Suffolk County Police Department to notify the authorities of suspicious and disturbing events.
The scariest of the dreams is when Kathy sees Louise shot in the head, then wakes up screaming about the events, specifically the fatal head wound. What Really Happened: While it's totally possible - although never confirmed - that Kathy had a psychic dream about the Defeos, the depiction of Louise's death is inaccurate.
Louise passed from two wounds to the upper body. Reportedly, there was no damage to her face or head. What Happened in the Movie: On New Year's Day , in multiple tellings of the Lutz's story, the family members see what they feel to be demonic hoof tracks in the snow. They believe these belonged to what they consider to be an evil, giant pig AKA Jodie.
What Really Happened: While the Lutzes did maintain the discovery of "cloven hoof prints," records show that on January 1, , in Amityville, NY, there was no accumulation of snow.
What Happened in the Movie: When the hauntings first begin, the Lutz family has to deal with random cold spots, specifically in the sewing room where a silver cross turns itself upside down and begins to put off a sour odor. What Really Happened: There aren't any facts to dispute the cold spots, mostly because it's totally normal for an old house to have differences in temperature. However, the actual Amityville priest who allegedly "blessed" the Lutz home in gave an anonymous interview with In Search Of in He later identified himself as Father Ralph Pecoraro.
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