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Amityville: An Origin Story

This limited series is the first-ever elevated look at the strange alchemy of mass murder, 1970s paranormal obsession, and the explosion of the horror film genre that gave rise to The Amityville Horror sensation.

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documentary, biography, crime

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B17 Entertainment

Awards

1 nomination

Self - Friend of Ronnie DeFeo Jr.

Self - Lutz Family Friend

Self - Son of Kathy Lutz

Christopher Lutz

Self - Investigative Reporter

Self - Friend of Dawn DeFeo

Self - DeFeo Family Friend

Gloria Gangitano

Self - Author & Cultural Scholar

Self - Friend of George Lutz

Self - Friend of Dawn DeFeo

Self - Author & Daughter of Judge Thomas Stark

Self - Author & Academic. Culture & Theology

Jonathan Greenaway

Self - News Director, WBAB Radio

Self - Religious Studies Lecturer, UC Santa Barbara

Self - Paranormal Investigator

Alexandra Holzer

Self - Horror Director

Self - Actress, Amityville II: The Possession

Self - Fellow Inmate of Ronnie DeFeo Jr.

Self - Ret. Homicide Detective

Self - News Reporter, PIX 11

Self - Granddaughter of Father Ray's Secretary

Self - Forensic Psychologist

Jennifer Sweeton

Self - Writer & Cultural Critic, Citizen of the Cherokee Nation

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This is suburbia, - Amityville: An Origin Story

This is suburbia,

Did you feel anything at all - Amityville: An Origin Story

Did you feel anything at all

And that was described as - Amityville: An Origin Story

And that was described as

It's... I think it's...
It's whatever's here. - Amityville: An Origin Story

It's... I think it's... It's whatever's ...

If the red room is there, - Amityville: An Origin Story

If the red room is there,

Mary Pascarella
was the lead psychic - Amityville: An Origin Story

Mary Pascarella was the lead psychic

I think it was just a
concrete wall painted red. - Amityville: An Origin Story

I think it was just a concrete wall painted red.

It's like a black shadow
that forms a hood. - Amityville: An Origin Story

It's like a black shadow that forms a hood.

Surrounded by pastoral charm - Amityville: An Origin Story

Surrounded by pastoral charm

I was friends with
Allison DeFeo, - Amityville: An Origin Story

I was friends with Allison DeFeo,

Nothing more than a storage area - Amityville: An Origin Story

Nothing more than a storage area

People say this is a hoax. - Amityville: An Origin Story

People say this is a hoax.

It was after the war,
when everybody was - Amityville: An Origin Story

It was after the war, when everybody was

There's never any feeling
of spirit presence or ghosts - Amityville: An Origin Story

There's never any feeling of spirit presence or ghosts

George and Kathleen Lutz - Amityville: An Origin Story

George and Kathleen Lutz

This house chooses victims. - Amityville: An Origin Story

This house chooses victims.

Within a week, Kathy's
hand had been touched - Amityville: An Origin Story

Within a week, Kathy's hand had been touched

We also had hordes of flies - Amityville: An Origin Story

We also had hordes of flies

The Amityville Horror is
an experience in terror - Amityville: An Origin Story

The Amityville Horror is an experience in terror

I hope this is as close to hell
as I'll ever get. - Amityville: An Origin Story

I hope this is as close to hell as I'll ever get.

And I also took it as, like,
wherever they moved from, - Amityville: An Origin Story

And I also took it as, like, wherever they moved from,

And the distributor agreed
not to show it in Amityville. - Amityville: An Origin Story

And the distributor agreed not to show it in Amityville.

People forgot after seeing
The Amityville Horror - Amityville: An Origin Story

People forgot after seeing The Amityville Horror

♪ Oops, there goes
Another problem, kerplop ♪ - Amityville: An Origin Story

♪ Oops, there goes Another problem, kerplop ♪

And I couldn't bring them back. - Amityville: An Origin Story

And I couldn't bring them back.

A young man murdered,
in cold blood, - Amityville: An Origin Story

A young man murdered, in cold blood,

Haven't you made a lot of money - Amityville: An Origin Story

Haven't you made a lot of money

George and Kathy, - Amityville: An Origin Story

George and Kathy,

They went to a motel
for that first night. - Amityville: An Origin Story

They went to a motel for that first night.

We're involved with - Amityville: An Origin Story

We're involved with

We've been accused on occasion
of fabricating a hoax. - Amityville: An Origin Story

We've been accused on occasion of fabricating a hoax.

After Kathy
and I left the house, - Amityville: An Origin Story

After Kathy and I left the house,

And it's very hard
to live a lie. - Amityville: An Origin Story

And it's very hard to live a lie.

To daily come up against people
who point a finger and say, - Amityville: An Origin Story

To daily come up against people who point a finger and say,

"You went and you
bought this house - Amityville: An Origin Story

"You went and you bought this house

Our parents sold us
out for $275 a head - Amityville: An Origin Story

Our parents sold us out for $275 a head

We also had hordes of flies - Amityville: An Origin Story

We also had hordes of flies

George became obsessed with
this moneymaking venture - Amityville: An Origin Story

George became obsessed with this moneymaking venture

And he felt that it was
fine to add fiction to it. - Amityville: An Origin Story

And he felt that it was fine to add fiction to it.

I didn't like William Weber. - Amityville: An Origin Story

I didn't like William Weber.

I'm formerly known
as Christopher Lutz, - Amityville: An Origin Story

I'm formerly known as Christopher Lutz,

The Amityville Horror
is called a true story. - Amityville: An Origin Story

The Amityville Horror is called a true story.

You don't get to
play it off like - Amityville: An Origin Story

You don't get to play it off like

And what really happened is, - Amityville: An Origin Story

And what really happened is,

And it was something
that I would like to have - Amityville: An Origin Story

And it was something that I would like to have

In my closet, there
was a paneling - Amityville: An Origin Story

In my closet, there was a paneling

That would have been
where Ronald DeFeo hid - Amityville: An Origin Story

That would have been where Ronald DeFeo hid

Looking in there, there
was two bags of capsules, - Amityville: An Origin Story

Looking in there, there was two bags of capsules,

The first time I went to go
see the house in Amityville - Amityville: An Origin Story

The first time I went to go see the house in Amityville

In the 1970s,
the thought that the devil - Amityville: An Origin Story

In the 1970s, the thought that the devil

Exactly what kind they were, - Amityville: An Origin Story

Exactly what kind they were,

I was the first
reporter on the scene. - Amityville: An Origin Story

I was the first reporter on the scene.

And I'm, like, checking out
this new, big sprawling place, - Amityville: An Origin Story

And I'm, like, checking out this new, big sprawling pla...

In December of '75, Ronnie DeFeo - Amityville: An Origin Story

In December of '75, Ronnie DeFeo

And you could see police cars - Amityville: An Origin Story

And you could see police cars

George and Kathy asked
me to go out with them - Amityville: An Origin Story

George and Kathy asked me to go out with them

I've never taken them,
so I don't know exactly - Amityville: An Origin Story

I've never taken them, so I don't know exactly

Mr. Weber says, listen,
these people named - Amityville: An Origin Story

Mr. Weber says, listen, these people named

But I do know this: - Amityville: An Origin Story

But I do know this:

And we can use them
and make money. - Amityville: An Origin Story

And we can use them and make money.

So the... the water was
right behind the house. - Amityville: An Origin Story

So the... the water was right behind the house.

There was a big stretch of land - Amityville: An Origin Story

There was a big stretch of land

He tells me, look,
we got The Godfather - Amityville: An Origin Story

He tells me, look, we got The Godfather

Where he no longer
went into work, - Amityville: An Origin Story

Where he no longer went into work,

It was a very surreal scene. - Amityville: An Origin Story

It was a very surreal scene.

It was very pretty
neighborhood, very quiet. - Amityville: An Origin Story

It was very pretty neighborhood, very quiet.

He became obsessed with
just sitting around the fire - Amityville: An Origin Story

He became obsessed with just sitting around the fire

And so to me, that
sounds like a drug binge. - Amityville: An Origin Story

And so to me, that sounds like a drug binge.

They gave me a camera - Amityville: An Origin Story

They gave me a camera

The devil knocks off the mafia. - Amityville: An Origin Story

The devil knocks off the mafia.

Oh, mama! Mama! - Amityville: An Origin Story

Oh, mama! Mama!

And we spent a good hour or
so walking around the house - Amityville: An Origin Story

And we spent a good hour or so walking around the house

And when they put
him back on the tarp, - Amityville: An Origin Story

And when they put him back on the tarp,

A beautiful banister
going up three stories... - Amityville: An Origin Story

A beautiful banister going up three stories...

What can I tell
you about the case? - Amityville: An Origin Story

What can I tell you about the case?

We were going to do a sequel - Amityville: An Origin Story

We were going to do a sequel

And you could look from
the foyer and look up - Amityville: An Origin Story

And you could look from the foyer and look up

We're going to do a second book, - Amityville: An Origin Story

We're going to do a second book,

Do these people appear to have - Amityville: An Origin Story

Do these people appear to have

There's nothing like
it on the market, - Amityville: An Origin Story

There's nothing like it on the market,

- All glory to God.
- Great. - Amityville: An Origin Story

- All glory to God. - Great.

As soon as Kathy walked
in the front door, - Amityville: An Origin Story

As soon as Kathy walked in the front door,

And he wanted me to come out - Amityville: An Origin Story

And he wanted me to come out

And so I speak to
some kids who lived, - Amityville: An Origin Story

And so I speak to some kids who lived,

It was a traumatic experience. - Amityville: An Origin Story

It was a traumatic experience.

- Why?
- Because it might be real. - Amityville: An Origin Story

- Why? - Because it might be real.

George and Kathy
wanted my recollections - Amityville: An Origin Story

George and Kathy wanted my recollections

You know, I get to thinking
that, you know, - Amityville: An Origin Story

You know, I get to thinking that, you know,

Before we left, George
and Kathy asked me - Amityville: An Origin Story

Before we left, George and Kathy asked me

I actually went
out to California. - Amityville: An Origin Story

I actually went out to California.

Amityville: An Origin Story poster

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This limited series is the first-ever elevated look at the strange alchemy of mass murder, 1970s paranormal obsession, and the explosion of the horror film genre that gave rise to The Amityville Horror sensation.

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Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

Production: B17 Entertainment

Genre: documentary, biography, crime

Year: 2023

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.5

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Released: 23 Apr 2023

Awards: 1 nomination

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