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 All right for a work of fiction claimed as truth August 3, 2008
It scared me more as a child, when I thought the story was true. After discovering it was a hoax, the story's ability to frighten me lessened until now, I find the whole thing laughably silly. And look what happened
to George and Kathy Lutz for all that!
 So good that I read it twice! June 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This story is very well written. I'll admit that I slept with my lamp on while I was reading this. It scared the hell out of me! It's a fast read as well. Things just keep happening over and over again. It was hard to put it down! The Amityville Horror is a truely scary book. It's down right horrifying. I don't care whether it's true or not because it's such a good read. If you want to be scared, then read this. You will not be disapointed. Damn good book!
Nothing like the movie April 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The movie left you with so many questions!!! This book leaves you with REAL answers! I couldnt put it down! I loved it!!!
 Amityville Horror (real or not?) March 26, 2008
This book was okay, not as 'scary' as I assumed it to be, regarding all the hype surrounding the house at 112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville. I don't really believe its a 'true story' as stated on the cover. A well written horror novel by all means, but just a fiction novel at that.
Whether the Lutz's ordeal really happened is another thing, many people believe it happened, many don't. I'm undecided, I don't think I would of wanted to stay in a house where a family massacre occured.
For horror fans a good book to read and have in your collection.
Should have been better February 20, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I know this book has been around for decades, and was written at the request of the Lutz family who hired Mr. Anson to turn their story into a book. Most people by now have seen the movie(s) and are familiar with the fact that the Amityville horror story has been debunked.
But, I thought, what the heck? It's probably a good read since it inspired such a long series of movies and even a remake (what hasn't?). I have to say that I didn't particularly care for this book. It's not that the story wasn't there, or that it didn't have the potential to be scary. It was the writing style. I felt like I was reading an 300 page newspaper article. The author is SO withdrawn from the story that you just read event after event with no connection to the characters or their true mental state. I suppose that I had really high hopes from this book, it's rare to find a really good haunted house story. Unfortunately this is not one of them.
Jumping back and forth from watching the Lutz family and Father Mancuso you really get the idea that a reporter just sat and interviewed them then smashed it all together to make a book. By simply relating the events I believe that they were going for the "this is the truth, draw your own conclusions" but the problem is that now, 30-40 years later, we know it is all hogwash. Without the mystery of calling it a "true story" the writing style does not hold up as a fictional story.
I'm not going to tell you not to read it, because if you're like me you won't listen anyway. I'm just saying buy the book used or get it from the library because it certainly isn't something you will want to read over again.
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