I never thought I'd hear myself saying this but, the original Amityville Horror from American International Pictures is actually a much better film. This reimagining is so altered that it has nothing to do with the original true story by Jay Anson (which is way better than both films combined). This movie was absolute torture to sit through, suspensless amatureish direction, laughable canned dialogue, annoying manipulative musical score, cliches, cliches, cliches and more cliches until you just want to bash your head against a wall. Not a scary moment to be found in this Hollywood clunker. Do yourself a favor and rent 'The Innocents' or 'Poltergeist' if you want a superior haunted house thriller.