
This frightening remake of the 1979 horror classic from producer Michael Bay (THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE) delves deeper into the supposedly true story of supernatural events that occurred in a Long Island New York home in the '70s When George & Kathy Lutz (Ryan Reynolds & Melissa George) come across a beautiful river-front colonial home being sold for a steal they suspect a catch Once informed that the home was the site of a grisly mass murder they decide to buy the house anyway & eagerly move in bringing with them Kathy's three children from a previous marriage While no one can deny that the house is rife with spooky sounds the family members try to put their fears at bay But over time strange occurrences start happening becoming more & more frequent & these events start to have a transformative effect on several family members Kathy's daughter starts to act bizarrely ending up in a variety of life-threatening situations led by her new not-so-imaginary friend Jody (one of the children slaughtered in the house years before by her older brother) Likewise something strange seems to be happening to George His usually sweet demeanour is replaced with a hostile one & he starts cruelly taking out his aggression on Kathy's children Kathy's original assumption that a house cannot be evil is challenged as she watches her husband transform into the sort of man that just might be capable of murdering his family Faster-paced than the original THE AMITYVILLE HORROR keeps viewers on the edge of their seats with quick editing suspenseful music & moderately graphic violence The two leads give quality performances & seem to inhabit the decade in which the story is set despite the film's slick contemporary production