is that house actually there? i went to nyc for my high school graduation present. we landed in long island (islip) and hired a guy to drive us to our hotel and i saw an exit sign for amietyville...?
2007-06-24 09:09:54 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
ok so the deaths are true but what about the whole thing with that guy that used to tourture indians in the basement and the whole thing that the house was so haunted that it scared the preist out?
2007-06-24 09:15:59 · update #1
the house is real and the mass murder was real too. the family that moved in their after the murders claimed the house was haunted and so the movie was based on a true story. but years later a few people came out and said that the family and the family attorney made the haunting story up to make money. obviously it cant be proven either way.
2007-06-24 09:14:48 · answer #1 · answered by TTerrell 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ammityville does exist.
There were murders commited by a Mr. DeFreo while he was in a drug-induced state.
The story about ghosts and hauntings did not. It was a tall tale that the Lutz family came up with when they discovered that they had bought a house they could not afford. The tale snowballed with each retelling, culminating in a publisher slapping a "based on a true story" label to increase sales.
2007-06-24 16:15:31 · answer #2 · answered by Scott M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually the movie and the story that we are familiar with was exagerated by the author who wanted to make a buck off of the weird situation. The people who were living there have said that there was a problem in the house and that they were preasured to go along with the hoax perpetrated by the author because they were afraid his book would make them look like they were trying to make the whole thing up.
2007-06-24 16:16:55 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes there really is a house in that town but the son killed the whole family when he was high on drugs. Hollywood just made the rest up.
2007-06-24 16:14:13 · answer #4 · answered by NickyNawlins 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The DeFeo murders are true. The rest of it is a hoax that spiraled out of control. When the Lutz's found out they could profit from it, all sort of tales started spinning.
2007-06-24 17:26:46 · answer #5 · answered by Zimmia 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The movie is supposed to be based on a true story. However, I've heard that the people who claimed to have experienced stuff made it all up.
2007-06-24 16:16:52 · answer #6 · answered by BethS 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is a real house, but the story has been rated as a hoax!!! you can see the house in amityville. the story about a family of six was murdered is true!
2007-06-24 16:19:40 · answer #7 · answered by pamela s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. it was all made up. The author came out after the movies were such a big hit, and admitted it was fake. Good story though.
2007-06-24 17:39:32 · answer #8 · answered by randy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is there, but you're not allowed to go near or in the house because of its history. there was a real murder in that house, and a real interaction with evil beings. unfortunately George Lutz, the man whose family the movies are based on died a few years ago, taking the actual accounts of his family's stay with him to the grave.
2007-06-24 16:14:53 · answer #9 · answered by GothicLady 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes. i just watched a special on A&E about amitiville, there is a house that seems to be hunted and scents the family was mudered there no one else will buy the house
2007-06-24 16:22:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋