The Amityville Horror

Name: The Amityville Horror
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3 (4 reviews)
Author: Jay Anson
ISBN: 9781441727183

Author: Jay Anson

Narrator: Ray Porter

Unabridged: 6 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 12/18/2009

Categories: Nonfiction, Body, Mind, & Spirit

Synopsis

In December 1975, the Lutz family moved into their new home on suburban Long Island. George and Kathleen Lutz knew that, one year earlier, Ronald DeFeo had murdered his parents, brothers, and sisters in the house, but the propertycomplete with boathouse and swimming pooland the price were too good to pass up. Twentyeight days later, the entire Lutz family fled in terror. This is the spellbinding, bestselling true story that gripped the nationthe story of a house possessed by evil spirits, haunted by psychic phenomena almost too terrible to describe.

About Jay Anson

Jay Anson (1921–1980) began as a copy boy on the New York Evening Journal in 1937 and later worked in advertising and publicity. With more than 500 documentary scripts for television to his credit, he was associated with Professional Films, Inc. He died in 1980.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kat on November 11, 2020

if you're going to bother with this story, do yourself a favor and save some time by just watching the movie......more

Goodreads review by Rowan on November 04, 2022

This is the first time I’ve read a book for Halloween. I was familiar with the story, having previously watched the films, but never read the book until now! It was scarier than the films and reads like an addictive novel. Much has been said about whether these events were a hoax, but I don’t really......more

Goodreads review by Justin on February 26, 2018

Loved it. More than I should have, probably. A brilliant way to write a novel (yes, let's just admit this is a novel). The matter-of-fact, journalistic tone used to describe horrific events expertly aided the 'realism' façade, and it made for great storytelling. Toward the end the pacing went off an......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on October 19, 2020

I will start this review at the end . . . or, what I did after the end. I knew some about The Amityville Horror from pop culture. I don’t think I have ever seen the movie all the way through, but I have seen parts of it. I am familiar with the house with windows like Jack O’ Lantern eyes. I knew it w......more

Goodreads review by Heidi on December 16, 2021

Scared the pants off me — but hey, I was 14 or 15 so it didn’t take much to scare me. I remember not being able to watch the movie so I thought I was so smart borrowing the book from a friend whose Mom was less rigid about her reading choices (pretty sure I borrowed Alive! from her too—lol) than mine......more