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Amityville | |
Continuity: | Amityville Horror |
Redirects: | Amityville, New York |
Category: | Village |
Continent: | North America |
Country: | United States |
State: | New York |
County: | Suffolk County |
City: | Long Island |
Residents: | George Lutz; Kathy Lutz; Louise DeFeo; Ronald DeFeo, Sr.; Ronald DeFeo, Jr.; Anthony Montelli; Dolores Montelli; Sonny Montelli |
Points of interest: | 112 Ocean Avenue |
1st appearance: | The Amityville Horror |
Amityville is an incorporated village located in Long Island in the state of New York. It is in the Town of Babylon in Suffolk County. The town gained infamy in 1974 when, on November 13th, Ronald DeFeo, Jr. murdered his parents and four siblings with a Marlin 336C rifle in their home at 112 Ocean Avenue. In 1975, George and Kathy Lutz and Kathy's children moved into the DeFeo house, but vacated the home after only twenty-eight days claiming to have been terrorized by demonic phenomena during their brief time there. Both incidents provided the foundation for a book by Jay Anson called The Amityville Horror, which was adapted into a feature film in 1979 and yielded numerous sequels and spin-offs. The Lutz' claims of paranormal activity have long since been debunked and are largely considered to be a hoax perpetuated by George Lutz.
Points of Interest[]
- 112 Ocean Avenue
- 112 Ocean Avenue is a real location in Amityville and built in the year 1927 A.D., though the locals dislike the attention the movie The Amityville Horror brings to their neighborhood and as such have renamed the 4,000-square-foot old house as well as redesigned it: in the movies, 112 Ocean Avenue is infamous for its demonic windows that resemble glowing eyes - the style of architect this waterfront residential 3-story building was originally is described as Dutch Colonial. 112 Ocean Avenue was the location of a grisly mass-murder by Ronald DeFeo Jr. in 1974. This massacre is widely claimed to have given the location its status as being "cursed", as asserted by future residents George and Kathy Lutz, who moved into the house a year later, only to quickly vacate after only a few weeks, citing numerous instances of supernatural demonic activity.
Films that take place in Amityville[]

Amityville sign from Amityville Uprising.
- Amityville Horror, The
- Amityville Horror (2005)
- Amityville II: The Possession
- Amityville 3-D
- Amityville Karen
- Amityville: The Evil Escapes
- Amityville Curse, The
- Amityville 1992: It's About Time
- Amityville: A New Generation
- Amityville: Dollhouse
- Amityville Haunting, The
- Amityville Murders, The
- Amityville Moon, The
- Amityville Uprising
- Conjuring 2, The
Characters from Amityville[]
Note: The following is a list of characters known to reside in Amityville. It does not necessarily mean that they were born there.
Character | Film/Series |
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Allison DeFeo | Amityville Horror, The |
Amy Lutz | Amityville Horror, The |
Anthony Montelli | Amityville II: The Possession |
Clifford Sanders | Amityville 3-D |
David Cohler | Amityville 3-D |
Dawn DeFeo | Amityville Horror, The |
Dolores Montelli | Amityville II: The Possession |
Emma Caswell | Amityville 3-D |
Frank Adamsky | Amityville II: The Possession |
Frank Delaney | Amityville Horror, The |
George Lutz | Amityville Horror, The |
Greg Lutz | Amityville Horror, The |
Harold Caswell | Amityville 3-D |
Janice Montelli | Amityville II: The Possession |
John Baxter | Amityville 3-D |
John Matthew DeFeo | Amityville Horror, The |
Kathy Lutz | Amityville Horror, The |
Louise Brigante DeFeo | Amityville Horror, The |
Marc DeFeo | Amityville Horror, The |
Matt Lutz | Amityville Horror, The |
Nancy Baxter | Amityville 3-D |
Patricia Montelli | Amityville II: The Possession |
Ronald DeFeo, Sr. | Amityville Horror, The |
Ronald DeFeo, Jr. | Amityville Horror, The |
Sonny Montelli | Amityville II: The Possession |
Notes[]
- Amityville is not to be confused with Amity, which is a fictional location and the central setting of the 1975 film Jaws. Both communities are seaside locales on the eastern coast of the United States.
External Links[]
- Amityville at Wikipedia
- Amityville at MapQuest
- Amityville Official Website
- Amityville at the Horror House