The Amityville Horror
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: April 15, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
33
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
15
Negative:
13
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Unimaginative. Read full review
38
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
All this is out of the Haunted House 101 textbook. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
First-time feature director Andrew Douglas, whose advertising background is evident in every frame, brings lashings of style but no sense of real horror to the recycled script. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Images seem to be grafted into the film that have little to do with the actual story. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderBenjamin Strong
Melissa George's performance has more Lady Macbeth in it than Kidder's. Read full review
25
USA TodayClaudia Puig
In this Amityville, the performances are bad, the special effects ho-hum, and it's not even particularly scary. Read full review
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
As far as these things go, the film's violence is not outrageously excessive. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
The latest cannibalization of a popular older horror film. Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Result? It's not scary, just busy. Read full review
0
New York PostLou Lumenick
Shoddily made, boring and, most shockingly, without a single decent scare. Read full review
0
SalonStephanie Zacharek
As a symbol of what some filmmakers and some studios think the public will buy, it's a horrific piece of work. How dare anyone put this piece of c--- in front of me. How dare anyone put it in front of YOU. Read full review
0
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
A sustained if wildly uncoordinated assault on our senses, complementing those feverish jump cuts with a cliché of equally stunning proportions Read full review
0
SlateDavid Edelstein
I'd like to tell you about the remake of The Amityville Horror (MGM), but I ankled after less than five minutes. It was something about the little girl holding the stuffed animal getting blown away with a shotgun at point-blank range. Read full review
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