Scary movies have a home on Long Island
Photo credit: Kevin P. Coughlin | The "Amityville Horror" house
Thrust into the spotlight in 1974, when Ronald DeFeo, Jr. murdered 6 family members there, the "Amityville Horror" house at 108 Ocean Ave., formerly 112 Ocean Ave., was subsequently purchased by George and Kathleen Lutz, who wrote a book in 1977 about living in the house for what they described as 28 horrifying days. The book's 1979 film adaptation is considered one of the scariest horror films of all time.
Highest grossing horror movies
Zombies in TV and movies
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What is it with Long Island and horror films?
"Final Destination" and "Final Destination 2" took place here. "The Amityville Horror" and "Silent Night, Bloody Night" were shot here (not to mention such low-budget works as "5 Dead on the Crimson Canvas," "Madman" and "Malevolence").
New Hyde Park's Jim Haggerty, whose L.I.-based horror feature, "The Witchmaster General," screens Saturday...
