This is a film review of the "Amityville Horror" which I wrote for my college newspaper.

Going over the same ground as the original 1975 cult classic and its many derivative offspring, this "Amityville Horror" provides enough of a shiver for novice horror fans to guarantee an opening-weekend audience but, for more well-versed fans of the genre, will feel like a redundant round of recycling.
The script here differs slightly from the original but still has not figured out how to solve the ending. With the ominous (and highly suspect) intro "Based on a true story," this version cuts quickly to the premise. A young man living at home wakes one night and shoots his family one by o…