My Thoughts on Amityville Horror Original and Remake
2. The original movie showed the priest being attacked by the flies and not being able to breathe and then getting sick. The remake did not show the priest getting sick.
3. The little girl had a doll in the original not a teddy bear like the remake did.
4. The original had the children's aunt who was a nun come to visit and get the same sickness as the priest. The remake didn't have the aunt coming over to visit.
5. In the original movie it was George and Kathy that found the sitter in the closet after coming back from a wedding. The police were the ones that found the sitter in the closet before George and Kathy got back from going to dinner. The sitter in the original was a kid with braces and the one in the remake was a wild child.
6. The original showed the priest arguing with the church about what to do to help George and Kathy. The remake didn't have anything like that. It just showed the priest leaving the house and that was that.
8. The original had one of the little boy get the window shut on his fingers after teasing his little sister. The remake didn't show the boys teasing their sister or anything happening to the boys.
9. The original had George walk into the room where the priest had been attacked by the flies and he finds them. The remake didn't even acknowledge the flies as a sign of evil like the original did with George.
10. The original had the front door break open from the inside, where as, none of that was seen in the remake.
11. In the original you slowly start to see George go crazy, however, in the remake you see it happen way too fast.
12. In the original George was a boat man and in the remake George is a construction worker.
13. The original Kathy calls the priest and begins to pray, however, in the remake you don't see that.
14. In the original Kathy starts to feel strange and begins to see strange things happening to make her think she is going crazy. We don't see that in the remake.
15. George has a fight with a friend in a bar in the original movie, however, in the remake you don't see George with any friends. In fact in the remake whenever he leaves the house he feels fine a big difference from the original.
16. George was the one that finds out about the house being built on the ground of a house that belonged to John Ketcham. In the remake it was Kathy that finds out about the Ketcham thing.
17. George and his friends break down his wall and uncover what they call "a well to hell". You do not see that in the remake you see him tear down the wall and later find out he was just dreaming.
18. No one believes the priest. In the remake the priest has a small part.
19. The church statue starts to fall apart and then the priest goes blind and the statues face is the same as it was. In the remake none of this was done and left out I'm sure.
20. Kathy has a nightmare in the original about George killing the children, but you don't see that in the remake.
21. A cop is following the priest around and trying to piece together what is going on. In the remake not even the cop is seen.
22. The dog is alive and saves George's life in the original. In the remake George kills the dog.
23. The house starts to bleed. In remake it is a very small part seen.
24. The original had the demon with red eyes, where as, the remake did not.
25. The original didn't have the contacts like the remake which made George's eyes look creepy.
Now my dislikes and likes about the original movie.
I liked the fact that the movie was long and you slowly watched as George went crazy. I liked the acting. James Brolin is a very good actor and he made you convinced he was really going crazy and you along with him. I don't have any dislikes about the movie.
Now for my likes and dislikes about the remake.
For starters I liked the way the opening was done, but I didn't like how fast the movie went. Instead of slowly watching George go crazy you saw him go from his normal self and then all of a sudden he was crazy. What is up with that? Oh who was the director of that movie? Oh yeah Micheal Bay the destroyer of the Transfromers movie. I'll give you my review of that movie later and why I don't think it is wise to make another movie.
I didn't like the actor that played George in the remake. He was not very convincing when he was crazy. I don't know, but I didn't get the creepy feeling I got when I watched the original movie.
Would I recommend the original? Of course I would. So if you want to see it or if you have never seen it go get the DVD and sit down with a nice steaming bowl of popcorn and WATCH IT!
Would I recommend the remake? Of couse I would it is almost as good as the original. Notice I said almost. It is not as good. At least in the remake they stuck with the fact that it was John Ketcham. If you want to watch it feel free too.
If you have opinions about the remake or the original feel free to leave a comment for me and tell me what you thought of the movies. I like to hear other's opinions.
Take care and God bless,
Alessa
