Welcome back to The Bride’s House of Waxing Intellectual. Join me for the third and final installment of our Amityville Horror deep dive.

A big thank-you goes out to Joey Gruszecki for editing and production, Rob Gruszecki for composing, performing and recording the theme song and Alex Lueng for photography. 

A list of research references:

Books:

“The Amityville Horror”, Jay Anson, 1977
“Mentally Ill in Amityville: Murder, Mystery & Mayhem at 112 Ocean Avenue”, Will Savive, 2009
“Danse Macabre”, Stephen King, 1981, p. 163-170.
“The Monster Guide to Horror Movies”, Tim Daugherty, 2009
“Paperbacks From Hell”, Grady Hendrix, 2017.
“Film Theory and Criticism”, Gerald Mast, 1974.
“Thrill Me- Essay’s On Fiction”, Benjamin Percy, 2016.
“Video Dungeon”, Kim Newman, 2017.

Magazines:

“Amityville:The Horror Of It All”, Joe Nickel, Skeptical Inquirer, vol. 27 No. 1, Jan/Feb 2003.

Websites:

“Making of The Amityville Horror”-youtube
“58B. The Sickened Economy”- ushistory.org
Wikipedia 2005 Amityville

Films:

“My Amityville”, directed by Eric Walter, 2013.
“The Amityville Horror”, directed by Stuart Rosenberg, 1979.
“The Amityville Horror”, directed by Andrew Douglas, 2005.

Welcome back to Part 2 of The Bride’s House of Waxing Intellectual. Where we continue our analysis of the Amityville Horror. Part 2 explores the cultural context of the book, the 1979 movie and movie review.

A big thank-you goes out to Joey Gruszecki for editing and production, Rob Gruszecki for composing the theme song and Alex Lueng for photography. 

A list of research references:

Books:

“The Amityville Horror”, Jay Anson, 1977
“Mentally Ill in Amityville: Murder, Mystery & Mayhem at 112 Ocean Avenue”, Will Savive, 2009
“Danse Macabre”, Stephen King, 1981, p. 163-170.
“The Monster Guide to Horror Movies”, Tim Daugherty, 2009
“Paperbacks From Hell”, Grady Hendrix, 2017.
“Film Theory and Criticism”, Gerald Mast, 1974.
“Thrill Me- Essay’s On Fiction”, Benjamin Percy, 2016.
“Video Dungeon”, Kim Newman, 2017.

Magazines:

“Amityville:The Horror Of It All”, Joe Nickel, Skeptical Inquirer, vol. 27 No. 1, Jan/Feb 2003.

Websites:

“Making of The Amityville Horror”-youtube
“58B. The Sickened Economy”- ushistory.org
Wikipedia 2005 Amityville

Films:

“My Amityville”, directed by Eric Walter, 2013.
“The Amityville Horror”, directed by Stuart Rosenberg, 1979.
“The Amityville Horror”, directed by Andrew Douglas, 2005.

Bride of the Creature presents The Bride’s House of Waxing Intellectual. The podcast that dives deep into a horror novel and the move/movies that are based on it. Our first series explores Jay Anson’s 1977 novel The Amityville Horror, the 1979 film and the 2005 remake. 

A big thank-you goes out to Joey Gruszecki for editing and production, Rob Gruszecki for composing the theme song and Alex Lueng for photography. 

A list of research references:

Books:

“The Amityville Horror”, Jay Anson, 1977
“Mentally Ill in Amityville: Murder, Mystery & Mayhem at 112 Ocean Avenue”, Will Savive, 2009
“Danse Macabre”, Stephen King, 1981, p. 163-170.
“The Monster Guide to Horror Movies”, Tim Daugherty, 2009
“Paperbacks From Hell”, Grady Hendrix, 2017.
“Film Theory and Criticism”, Gerald Mast, 1974.
“Thrill Me- Essay’s On Fiction”, Benjamin Percy, 2016.
“Video Dungeon”, Kim Newman, 2017.

Magazines:

“Amityville:The Horror Of It All”, Joe Nickel, Skeptical Inquirer, vol. 27 No. 1, Jan/Feb 2003.

Websites:

“Making of The Amityville Horror”-youtube
“58B. The Sickened Economy”- ushistory.org
Wikipedia 2005 Amityville

Films:

“My Amityville”, directed by Eric Walter, 2013.
“The Amityville Horror”, directed by Stuart Rosenberg, 1979.
“The Amityville Horror”, directed by Andrew Douglas, 2005.