How many jump scares are in The Amityville Horror (1979)?

The Amityville Horror (1979) has 8 jump scares, based on its logged jump-scare count.

What are some films like The Amityville Horror (1979)?

Films similar to The Amityville Horror (1979) on Watch Darkly include The Conjuring 2 (2016), The Changeling (1980), Insidious (2010) — selected by cosine similarity on the curator scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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The Amityville Horror

Name: The Amityville Horror
Genre: horror
Released: 1979-07-27
Duration: 1 h 58 min

1979 · R · 1h 58m

For God's sake, get out!

George Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and improbably cheap, Victorian mansion nestled in the sleepy coastal town of Amityville, Long Island. However, their dream home is concealing a horrific past and soon each member of the Lutz family is plagued with increasingly strange and violent visions and impulses.

Plot summary via TMDB

Release

US theatrical: July 27, 1979

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Jump scares

The Amityville Horror has 8 jump scares. Compare counts

Genres

horror

Details

Budget$4.7M

Box office$86.4M

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Starring

James Brolin as George Lutz · Margot Kidder as Kathy Lutz · Rod Steiger as Father Delaney · Don Stroud as Father Richard Bolen · Murray Hamilton as Father Ryan · John Larch as Father Nuncio · Natasha Ryan as Amy · K.C. Martel as Greg