The Amityville Horror (1979)

[BGTNJeff]

See, this is why the remake of "The Amityville Horror" remains sketchy in my mind. Even with all its flaws, it certainly has more scares than the original (see my review of the original, or don't). But isn't there something weird about remaking something that's based on allegedly true events? I feel the same way about the "Helter Skelter" remake that was on TV a few years ago.
Remakes tend to embellish and amp up. I wish they had stuck more to the facts and less to the fast-cutting 80's MTV aesthetic.