Release OrderRecommended
0 / 7 watchedRelease order, with group labels marking the theatrical runs and the later returns.
Original theatrical run
- 1 The Amityville Horror The Lutz family and their 28 days. Start here.
- 2 Amityville II: The Possession Prequel about the DeFeo murders, with the family renamed the Montellis.
- 3 Amityville 3-D Released in 3-D. Follows skeptics at the house, with no Lutzes.
TV and video era
- 4 Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes NBC TV movie. The evil follows a floor lamp to California.
Remakes and returns
- 5 The Amityville Horror Platinum Dunes remake with Ryan Reynolds. Watch instead of 1979, not after it.
- 6 Amityville: The Awakening Standalone story in which the earlier films exist as movies. Limited theatrical release.
- 7 The Amityville Murders Low-budget dramatization of the 1974 DeFeo murders. Latest notable entry.
Chronological Order
0 / 5 watchedStory order. The remake retells 1979 and Awakening sits in its own continuity, so both stay out of this list.
- 1 Amityville II: The Possession First telling of the 1974 DeFeo murders.
- 2 The Amityville Murders Second telling of the same murders, from 2019.
- 3 The Amityville Horror The Lutz family moves in a year after the murders.
- 4 Amityville 3-D Set after the Lutz stay, with new owners debunking it.
- 5 Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes The leftover evil surfaces years later in California.
About Amityville Horror
The Amityville Horror (1979) turned the Lutz family's 28 days at 112 Ocean Avenue into a hit, and sequels, a 2005 remake and dozens of cheap spin-offs followed with almost no shared continuity.
The lists below cover the theatrical core plus the notable entries and leave the micro-budget titles out.
Good to know
Two new projects were attached but undated as of September 17, 2026: a Winters-directed film and a David F. Sandberg reimagining for Amazon MGM Studios.
