It’s simply told, and while it won’t win any literary awards, it’s effective at telling a story. I certainly wouldn’t start dipping my finger in random green slime emanating from walls and licking it. Could you live in a house where six people were murdered? Could you sleep in the same bedroom they died in? As someone who grew up in a haunted house, even I have to draw the line somewhere. It gets you thinking about the history of a house. All the windows in the room were wide open, and the bedroom door, caught by the drafts, was swinging back and forth.” “The blankets on the bed had been virtually torn from their bodies, leaving George and Kathy shivering. Hint: if looking to purchase a property and neighbours' shades are drawn on all the sides facing said house (but not other directions), it’s probably best to look elsewhere.īecause weird stuff will probably start happening.

had previously killed his 6 family members in the house. They purchase it on the cheap, due to its tragic history. The book follows the events of the Lutz family, who move into 112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville. I wasn’t a fan of my house making strange creaking sounds at night while reading either! The Amityville Horror does what it says, and provides the scares.

Much has been said about whether these events were a hoax, but I don’t really care. It was scarier than the films and reads like an addictive novel. I was familiar with the story, having previously watched the films, but never read the book until now! Diametrically opposed to this is a stance that seems to deplore, if not ignore, the findings of science seeing empirical reality as shallow and meaningless it focuses instead on unseen spiritual realities, and may be characterized as superstitious.This is the first time I’ve read a book for Halloween.

The first, the scientific, views the world-and perhaps the universe-as governed by unvarying laws that have been discovered, or at least are discoverable, by scientific investigation. In our modern Western world, there are three main stances which, in various combinations, characterize the multitude of attitudes individuals assume toward reports of siege by mysterious powers. Words, gestures, and amulets or other objects have been ritually employed in response to demonic attacks this was as true of the ancient Semitic civilizations like the Babylonians and their fear of demons as it is of p. Human beings in different societies have responded to such challenges in various ways. To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:Īll civilizations have expressed some sense of insecurity and fear over the spotty but recurring reports of phenomena that leave men feeling victimized by hostile beings with superhuman powers. What reading level is The Amityville Horror book?

The amityville horror book by jay anson