I know this house very well and I went to the church back in the mid and late 70's I went to the St. Peters Catholic school right behind the church and watched them film both the Amityville Horror and the possession when they put gas pipe lines to create a fire in one scene when the boy ran from the priest. The house in Toms River was moved from the corner for a lot of people where getting in to accidents stopping in the road with a curve in it to take pictures. They lifted the house and moved it a few hundred feet back then built another home in its place. I lived in Point Pleasant Beach from 1974 till 1985 and worked at Six Flags Great Adventure and on the railroad that went right by the church.

You gotta know what you’re getting into! You buy a well-known house expect people to drive by and take pictures! As much as you don’t like it that’s what you bought into when you sign those papers!

I live near the Amityville Horror House on Long Island. Cool Movie.

WOW.....that church was SO BEAUTIFUL on the inside! Another AMAZING filming location video from an iconic movie!! Thanks so much for showing this to us!!! VERY WELL DONE!!!! :)

Margot Kidder was so beautiful in the 1970s. This film is one of my all time favourite horror films when I was a kid.

I wish they’d fix that sunken garden. That looked beautiful and could be really something with a little care.

I'm glad you put the Murray Hamilton being in two movies having to do with the Amity name, lol.

In the book "High Hopes: The Amityville Murders" it says after the DeFeo family was killed the victims families removed all the personal belongings from the house and left most of the remaining furniture in it (couches, chairs, tables, washer/dryer, dressers, pots & pans, etc.) so when the house was put on the market a year later, and bought by the Lutz family, it still had a lot of the DeFeo's furniture. (The DeFeo's beds were taken by the police as evidence, of course.) But in the Amityville horror case, it makes it appear as if the Lutz's were so frightened when they fled the house that they left behind everything they own and never returned. But according to the book "High Hopes", it isn't true. The Lutz family did take all of their personal belongings and just left the old DeFeo furniture, which they didn't buy or move in with in the first place. So they didn't really lose all that much.

When the Amityville Horror happened I was eight years old and living in upstate NY..., I remember hearing the story. When I was 16 I read the first version of the book..., I read it from beginning to end in one sitting.

They actually rotated the house from the `79-`83 filming of the 3 movies. It was originally built with the one side of the house facing the water more so than now. It was a larger lot originally. They sold the right section, and moved this house to the left and rotated it to allow room for the house to it's right to be built. A lot of work for sure. Speaking of which, for all 3 movies, they extended the sides of the house by about 3 ft. to make the quarter-moon windows, widened chimneys and yes, Gambrel roof.

Greetings from Los Angeles. I enjoyed this very much. Cool stuff.

Oh wow. I didn’t know that but I’ve been to the real one. My uncle lives right over there. Great stuff nick!

40+ years later and it's still a great ghost story! These days 2825 Saratoga trail in Fredrick Colorado that is becoming a tourist attraction. Some people say the place is haunted due to being a site of the Watts family murders in 2018. The house is a large two story home that stands out in the cookie cutter neighborhood. Cool video!

The last scene with the lake and the dock was incredible 😍 I can't wait for Summer.

That was a scary movie . You explained things well as always. Thanks and see you later.👍

One of my favourite horror films,great vid.

In between filming Amityville 2 the Possession and Amityville 3D the owners had changed the quarter moon windows on the exterior facade to rectangle windows. This was on the side of the house without the porch. As the first and 2nd films had quarter moon windows on both sides. The movie house had also been physically moved on the lot after the filming of Amityville 3D. I believe the garage is in the same spot as it was in the films. All exterior scenes were shot at the house in Toms River. All the house interior scenes were shot on a sound stage in mexico I believe.

I lived in Toms River when they were shooting that movie. Of course the street was blocked off, so you couldn't drive by during the shoot, but it was the most exciting thing to happen in that little town.

Great job Nick! This was a classic!

Liked and shared my friend

Best video so far . Thank you . Amityville 1 and 2 are the best , I used to be all into the movies and story

Nice work Nick!!

Very well done sir! Thank you so much for posting : )

I remember watching this movie when it came out. OMG! It took the world by storm. It was THE horror film at the time! Love your channel and how you know all this stuff and go to the locations.

I was there last year I was told by a guy cutting the grass on one of the yards the house was moved after the 3rd movie and they built a house next to it he said they turned the house to face the street instead of the side of the house facing the street but the garage was in the original spot, they had pix of the construction of the quarter windows and the facade of the barn shape roof.

I live in the next town over from Tom’s river I’ve visited all these locations on a daily basis over the years

You are amazing! you deserve 100K plus members!

I went up to the actual house in Amityville back in '92 and '94 with two different friends each time, as there was a debate about which house was the actual house with the second friend. The iconic windows were still there in '92, but had been changed to square windows by '94. Probably because, uh, some people were, um, walking up to the house looking in the front windows. And the address was changed before my first visit. The bar in the strip mall where DeFeo went after the murders was still there, although instead of Henry's it was called the Dakota Rose. I believe the next bar only occupied half the space of Henry's and the Dakota Rose. The other half becoming some other business. Cloud Nine is the name of the bar and may still be there. (I copied this comment from an old video I commented on. Looks like there is no bar there anymore. I also don't remember that black fence in front being there either time I was there. Not sure though. Couldn't have been the first time as that's when my buddy walked up to the front porch and looked in the window (yeah, we did stuff college kids do). Don't remember him jumping a fence. Wow, Google Maps has the street view blocked out!)

Love all your videos keep them coming.

I just discovered your videos today . Great work my man. I just like your presentation. I watched the jaws one this morning.

I grew up in Toms River and watched some of the filming at the house back then. It was indeed a big deal at the time. I was fascinated by it. I didn't see any actors during the filming I saw. Just 'rain and lightning'. My father was a volunteer firefighter in Toms River and helped out a little on the movie early on. The guy doing the special effects came up to him at the firehouse and asked about providing the 'rain' in the movie. He showed the guy around Toms River driving in the car that was in the movie (the one where the hood flies up and crashes into the sign. The crash was filmed at Hooper and Oak Ave in Toms RIver). I even tried to get on as an extra, but wasn't selected. When the movie came out, we all went out to see it at the Dover Theater in Toms River (sadly now demolished). I remember the audience laughing when all the familiar sites of Toms River were shown on screen. A couple sites you missed. Washington Street near the golf course. That's where James Brolin was riding his motorcycle. Also the Thomas Mathis bridge (which leads to Seaside Heights from Toms River, yes the MTV Jersey Shore Seaside Heights) which is featured in the movie when Margot Kidder is trying to get back to the house towards the end.

I had no idea they filmed this movie in Jersey. The real house is in Amityville, Long Island, NY. My teacher in High School lived right near the real house. She passed the house everyday.

Thanks for sharing this. I knew the movie house was in Tom's River, just didn't know the real difference. In Milwaukee there are Dutch Colonial Homes that still have the fly eye windows as I call them. They're smaller windows, but still I always think of The Amityville House or The Movie House in Tom's River New Jersey. I'm sure Dutch Colonial Homes are beautiful to own and live in. I understand that the Real Amityville House had a change of address from 112 Ocean Ave to 108 Ocean Ave, perhaps to help keep onlookers away somewhat.

when you Google Amityville, the towns info and demographics etc pops up and the pic for the town is this house lol

Thanks so much this video was excellent. The house is actually blurred out on Google if you try to look it up lol

I remember going to Amityville for a family reunion. I've also wanna to see the house i never did.Thanks for the upload

Cool video, I live in the county over. I remember my parents took us to the house just after the movie came out. I remember looking into the windows and seeing a house with the walls of the outer shell. They actually built a house around the actual house. Hence why the roofline is different. When we where there it looked just like the real house. From what I remember they built around the house to walk in between for some of the special effects as well. Not sure if it’s still there but there was a boat house on the property too.

On that one we really missed your side to side comparaison as you notoriously known for doing and that makes you # 1 !! Dont change your ways please or redo that Amityville properly ❤ 💯

As a fellow Ocean County dweller, I thank you for this. I’ve lived in Bayville almost all my life. It’s so cool to me that we are a location of a major movie. Every time I watch this movie, I look for the places I recognize. I thought the church was also in Toms River at Saint Joseph’s. Thank you for correcting that. Saint Joseph’s church was in the school at the time.

Awesome footage , never knew that the movie location was different from the actual house , I knew the remake was with Ryan Reynolds but not the original. If lived there I would change those windows looking the way it did in the film 😀😀😀 so cool

The house was in fact moved to an empty lot next to the original location. Then the owners at the time had a new house built on the original lot for their daughter.

Oh wow the famous house of amityville I love it great tour and footage great story told about it how it changed it reconstructed it for the film

Ok, somehow I missed this video. I am on it now. Another awesome adventure Nick ! Thanks for sharing this is incredibly Cool! Cheers....

Man I thought this whole entire time that The Amityville horror house was actually film at the real life property, thanks for clarifying that for me!

Loved this documentary

They just turned the house so the balcony faced the water... Probably for 70's drama as this end faces the street at the actual house.

Great video. Thanks

Brilliant video. Thank you!. Would love to be able to travel overseas to visit..

Great video 👍 ❤️ ❤️

I lived on Long Island my entire life. I was born in Amityville hospital in the 1960’s ( it’s gone now). And was raised 2 villages over. When the book first came out, so did interest in the house. But then, after the movie came out, the traffic on Ocean ave was insane. As teenagers we would even drive past frequently to catch a glimpse of the home..there would be a slow moving line of cars driving by every day ( I can’t imagine living there for obvious reasons). I remember the home changing owners through the years. As I remember the house was not moved or shifted. It was refaced. The iconic windows removed. They basically were trying to change the entire look of the house ( which they did). This was a big story in the news at the time on Long Island. They also changed the home address. We live in Florida now. It’s been years since I drove by and really don’t see the need to bother the current owners. Thank you.

The house in Amityville is blurred out on google maps as well. Cool video!

The house now looks really appealing bright and lots of curb appeal .if this video wasn’t made I never would’ve guessed that the same house , the old house looked spooky and haunted …the sunken garden needs some love it’s could be beautiful place ☝🏽

This was great really enjoyed it 👍

thanks from france!! really interesting!!

Thats a beautiful house to. The Amityville Horror murder (1st movie based on Defeo family) was in the real house right?

Thats cool you went there see where it was filmed at

Fantastic! Look for a new chapter coming in 2022. That's all I can reveal.

Anyone still watch this video?

I have heard that shortly after filming part three, that the house was moved over one lot and turned so that the front door faced the road and the side with the sunroom no longer faced the river.

Never seen the movie, but the filming locations look pretty cool 👍

Very informative.

If that was my house, I wouldn't have changed anything..I would probably let people take a tour on Halloween night and charge like $10 lol

Have you ever had anyone hassle you for filming these famous movie houses? Recently myself and another auditor went to the sting house that was used in the Riverside County episode of the Dateline television show To Catch A Predator. Do you remember that show? It was where online perverts would show up at a house to try to hook up with an underage boy or girl only to meet Chris Hansen and the Dateline camera crew. The current resident came outside and confronted us threatening to call the police and all that. I'm planning on putting together a video of that. Great video. Excellent narration. Nick P I love your filming location videos. They are absolutely fascinating. That is because YOU are a fascinating man.

Thank you so much for sharing that insight. 👍

11:35 love the jaws reference

Crazy how other side of the house looks like a jack-o-lantern lol... as a kid this was one movie that would keep me up all night scared to fall asleep ...Lol

I would like to visit the ones from Toms River, NJ and from Babylon, NY. Greetings from a big fan of american movies from Brazil 🙂

So sad to this day what happend to all the DeFeoes rest in peace

I can't believe someone lives there now.

What still puzzles me to this day is the Defeo murders....6 of them murdered in that home....all found in their beds on their stomachs...if you're familiar with the real house, then you know the staircases to the second, and third floors are open (in the entrance foyer, if you look up, you can see all the way up to the third floor)...how were six individuals, on two separate floors, shot to death by one person with a rifle, and not one of them stirred from their beds?...like i said, an open staircase (you would think a rifle blast would echo like crazy throughout the open stairwells)...first shot, no one stirs, or awakens, second shot, third shot, fourth shot, and even after the fifth shot STILL, no one climbed out of bed, and then up to the third floor, and the sixth shot which killed Dawn (I actually believe there were seven shots, because if I'm not mistaken I believe one of the parents was shot twice....HOW did not one of them awake, and climb out of bed to see what the hell was going on?...you would think there would of been one of the boys, or Dawn, that would of been found on the floor of their rooms at least....but all six of them were found in their beds, on their stomachs....HOW did not ONE of them awaken, and get out of bed to see what the "loud noise" was?.... autopsies found no trace of any drugs in their systems....HOW do you sleep through the echoing blasts from a rifle, in a home with a centralized OPEN staircase?....the house wasn't a mansion, it was just a colonial, I grew up in a very similar home, my 2 sister's had the third floor, same set up as the Ocean Ave. house, I, my parents, and my 2 brothers were on the second floor...and you could quite easily hear others on each of the 3 floors....it will always baffle me how not ONE of them awoke during the shootings, because the shots had to echo throughout the home.... I'm sorry, but I have to believe there was something dark, sinister, in that home, I just don't see how it's possible that no one awoke, and at least got out of bed to see what was going on....especially one of the boys, or Dawn, who were the last 3 to be shot, Dawn was even up on the 3rd floor and the last to be killed....5 or 6 shots...and she never even stirred from her slumber... there's something that's not right there....

Awesome 😊👍

Awesome! I'd been to the movie house a handful of times, but we got lucky one time and the house had been abandoned, so we got some pretty good shots of the property and back yard. I really need to get back and check out the other locations someday!

The movie house was moved. This wasn't the original location when the movie was filmed.

There is a photo somewhere on the Internet of when they were constructing the quarter moon windows over the actual windows of the house in toms River New Jersey, so that they could make it look exactly like the actual Amityville house. I forget where on the Internet that iimage is but, it is in fact on the Internet. It’s a pretty cool photo though.

There was a documentary on Netflix not sure it's still there or not that the son spoke out about it and said that the stepfather made the whole thing up none of it was true and he just wanted to be famous.

I'm from Long island grew up in Uniondale about 20 mins from there

Cool video

You couldn’t pay me to live in this house!! Jesus be a 🛡around me.

Beautiful church!

If I remember correctly the White House that you have shown is actually been used in part of Nightmare on Elm Street in a lot of other movies

Forget the movie, what creeps me out is a stranger filming my home😳😳😳

This is so interesting

Long Island baby

Not sure if you had mentioned it but what was the reason why they didn't film at the actual house? Couldn't get permission?

Actually, father Pecoraro testified in open court that he heard a voice say, "Get out!" and was slapped in the face when he was in the house. Furthermore, the idea that it is been "dismissed as a hoax" is just one camp in a number of camps of thought regarding the case.

thats the church in the 2nd movie too

Wondering what the bad joke was when you came up to the witching brew bar which is now a law office.....btw I have a relative who owns a home that looks exactly like the Amityville Horror house, inside and out, but no creepiness going on there. My Aunt and cousin are very religious.

The "big tree" was not taken down. The house was actually lifted off it's foundation and moved to the neighboring lot years after filming.

Cool!

The filming house was moved to this location. After I believe the first movie.

You couldn't pay me to live in that house.

Do you think you can do a video of filming locations from the remake? It's located in Wisconsin.

Have you done filming locations of the 2005 Amityville remake?

Also the windows were the original ones used in the movie and were changed in recent years du to complains of too many nosey people touring around the house and taking pictures.

Was this the same location/set they used for the 1979/1982 & 1983 movies?..as the outside and interior shots were identical in those 3 movies, apart from the cellar and the bannister on the staircase....The location of the "movie-location-house" looks completely different, I'd never have recognised it....The driveway looks to have been modernised, walls/bushes/reflagged-driveway etc. It also appears to look a lot smaller leading up to the house. 6:58 Watch out for the "Mothman":)..Are those the same church-steps from the 2nd one?, the one where Father Adamski took Sonny?....

Avez-vous essayé de visiter l'intérieur de la maison (résidence)

"There is an appointed time for every human being to die a physical life...then comes the judgement...before a righteous, holy, pure, just God." There are no ghosts from dead humans. There are however evil spirits. Confess your sins and receive Christ as Savior.

If I owned that house would make it look like the movie especially with the windows. I thought amityville 2 the procession was better with Burt Young do you know if that was this same location ?

ESSA HISTÓRIA BASEADO EM FATOS REAIS FOI DEMAIS. CONHECIDA MUNDIALMENTE POR TODO MUNDO.

Knock and tell them to turn them lights on the gate posts off....save the planet😄👍