true story?

I've looked all over the internet and can't find anything about it.

The story seems to be inspired by the DeFeo murders: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_DeFeo%2C_Jr.

I'd love to know if there is any truth to the story, though!



"The case (the Defeo murders) is notable for being the real life inspiration behind the book and film versions of The Amityville Horror."

I don't see much of a parallel, other than one member of the family killing the rest. The dynamics, otherwise, are completly different imo.

"Shot in documentary fashion with voice over narration, it tells the story of what happened when a team of investigators entered the Masterson home hoping to provide explanations for the disturbances occurring within."

source: http://deadlydvd.com/?p=194

"Shot in documentary fashion" would indicate that this is not an actual documentary and may lead one to conclude that it isn't based on a true story. That alone, however, could still leave it open-ended in some people's minds, I suppose.

Yet, there are no credits given to anyone involved in the making of the film that may have supplied a "ghost-hunters journal" or anything else of the like to base the story on.

There is also nothing anywhere on the internet that indicates that any of the events in this film took place, or anything like it. If it was actually based on a true story, no matter how loosely, I assure you it would state that in blazing red colour's somewhere - as the attraction of authenticity always entices more people to watch.

The fact that you are wondering if it is true, though, indicates that the movie at least partially achieved what it set out to do.

"There is a difference between truth and fiction: fiction has to make sense." Wilhelm Wexler

The best part of this movie was the little girl. The rest of it moved too slow to really keep my interest. I hated the fact that some scenes were so loud that you had to turn your TV down, but some were so low that you had to turn the damn thing all the way up.

Exactly - cannot stand when movies do this. That alien recent alien abduction movie did the same thing - with fake documentary footage. There are STILL people who believe it's real.

I believe it said at the beginning of the film that it was a re-enactment, and they were using Carter's journal entries as source material. Plus, their claims about how the house is regarded in the 'Ghost hunting community' also points to the direction that it's based on real events.
If it is based on true events, I'm sure they changed the names of everyone involved, since there is a big part of speculation. I'm more convinced it is an amalgam of different hauntings/killings rolled together for a good story.

I agree with above remarks that to say it's a documentary to make up for bad acting, bad sound, filming technique is a rip off. You can tell it didn't cost much since the same guy wrote, directed, and had family members involved if you watched the ending credits you can see what I'm talking about. I didn't see the normal disclaimer "The characters in this film are fictitious...
and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental"


At least the movie The Fouth Kind looked and sounded alot better, maybe better film used? Although I was highly annoyed when I found out that was all fake too.