Plot Summary: November 13, 1974: a mother, father, and four children are found brutally slain with no apparent motive in a very scary looking house in quiet a Amityville Long Island suburb. The coroner estimates the time of the massacre to be about 3:00-3:15 am. A year later, the Lutzes, a young couple with three kids, buy the house from a very anxious realtor well below market value at $80,000. "Houses don't have memories." is stepfather George's response to his Kathy's concerns about the house's spattered past. After a month, the fixer-upping is well under way. Even the crucifix has taken its place of honor on the living room wall. The local priest, Father Delaney, comes to bless the house. Though the Lutzes are out, he isn't made to feel too comfortable, what with the sweltering heat, stench, slamming doors and buzzing flies. When the voice of the Devil commands him to "Get out!" he intelligently complies. In spite of the financial strain of the loans, the Lutzes aren't ready to give up on their dream house, although George is starting to give in to the pressure. No matter how much wood he loads on the fire, George can't seem to get warm enough. An onset of impotence compounds his problems. It doesn't help that little Amy who has acquired an imaginary friend (an invisible pig, Jody) to ride in her self-rocking chair, wants to go home. Or when she announces that Jody doesn't like George. The 4th day of bad vibes gives us an angry George taking out his anger on the woodpile and his wife. Why would father Delaney say he'd be by when he hadn't? Also, there's a thick, dark ooze bubbling out of the fixtures. Aunt Elaine, who is a nun, shows up, and immediately must go. What drove her out? See aunt Elaine blow lunch. Now Cathy wakes up screaming "She was shot in the head'! And in-law problems. Cathy's brother is getting married. Sick George's brother in law's money mysteriously disappears. During the wedding, the baby sitter is locked in the closet. Is this a traditional gag, or is it something more? It appears the sitter's claustrophobic. Amy simply stares as the girl's hysteria reaches a crescendo. Guess what, George can't find the money. Things have gone to hell, and there's not much hope from outside either. Father Delaney's attempts to get to the house have been failures due to the non-cooperation of the phones and cars. He has been checking around and has come to believe that there is a real presence. The hierarchal response: Do you think your secular education gives you the right to question the church? A little vacation is prescribed. George's business partner comes out with the payroll checks. The business is a wreck. When George wakens to fly troubles and suddenly the front door is blown wide open from the inside, the police are on the scene. More bad news: the policeman who is called in notes that the Lutzes bear a strong resemblance to the family that was here before. Jeff's wife is an expert on witchcraft with strong psychic abilities and suggests a history to the house that might explain the problem. An Evil witch named John Ketchum was run out of Salem and built his home on the land the Lutz now inhabit. She comes with Jeff to Babysit the kids so the stressed out parents can have a night out, and investigates the cellar believing the energy in the house can be transformed. The pawing dog shows her the location of a hidden tomb in the cellar, where the face of the killer's ghost peers out. She is possessed and screams "It's the gate to hell cover it!" A temporary calm is interrupted by the arrival of 3:15. Drums in the living room and the dream of a new slaughter will send you goose bumps. George who we now know bears an uncanny resemblance to the killer from a year before is coming apart and sharpening his axe.