Before I start off on my personal thought on the whole thing, I'd like to say the shows were really great. It was excellent to hear from Christopher Lutz and he seemed pretty clear on things after never really saying anything for 40 years. All the talk about the red room and the other people that were interviewed seemed like they knew what they were talking about. In general, I found the entire show was easy to watch and there were a LOT of pictures and video I'd never seen before. It's 9 stars for me just because I found everything to be interesting and I guess factual. If you are into watching things on this house and it's history, this is a great one to see!
That being said...
I have seen about every documentary about the house that I can find, including this one and the one with Daniel Lutz, My Amityville Horror. I like to watch the ones that explore the actual issue which was the DeFeo murders and see if anything new has come up. Usually the same thing, but I seem to get something from each of them. Then, the ones that have to deal with the Lutz's and how everything shook down with them.
I have always thought that the whole "The house is haunted" was pretty much not real. My concept was like most people think: Ron DeFeo waxed his entire family, probably whacked out on some kind of drug. I listened to him change his story over the years several times from he did it, to he and Dawn did it, to the mob did it, to the devil made him do it. I think he just did it because he was angry and a druggie.
I have always thought of Ed and Loraine Warren as pretty honest folks. So when they did their thing in the house, and she freaked out, I was skeptical because I just wasn't buying what George Lutz said most of the time.
Then after this I had a thought...
I listened to Daniel Lutz story about how George was into the occult and all that meditation stuff, and how he actually saw stuff happen in the house. I sort of didn't believe him as I think George was abusive and he might have been just angry...which I do believe.
All of a sudden, here comes Chris Lutz in this series, and he confirmed that not only did all that weird stuff happen, but George was into the occult and abusive. I really thought Chris was going to deny all this, but he didn't, and I started to think....
I don't think I ever heard anyone of the DeFeo family ever say something was wrong with the house. Other than when Ron Jr. Said the voices made him to it, but I didn't believe that as they were trying for the insanity defense. It seemed like the normal stuff with families and the fact that Ron Sr. And Jr. Didn't get along at all.
So, I thought...is it possible there was nothing wrong with the house in the first place when the DeFeo's were in there...until the Lutz's moved in and George went off the deep end with occult crap? This would explain why the Warren's saw things they did while they investigated since the investigated AFTER the Lutz's had moved out. Did George cut some entity or whatever loose in the house?
I would have never thought it was anything other than a hoax if this show had not come out. I guess since Daniel and now Chris have stated that George was a cult freak, it could be that he brought something. I'd love if Missy made some kind of statement now.
That being said...
I have seen about every documentary about the house that I can find, including this one and the one with Daniel Lutz, My Amityville Horror. I like to watch the ones that explore the actual issue which was the DeFeo murders and see if anything new has come up. Usually the same thing, but I seem to get something from each of them. Then, the ones that have to deal with the Lutz's and how everything shook down with them.
I have always thought that the whole "The house is haunted" was pretty much not real. My concept was like most people think: Ron DeFeo waxed his entire family, probably whacked out on some kind of drug. I listened to him change his story over the years several times from he did it, to he and Dawn did it, to the mob did it, to the devil made him do it. I think he just did it because he was angry and a druggie.
I have always thought of Ed and Loraine Warren as pretty honest folks. So when they did their thing in the house, and she freaked out, I was skeptical because I just wasn't buying what George Lutz said most of the time.
Then after this I had a thought...
I listened to Daniel Lutz story about how George was into the occult and all that meditation stuff, and how he actually saw stuff happen in the house. I sort of didn't believe him as I think George was abusive and he might have been just angry...which I do believe.
All of a sudden, here comes Chris Lutz in this series, and he confirmed that not only did all that weird stuff happen, but George was into the occult and abusive. I really thought Chris was going to deny all this, but he didn't, and I started to think....
I don't think I ever heard anyone of the DeFeo family ever say something was wrong with the house. Other than when Ron Jr. Said the voices made him to it, but I didn't believe that as they were trying for the insanity defense. It seemed like the normal stuff with families and the fact that Ron Sr. And Jr. Didn't get along at all.
So, I thought...is it possible there was nothing wrong with the house in the first place when the DeFeo's were in there...until the Lutz's moved in and George went off the deep end with occult crap? This would explain why the Warren's saw things they did while they investigated since the investigated AFTER the Lutz's had moved out. Did George cut some entity or whatever loose in the house?
I would have never thought it was anything other than a hoax if this show had not come out. I guess since Daniel and now Chris have stated that George was a cult freak, it could be that he brought something. I'd love if Missy made some kind of statement now.