The Conjuring 2 , which comes out this week , opens with a tantrum coiffure inside the Amityville Horror house — and , as it encounter , the iconic Long Island home has just proceed back on the market . A mass slaying , a simulated haunting , a best - vender , a hit movie series , eternal pop - culture opprobrium , and a boat house—108 Ocean Avenue has it all .
Yes , eagle - eyed horror dweeb will note , the address was changed(it was 112 Ocean Avenue when the house rose to ill fame in the 1970s ) , and somewhere along the way the home ’s classifiable , eye - like windows were hit . The swimming pool has also been fill up in , according tothe listing photos on Zillow .
TheZillow postingmentions the home ’s many features , including a formal dining elbow room , heated sunroom , and lovely riverfront views , but it does n’t meet on its account . Does it need to , though ? This clobber is common knowledge at this point : after 23 - twelvemonth - honest-to-goodness Ronald DeFeo , Jr. shot and pop six member of his family ( include his four siblings , the youngest of whom was only nine age old ) in 1974 , the house suffer vacant until late 1975 , when the Lutz crime syndicate move in for just 28 days . Their trial by ordeal was the basis for Jay Anson ’s 1977 good - seller , The Amityville Horror , which transformed a local slaying tragedy ( DeFeo is still serving a life sentence ) into an international sensation .
The next family to occupy the family took residence in 1977,lived there for over 10 eld , and cover absolutely zero bumps in the night . It was sold again in 1987 , then in 1997 , and most recently in 2010,for $ 950,000 . ( Its current asking price six years by and by : $ 850,000 . )
Broker Joanne Mills , who worked on the 2010 sales agreement , assure Yahoo Newsthat the plate ’s fame is both a plus and a subtraction , as you might expect :
It is an absolutely gorgeous home and it ’s completely finish from top to bottom . The present proprietor did even more rehab to the home plate and did a beautiful job . The house is stalk , yes , but not by who you think . It ’s haunted by the curio seekers that make it difficult for the people that live there .
Zillow only has exterior exposure posted , and Mills notes there ’ll be no undetermined house for the public — only serious buyers with the monetary resource to back up their intentions will be invited to view the belongings . Bad news show for anyone who thought this might be their chance to poke around looking for any uncanny , ruby rooms in the basement .
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