Character mistake: When Jackie the babysitter is stuck in the closet, she explains to George and Kathy that the door was locked. George says Amy there's no lock on this door. Her real name is Amy and her film name is Jackie.

The Amityville Horror (1979)
1 character mistake
Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg
Starring: Don Stroud, James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Murray Hamilton, Rod Steiger
Continuity mistake: When the stairs are first shown, there's carpet up the middle of the stairs. At the end when they flee the house it's gone.
Kathy Lutz: I just wish that... all those people hadn't died here. I mean... ugh! A guy kills his whole family. Doesn't that bother you?
George: Well, sure, but... houses don't have memories.
Trivia: The image of the man that appeared in the "Red Room" was James Brolin's brother.
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