The Amityville Hoax
- Filed under: Hoax
- Date: Oct 4,2007
The formula is simple…faking ghosts equals big bucks. The year 1999 was dominated by hype over the surprise-hit movie, the Blair Witch Project. What made this movie so successful was not the psychological fear of being lost in the forest; it was the fact that most people went into the movie theater thinking that this movie was a real life documentary. Pretending that something is real to fool moviegoers and make a profit is not a new concept. In 1977 the world was flooded with controversy over the best selling book, the Amityville Horror. The book was released as nonfiction, with the true accounts of the Lutz families horrific 28 days spent inside a haunted house.
