91 The Playlist | Drew Taylor The results are a disturbing mixture of paranormal ghost story and psychological unease. Read full review
70 Village Voice | Nick Schager Whether it was all a haunting or a hoax is left unanswered, but the film leaves little doubt that Amityville's greatest source of evil was, fundamentally, parental in nature. Read full review
63 Slant Magazine | The film is a tender character portrait rooted in deep curiosity and sympathy for its subject. Read full review
60 Los Angeles Times | Sheri Linden The blurring of fact and fiction has been a part of the Amityville saga since it became public, but for Lutz there's no gray area in his memories, whose power is undiminished. Read full review