The Amityville Horror (2005 film) | Jodie’s spirit and Devil 

For my weekly Gothic, I pick a very well-known movie “The Amityville Horror”. This movie is based on a true story. The night of November 13, 1764, a man named Ronald Defeo Jr killed all his family members with a marline rifle. He shot his mother, father, two sisters, and two brothers while they were sleeping. “The Amityville Horror” was written as a continuation of what could have happened after, so it is fictional. There are some Gothic elements in this movie that help it to make it horrify such as lighting, lighting is dark which makes is gloomy. Another Gothic element is the supernatural elements. Furniture and windows start to move on their own. The music in the background also helps to build the suspense and fear. There is symbolism present, which is time, when it’s 3:15 in the morning, coincidentally the same time Ronald killed his family, weird things tend to happen. There is a portent which means a sign or warning, and in the clip, there is a part where George has a sinister dream of him killing his family. Overall, this movie is a nightmare and has many Gothic elements to it, today the house is located on long island and people are living in it.