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said “You are Louise. You are Louise.” I’ve fact that this is based on a true story will
never been told I got the role in an audition bring a lot of dialogue. People are going to
before. It was a very emotional experience talk about it.
for me.
Bruce: Were there any challenges—and I
Bruce: So the new movie, The Amityville understand there is quite a bit of time
Murders, is it similar to the 1983 movie or between movies—shifting gears and
how is it different? playing the mother in this movie?
Diane: Daniel Farrands has previously done Diane: I’m from Long Island and I’m
a documentary on the Amityville story so playing a character from the place where I
he knew the facts surrounding the DeFeo grew up. When the incident occurred, I was
family. When he wrote the film, he took twelve years old. I heard about it but didn’t
those same facts and wove it into a story. understand it. Now that I am an adult I
understand that world, and Daniel Farrands
knows that world too. There’s so many
lovely details he added to the film.
When I was younger I played my character
very innocently. I tried not to scare myself
with learning too much background about
it. In Amityville Murders, I actually was
more involved this time because I
researched it. I wanted to connect with the
When I did Amityville II: The Possession, the spirit of this woman and what she was
only thing that disappointed me about the experiencing.
film was that we left the house. I felt that all
Bruce: How would you characterize the
of the drama and tension was in the house.
film?
What’s good about the new movie is that it
stays in the house. The audience witnesses
the true experience of this family.
Rutanya Alda played my mother in
Amityville II: The Possession, and Daniel
wanted her for this film also but sadly it just
didn’t work out. So Lainie Kazan got the
role and Burt Young is back as my father in
this film. Although, it was a memorable Diane: It’s drama. It’s scary, real, and
experience working on Possession, I think dramatic, but not one of those big special
this Amityville Murders is scarier because effects kind of film. People will be grabbed
it’s real. I feel my performance in this movie by the story because it’s a character piece.
is the best I’ve ever given. You go through the emotions that these
people felt and how the house affected their
Horror is so subjective. People like different family. It’s the type of movie that an
aspects of the genre. However, I think the audience will love because of the
