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Letter from the Editor The Westerner© has been fortunate to
be associated with our terrific friend and
marvelous acting talent, Diane Franklin.
Diane began her career as every young
guy’s heart throb in movies like Better
Off Dead, Bill and Ted’s Excellent
Adventure, and The Last American Virgin.
But her tie to Amityville has brought her
full circle in her acting career.
Her new movie, The Amityville Murders,
will be premiering this fall, and it’s a
The Old Dutch Church Graveyard, Sleepy good one. We all remember her
Hollow, NY empathetic portrayal of the daughter in
Amityville II: The Possession. In the new
movie, she portrays the mother and has
Truth is stranger than fiction. How the opportunity to bring the real horror
many times have you heard that adage of what happened in that countrified
and how many times has it been Long Island community to the screen.
proven? We didn’t set out to find the
She believes she is the first actress to
truth behind some of the most horrific
play both mother and daughter in the
American tales, but somehow it landed
same movie series. Diane is more than
squarely in our lap.
qualified for both roles, growing up in a
We’re here to entertain, and I promise neighboring community to the original
this issue will be extremely entertaining. Long Island family whose tragedy is
However, social responsibility seemed chronicled in both movies. The real life
to be around every corner we turned in experience of this doomed family is
this issue. Sometimes real people, real much more interesting than glitzy
victims, get lost behind the commercial horror stories and, we think, much more
Halloween horror that most people, horrifying.
including myself, find to be so much
Diane Franklin helps us understand the
fun. At what cost do we lose track of
real terror behind the scenes of one of
those who really suffered? The cost of
the outstanding names in the horror
our humanity?
genre. Readers will also enjoy her
