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Is it a novel?

The info box lists genre as "novel", but the book hasn't been marketed as a novel. On the other hand, Amazon and Google Books both call it fiction. On the other other hand, many libraries shelve it under nonfiction. Calling it fiction feels like non-neutral point of view (even though I believe it to be a hoax). Plenty of "nonfiction" books are wrong. Lrieber (talk) 21:42, 7 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This is an interesting question. The Dewey Decimal number of Jay Anson's book is 133.42 [1] which is "Specific topics in parapsychology & occultism". This doesn't really answer the question of whether it is fiction or non-fiction.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 10:27, 8 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

If it were a novel, wouldn't it have an 800 Dewey Decimal number? Lrieber (talk) 13:40, 12 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It's definitely written in the style of a novel, or perhaps a novella because it is quite short for a novel; it isn't suitable for use as a doorstop. It is based on real events and names real people, which is unusual for a work of fiction. Of course things are complicated by the controversy over how much of it actually happened. It is difficult to define the genre of the book, so reliable sources should be the guide.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 13:51, 12 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It is a novel. Despite frequent claims to the contrary, it does not purport to be true. I read an early edition, and it was clear from the cover notes that it was fiction, and did not claim otherwise.122.59.212.9 (talk) 11:27, 18 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It is written in the style of a novel, but claims to be based on real events. This edition of the book says on the cover "More hideously frightening than The Exorcist because it actually happened!", while a preface to the book says "The names of several individuals have been changed to protect their privacy. However, all facts and events, as far as we have been able to verify them, are strictly accurate." This goes well betond claiming that the book is loosely inspired by real life events. It is a lot like Borley Rectory, which Harry Price insisted was true despite other researchers finding otherwise.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 17:37, 18 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"as far as we have been able to verify them". As can be seen from the (somewhat less-than-stellarly sourced) article, not a lot can be verified. The sentence says nothing about the "facts" and "events" that couldn't be verified. So it's not a contradiction to "We made up pretty much everything except the Lutzes moving into the house and back out again" --jae (talk) 12:18, 20 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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films

The Amityville 1974 (2020) film was cancelled. The list though expanded with other titles. Check the amityville-horror.fandom.com 's list for an updated list. 176.63.24.77 (talk) 20:59, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed this as it isn't listed in Works based on the Amityville haunting. This was probably added as WP:CRYSTAL.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 08:25, 20 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]