'Amityville Horror' house sold

As the 1970's were drawing to a close, a scary movie, "The Amityville Horror" took hold. Not only did it track a real mass murder, but the house was perfect for the events. That house, much changed, was sold on the market today.

Amityville, Long Island's 'house of horror' has been sold to buyers who live in the town as Newsday reports, who just "wanted to get on the water in a big, old, classic house."

The home itself is described by realtors as a lovely Dutch Colonial with five bedrooms, 3-1/2 baths, and joke, joke, perhaps a ghost or two. The New York Daily News reports that the house at 108 Ocean Avenue was on the market for $1.5 million, but it is not known what it actually sold for.

The house became a sensation in 1977 when Jay Anson's book, "The Amityville Horror" came out, detailing a real murderous rampage that had been carried out in the house. Some 36 years ago, Ronald DeFeo Jr. shot his parents and his four siblings to death at that address. And a family who bought the house after these killings moved out in less than a month, complaining they were seeing ghosts. The murders inspired the book, and a string of horror films.