Documentary Movies

Shattered Hopes: The True Story of the Amityville Murders is a documentary trilogy into horror, homicide and hoax; mob, murder, mayhem; death,dysfunction; forensics and fraud. Nearly six years in the making, Shattered tells the story behind one of America's most infamous mass murders - the DeFeo family slaughter in November 1974 which spawned the "Amityville Horror" franchise of haunted house books and movies. PART I - FROM HORROR TO HOMICIDE chronicles the genesis of the DeFeo family, the acquisition of their now infamous Dutch Colonial home and its history while capturing an intimate narrative of a dysfunctional family on the verge of disaster. Joining in the narrative are some of the DeFeo's friends, including Louise DeFeo's good friend Gloria Gangitano, Marc DeFeo's childhood friend Anthony Gangitano, and Roger Nonnewitz who was the husband of Linnea Nonnewitz. Linnea was the DeFeo's maid and close confidant of Louise DeFeo for 6 years at the time of the murders. She and her husban..