Ronald DeFeo Jr and Geraldine Gates got together in 1985 and made up a bunch of nonsense. Over the years DeFeo has changed such nonsense claims either because he could not remember the fairytale he told previously or people disbelieved it so he tried to make up something that was more credible. Indeed his tales at his parole hearings are never the same.
This movie either presents tales made up by Geraldine. How much of the tale she took from what DeFeo told her we have no idea but the combination of recounting lies he told her along with her own lies added in makes a complete mess.
Conspiracy theories are often presented in a spectacular fashion but this is downright boring and not even entertaining to laugh at.
The fact the producers decided to bill her as Geraldine DeFeo-Gates though they know she never ever went by that name shows how desperate they were to try to give credence to her.
Geraldine Gates married DeFeo in 1989 and he divorced her in 1993. She never legally changed her name at any time during the marriage. Indeed she was already married to Gerald Gates at the time she married DeFeo. Since their marriage to Gates took place in New Jersey, New York was unaware of it and permitted her to marry DeFeo. She kept using the name Geraldine Gates on her bank accounts, identification and all other records. She also used that name around acquaintances. The only time she used the name Geraldine DeFeo was when she was talking to someone about Amityville. Subsequent to the divorce she did the same thing. In 2002 she gave a statement to the press to publish about an unrelated issue and the name she gave them was Geraldine Gates.
So despite the fact that legally she was going by the name Geraldine Gates and day to day she was going by the name Geraldine Gates the producers and Geraldine decided to have her last name billed in the credits as DeFeo-Gates. If the producers cared about being impartial and accurate they would have listed her real last name. They added the DeFeo in hoping that would somehow lend credibility to the crap that popped out of her mouth. If the producers can't even be accurate in how they bill participants of the film how can they be taken serious on any other respect? In fact, while advertising the film on their website they present a County ID from 1986 that is no longer valid. The application for such ID proves that Geraldine used a fake address and forged marriage certificate to receive an ID that she was not entitled to. (It is the same forged marriage certificate Newsday referred to being shown) This ID is held out as proof she was married to him prior to their 1989 marriage. Seriously? The producers need to come up with something better than that.
This movie either presents tales made up by Geraldine. How much of the tale she took from what DeFeo told her we have no idea but the combination of recounting lies he told her along with her own lies added in makes a complete mess.
Conspiracy theories are often presented in a spectacular fashion but this is downright boring and not even entertaining to laugh at.
The fact the producers decided to bill her as Geraldine DeFeo-Gates though they know she never ever went by that name shows how desperate they were to try to give credence to her.
Geraldine Gates married DeFeo in 1989 and he divorced her in 1993. She never legally changed her name at any time during the marriage. Indeed she was already married to Gerald Gates at the time she married DeFeo. Since their marriage to Gates took place in New Jersey, New York was unaware of it and permitted her to marry DeFeo. She kept using the name Geraldine Gates on her bank accounts, identification and all other records. She also used that name around acquaintances. The only time she used the name Geraldine DeFeo was when she was talking to someone about Amityville. Subsequent to the divorce she did the same thing. In 2002 she gave a statement to the press to publish about an unrelated issue and the name she gave them was Geraldine Gates.
So despite the fact that legally she was going by the name Geraldine Gates and day to day she was going by the name Geraldine Gates the producers and Geraldine decided to have her last name billed in the credits as DeFeo-Gates. If the producers cared about being impartial and accurate they would have listed her real last name. They added the DeFeo in hoping that would somehow lend credibility to the crap that popped out of her mouth. If the producers can't even be accurate in how they bill participants of the film how can they be taken serious on any other respect? In fact, while advertising the film on their website they present a County ID from 1986 that is no longer valid. The application for such ID proves that Geraldine used a fake address and forged marriage certificate to receive an ID that she was not entitled to. (It is the same forged marriage certificate Newsday referred to being shown) This ID is held out as proof she was married to him prior to their 1989 marriage. Seriously? The producers need to come up with something better than that.