User blog comment:Jay ten/Should we correct people when they say a story is real? Opinions wanted./@comment-24393094-20141104142024/@comment-4849011-20141105141117

Since people on this site run the gamut from people who don't believe in anything supernatural to those who believe in possessed dolls (you could say I'm in the middle myself) maybe we could have something in the "These are fictional stories/characters" disclaimer saying that we're not trying to insult anybody's beliefs. We don't have stories featuring demons, ghosts, etc. because we're trying to convince people that supernatural entities are real, and we're not saying Slenderman and the lot are fictional because we're trying to convince people that supernatural entities aren't real. That way people can't cry discrimination.

As for The Amityville Horror, there was a great debunking on, of all things, a show on TV Land talking about myths and rumors. Someone noted, "We had a case of wine, and with each bottle of wine the story got better." Margot Kidder, who was in the movie, had a great part too. She explained that she asked one of the people involved in the making of the movie (I forget if it were a producer or a screenwriter), "You're not seriously trying to pass this off as a true story, are you?" and instead of giving a straight answer he rolled his eyes back and forth like he were trying to avoid eye contact.