Douglas Benson
Background
Douglas "Doug" Benson is a resident of New York. His wife is Virginia Benson and his children are Tyler Benson, Lori Benson and Melanie Benson. Douglas is a former gunnery sergeant in the United States Marine Corps and deployed to Afghanistan. He was born on 20 August, 1970.
During the events of The Amityville Haunting (2011) played by Jason Williams
Douglas, Virginia, Tyler, Lori, and Melanie meet with Prunella Weldon to look at a home for sale. Tyler records the entire thing as the Benson's take a tour of the house. They agree to purchase the house and when they go to tell Prunella, they find her lying dead on the driveway.
Day 1, June 12, 2008. The family moves in to the house and while Steve is carrying a heavy box, he falls down the stairs and dies. During the evening, Virginia yells at Douglas that she doesn't want to live there.
Day 2, June 13, 2008. Douglas complains to Virginia that he found the backdoor wide open and he accuses Lori of sneaking out. Douglas sends Virginia, Lori and Melanie out to see a movie while he and Tyler install security cameras inside the house. Tyler finds a phone and tells Douglas about the phone. During the night, the backdoor opens at exactly 3:15 in the morning, setting off the house alarm. Douglas goes downstairs to check, but doesn't find anyone. He watches footage from the security camera he just installed and that also shows nothing.
Day 3, June 14, 2008. In the morning, Tyler shows Douglas, Virginia and Lori a cellphone video, but they don't believe anything happened. He and Douglas check around the house for any signs of a break in. Douglas hears Melanie talking to her make believe friend and asks her who told her about John Matthews. Douglas finds the backdoor open again. During the night, Douglas catches Greg sneaking into the house and throws him out. Douglas calls the cops and Officer Nathan arrives at the house and tells Douglas that Greg is a known troublemaker.
Day 4, June 15, 2008. The next day, Officer Nathan returns to the house and tells Douglas and Virginia that he found a torn shirt and blood on their property. A Detective comes to the house and tells Douglas and Virginia that the blood found was human. He tells them that the police received a letter stating that Ronald DeFeo Jr. wasn't the murderer of his family, but his sister was. Douglas calls his friend Cut, who installs heat sensors and new cameras in the house. As Cut is checking a camera outside, he is electrocuted to death by the electrical line. During the night, the house alarm goes off again. Tyler films while Douglas has a breakdown.
Day 5, June 16, 2008. Douglas takes notes while reading books on the occult. He catches Melanie talking to John Matthews and watches the video feed and sees the ghost of a boy sitting across from Melanie. He tells John Matthews to stay away from Melanie and punches and kicks at where John Matthews was.
Day 6, June 17, 2008. Douglas comes home with a large amount of religious items and places them all around the house and also uses them to try and cleanse the house. He has a family meeting and talks about the family being at war, the gates of hell and then low crawls out of the room. Between 3 and 4 a.m., Melanie stabs Douglas to death.
