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House of the Devil, The

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Based on 16 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Horror | Suspense/Thriller
Written by: Ti West
Directed by: Ti West
Release Date:
Theatrical: October 30, 2009
Running Time: 95 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for some bloody violence
Starring Jocelin Donahue, Greta Gerwig, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, AJ Bowen, and Dee Wallace
Sam is a pretty college sophomore, so desperate to earn some cash for a deposit on an apartment that she accepts a babysitting job even after she finds out there is no baby. Mr. and Mrs. Ulman are the older couple who lure Sam out to their creeky Victorian mansion deep in the woods, just in time for a total lunar eclipse. Megan is Sam’s best friend, who gives her a ride out to the house, and reluctantly leaves her there despite suspecting that something is amiss. Victor at first seems like just a creepy guy lurking around the house, but quickly makes it clear that Sam will end this night in a bloody fight for her life. (Magnolia Pictures)
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What The Critics Said
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Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
There's wit but never a wink in this smartly shot production, which pays homage to the 1980s without fetishizing the era.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Noel Murray
If nothing else, Ti West’s retro “Satan rules!” thriller The House Of The Devil gets the look and tone of early-’80s horror schlock exactly right.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Andy Klein
The buildup is undeniably effective; for most of the movie, it provides the same kind of thrills as "Paranormal Activity," if somewhat less brilliantly.
Read Full Review >Time Out New York Keith Uhlich
West is far more adept at and interested in sustaining an unrelentingly ominous mood than in executing the genre-required spook shocks.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek
A clever picture, and something of a novelty -- it's not going to change the face or direction of horror filmmaking in any drastic way. But it's fun to watch something that's so obviously made with love.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Manohla Dargis
Mr. West shows a real gift for the genre, particularly in his ability to generate dread with pinpricks rather than bludgeoning shocks, something even veterans twice his age have difficulty achieving. After years of vivisectionist splatter, here is a horror movie with real shivers.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Peter Hartlaub
This isn't just a good throwback satanic thriller - it looks as if it was made during the era of satanist paranoia.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
The film may provide an introduction for some audience members to the Hitchcockian definition of suspense: It's the anticipation, not the happening, that's the fun.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
In keeping with his models, West is concerned with not suspense exactly but the ritual withholding and ultimate lavishing of bloody chaos.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Nick Pinkerton
Pumping the audience with inhale-exhale zooms and out-of-the-way close-ups, director Ti West's ratcheting of suspense in this alone-in-an-empty-house tale is proficient, if not psychologically piercing, in the best "Let's Scare Jessica to Death" fashion.
Read Full Review >Variety Peter Debruge
Call it the best '80s babysitter-in-peril movie never made. The House of the Devil delivers about as much as one could reasonably hope from the not-quite-alone-in-the-house category, with the bonus of authentically re-creating the low-budget look and feel of that era's classic horror entries.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
By far the freakiest and most unnerving shocker in theatres this season.
Read Full Review >New York Post Kyle Smith
Although the payoff is creepy, it takes a little too long to arrive -- and when it does, it's about as worn-out as the movie's title.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt
This is the perfect illustration of the banality of most scare movies.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.8 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes
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