The House of the Devil

This s%$t is as boring as hell. Only one brief scene is interesting in the first hour. What a waste of time.

It’s a good movie, and just over an hour and a half, but West really should have cut 20 minutes at least of the protagonist aimlessly walking around town and the house to absolutely no effect, it walls have been a leaner, better movie for sure. But the last 15 minutes are awesome

Long before the genius of his horror trilogy "X", "Pearl" and "MaXXXine" came "The House of the Devil" in 2009 from director Ti West. Set in the early 1980's, (the Volvo is the give away) a financially struggling college student Samantha Hughes (Jocelin Donahue "Insidious: Chapter 2") takes a strange babysitting job at a super creepy mansion in the middle of BF Idaho that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbour a terrifying secret, putting her life in mortal danger while she babysits "Mother". Personally red flags and alarm bells were going off for me from the get go. I mean who pays a sitter $400 for one nights work and Tom Noonan as "Mr Ullman"adds "it's mostly painless" into the sell. Director Jordan Peele would have been yelling "Get Out"! Watch out for: Greta Gerwig (writer, director "Barbie") as the BF "Megan" in one of this films most horrific scenes. This critically acclaimed horror film is worth hunting down on "Brollie".

The House of the Devil is certainly a slow burn. It gradually ratchets up the tension to a pretty crazy and violent last 15 minutes. Worth a watch, especially given it's only a touch over 90 minutes long... and there are plenty worse horror films out there.

The first half was pretty good. Had a lot of potential. Then the 2nd half was all just a waste of time

Filmed really well. Other than that it's insanely boring

It's a very slow movie. They film every step the character takes as she walks around. It'd be like if someone filmed you lounging around school and then your house for an hour. There are creepy people saying subtly creepy things sprinkled in, but unless you are very, very, easily put on edge this movie will bore you to death.

After reading the review I had some minor expectations on the movie however after 70 minutes of total dullness I had to admit that its just a bad movie with some decent photographty and use of the camera. I guess the director didn't have enough material or resources to justify 90 minutes of screen play and so turned to fillers for 85% of the screen play. By watching this masterpiece you will understand how the main carchter walks, play pool, eats pizza, faces her uni problems, answers the phone and gets anxious without any reason at all. Last 15 minutes of this slow agony manages to give us all the story in an ending which is, well, rushed believe or not. I really hope that whoever reviewd positively this knee busting flick really goes to an house of the devil without getting out of it. Highly NOT reccomended.

Un 1er acte qui met un peu trop longtemps à se mettre en place mais qui se rattrape par un plutôt bon final sanglant.

Another suspenseful master piece from directer Ti West. 'The house of the Devil' manages to build up and sustain an unnerving tension, perfectly illustrating that sometimes the things you don't show scare at least as much as those shown. After being a 'slow burner', the final pay off all the more kicks in with its unsettling revelation. In my opinion the way this movie is set up, is exactly how high quality horror movies should be made. Well done! ...plus: i found it almost impossible not to develop a little crush on the protagonist Samantha, convincingly played by Jocelin Donahue.