Well let me tell you, Ti West is a new god for me in the horror realm. I cant bitch more about how long I have been waiting for a decent horror film to come out and its been around six years of bitching but The House of the Devil was finally released.I went into this movie with a closed mind. I randomly bought it at a Best Buy because I had seen some info on it on upcominghorrormovies.com and thought what the hell I get it for a discount. So I bought it and popped it in before for I went to bed. Well to my suprise that was the last thing I wanted to do. I had nightmares for three nights after that. Not as bad as films like from the past have done but I mean I the times we are in now when your more afraid of the news then the horror you watch as lesure, it was a pretty big deal. I was jumping, I was biting my nails, I was pulling my hair out. The film is not slow as many believe , it actually just invokes the true nature of all that is horrifying. The film opens and closes as a typically 1980’s horror film. In fact the film’s production team paid such attention to detail in the framing, costumes, dialogue, and more that I went online the next day to make sure I didn’t just buy a film that was made in the 1980’s. I wont give anything away for this film because its truly something you have to see to understand.This film bring back horror and will make you think twice before working for a stranger…….thats all you get until you see this film itself.Not much but just enough!John Tinsley
The House of the Devil (Blu-ray and DVD)
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Ti West may have quite the career in front of him if this movie is anything to go by (lets ignore Cabin Fever 2 for now, hell he needed a break!). Admittedly I’d read one review of this film and i went on that single recommendaton to go ahead and rent it. The 1980’s feel this movie embodies makes it almost unique in our times, when most horror movies rely on stylised editing and blatant shock tactics to *bore* scare us. I agree with the slow build up, it does take a while to get going but its never boring and the last 20 minutes is bursting with more ideas than a hundred recent ‘gorno’ snoozes. This movie is gonna be hard to recommend to others as I feel most people just won’t ‘get’ it… never mind, to the few that will its a bit of a gem.
House of the Devil was terrible, hell, it was worse than Cabin Fever 2 because at least something happened in Cabin Fever 2 (the beginning was the best thing that Ti West has ever done).