I was unimpressed by “The House of the Devil” because I think it missed the point entirely. For those unfamiliar, “Devil” is a throwback to late-'70s / early-'80s American horror. Samantha (Jocelin Donahue), a lone girl, takes a babysitting job for a mysterious man, Mr. Ulman (Tom Noonan) in his large, odd mansion. The job is on the night of the eclipse. I'm sure you guessed it already, but the house is full of satanists using the eclipse to bring back their dark God, and Samantha is their choice incubator. This is fine. What didn't work for me is that I feel like writer / director Ti West missed the mark in two ways: technique and moral timeliness.
No Sleep October: The House of the Devil (2009)
No Sleep October: The House of the Devil…
No Sleep October: The House of the Devil (2009)
I was unimpressed by “The House of the Devil” because I think it missed the point entirely. For those unfamiliar, “Devil” is a throwback to late-'70s / early-'80s American horror. Samantha (Jocelin Donahue), a lone girl, takes a babysitting job for a mysterious man, Mr. Ulman (Tom Noonan) in his large, odd mansion. The job is on the night of the eclipse. I'm sure you guessed it already, but the house is full of satanists using the eclipse to bring back their dark God, and Samantha is their choice incubator. This is fine. What didn't work for me is that I feel like writer / director Ti West missed the mark in two ways: technique and moral timeliness.