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2009

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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. .. Read more

Starring	Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, Greta Gerwig
Director	Ti West
Genres	Horror, Thriller

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- Ti Westâs slow-burn horror movie is cast with numerous cult icons, past and presentâ"from Cujo mom Dee Wallace to... read more on Time Out
- 73032
- - Keith Uhlich
  - Time Out
  - 06 Nov 2009 at 02:18
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  house of the devil
  
  builds up the suspense right from the start. it'l have you jumping out of your seat in places. got to give it at least an 8 out of 10.
  
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  - katlou
  - 1 review
  - cornwall
  - 24 Mar 2010 at 10:15
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  Not worth the watch at all... and this is coming from an avid horror fan!
  
  If a film is considered a horror, I will usually enjoy it 98% of the time. However, this film really was awful. Never in my life have I watched a film this slow... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 31 May 2012 at 23:06
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  80s Horror pastiche.
  
  Personally I think people have been rather unfair on this film, although I can see it's not everybody's cup of tea.
  
  It is beautifully shot. ... read more »
  
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- - DoctorWho
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  - Epping
  - 29 May 2012 at 15:54
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  - 0
  Not worth watching
  
  Watch the first ten minutes, then you will have time to have a bath for about half an hour, then come back to watch the rest of the film.
  
  Can someone... read more »
  
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- 1120580
- - DestheNu
  - 1 review
  - 20 May 2012 at 20:16
- - 0
  - 0
  Read This Review For Your Own Benefit!!!
  
  Totally crap - not worth any time at all.
  
  Majority of film is slow and boring with nothing happening.
  
  Please DO NOT watch this film. If ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 18 May 2012 at 02:30
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  Id rather watch paint dry.
  
  this film is absolute waste of time.
  
  very slow and nothing happens believe me dont watch this.
  
  Somebody please recommend me a decent ... read more »
  
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- - rookster
  - 1 review
  - 17 May 2012 at 23:50
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  Creepy and Dark.
  
  This was a good Horror flic which could have been great if it hadn't been so slow in the middle of the film.
  
  Set in the 80s' the film starts ... read more »
  
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- - MrPlaselastic
  - 5 reviews
  - 12 May 2012 at 13:29
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  yeh, was amazing.NAWT.
  
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  Keeps you in such suspense you get bored & lose all concentration & the plot.
  
  Even wikipedia, says it how you see it, and it still doesn'... read more »
  
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- - eleesha4
  - 1 review
  - 07 May 2012 at 01:33
- - 3
  - 2
  House of utter disappointment!!
  
  Fantastic sedative! Most effective in this respect.
  
  Very poor lame story for the year it was made. There were more exciting Disney Films made in this... read more »
  
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- - meeshelle
  - 1 review
  - 05 May 2012 at 22:57
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  Lullaby horror , ZZzzzzzzzz
  
  Slower than watching a tortoise walking the wrong way up an elevator , it never ends and that's pretty much how this feels . They try for retro which I ... read more »
  
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- - crazyjonny
  - 8 reviews
  - 28 Apr 2012 at 18:53
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  Too slow a burner
  
  Ok there are slow burners and slow burners, this one fails to get going in my opinion, I can see what they were trying to recreate in terms of the 70/80's ... read more »
  
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- - spacdude
  - 22 reviews
  - Hampshire
  - 28 Apr 2012 at 18:04
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  house of the devil
  
  builds up the suspense right from the start. it'l have you jumping out of your seat in places. got to give it at least an 8 out of 10.
  
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  - katlou
  - 1 review
  - cornwall
  - 24 Mar 2010 at 10:15
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  - 4
  IS IT MEANT TO BE THIS BAD?
  
  Do not be fooled into renting, buying, watching this film. Its absolute tosh. I felt cheated after buying the hype on the cover. Never again.
  
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- - sam666
  - 2 reviews
  - EAST YORKSHIRE
  - 05 Apr 2010 at 20:30
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  - 4
  Worst film ever
  
  It is the worst film ever. Don't waste your time and money: very slow and completely lacking excitement and thrills.
  
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- - MarM
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  - N1 8HX
  - 04 Apr 2010 at 21:48
- - 7
  - 1
  Patience required but rewarded
  
  Crucially played straight, House of the Devil is not just an exercise in style or nostalgia, but a slow paced thing of beauty that suddenly shifts in the last ... read more »
  
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- - danieljparsons
  - 113 reviews
  - Ashford
  - 10 Apr 2010 at 10:24
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  - 3
  The House of The Devil
  
  Do NOT rent this. Through the post at 08:30 back in post by 10:00 How this movie got an 18 cert. I will never know. Slow,boring and where is the 'HORROR'... read more »
  
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- - gramtorino
  - 2 reviews
  - Sheffield
  - 17 Apr 2010 at 11:35
- - 7
  - 4
  Really Boring!!!!!
  
  The above really sums the film up. Really really really boring.
  
  There were one or two suprises, other than that, as I said. BORING!
  
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- - Poltergeist
  - 4 reviews
  - Southminster
  - 20 Apr 2010 at 19:47
- - 5
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  Creepy and diabolical
  
  Delivers jumpy moments regularly. Did not disappoint. Not the scariest though. Eerie atmosphere created from the off. Eighties mise en scene used to create a ... read more »
  
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  - midlands
  - 29 Oct 2010 at 20:48
- - 5
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  Don't think the devil was home at the time of filming.
  
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  I don't know how people can say this film is fantastic. This has got to be the slowest film I've ever watched. If you were to brake this film down, its ... read more »
  
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  - Dirtyrobot
  - 2 reviews
  - Sheffield
  - 22 Oct 2011 at 23:35
- - 5
  - 2
  utter crap
  
  this film is utter pointless and utter crap don't bother wasting your time to watch it, crap start crap middle crap ending, no storyline to it at all utter ... read more »
  
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- - debz123
  - 57 reviews
  - Morpeth
  - 16 Oct 2011 at 01:35
- - 4
  - 0
  Well made, creepy flick!
  
  When the opening titles started for this film I actually had to go on IMDB to make sure it was made in 2009! Everything about this film says early 80's and ... read more »
  
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  - 10 reviews
  - London
  - 17 May 2010 at 12:30

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  - 06 Nov 2009 at 02:18

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