Film200995 min

The House of the Devil

Name: The House of the Devil
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Released: 2009
Duration: 95 min
Cast: Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, Greta Gerwig, AJ Bowen

Taste attributes: horrormysterymonster/alien/supernaturalfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryenclosedfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seems

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"Talk on the phone. Finish your homework. Watch TV. Die."

Boxlist takeA fantastical, dark horror film: fresh and weighty. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

6.2 /10

TMDB · 480 votes

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What lines up

Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

In the 1980s, college student Samantha Hughes takes a strange babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret.

Synopsis: TMDB