The House of the Devil
2009 · Movie · R · 95 min · ★ 6.3 · 80% critics
A young college student takes a strange babysitting job to make ends meet, right as a full lunar eclipse looms. As the night unfolds, she realizes the household is hiding something terrifying and her own safety is on the line.
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Details
- Years
- 2009
- Release date
- 2009-10-30
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 80/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (848 votes)
About
If you enjoy slow-building horror with an eerie 80s vibe, The House of the Devil may work for you; Not for you if you want fast, gore-heavy scares like The Babysitter or You're Next.
Pros: retro 80s vibe; slow-burn tension; unsettling atmosphere | Cons: pacing drags; suspense can disappoint; limited payoff
Themes
- ritual
- pentagram
- cult
- pizza
- pay phone
- human sacrifice
- eclipse
- witchcraft
- occult
- ceremony
- satanic ritual
- 1980s
- +1 more
Cast & crew
Jocelin Donahue
as Samantha
Tom Noonan
as Mr. Ulman
Mary Woronov
as Mrs. Ulman
Greta Gerwig
as Megan
AJ Bowen
as Victor Ulman
Dee Wallace
as Landlady
- HR
Heather Robb
as Heather
- DN
Darryl Nau
as Random Guy
Brenda Cooney
as Nurse
Ti West
as Favorite Teacher
Directed by Ti West