Quick Movie Reviews
Rating of
2.5/4
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 02/16/2021
"The House of the Devil" starts out deliciously retro, but its tension goes slack barely halfway through, all before a finale that's equal parts terrifying and rote.
Rating of
2/4
Unknown - wrote on 02/16/2012
I liked everything about it from a technical standpoint, especially the way it looks and feels exactly like an 80's flick. I was drawn into it by the slow pace and more than halfway through it felt like it was setting up for some major suspense, but I didn't get that suspense. In fact, there wasn't much of a third act. The lack of a good payoff, after all that time spent waiting, was disappointing. It just stinks that I found it underwhelming, because it's such a well made film in all the other aspects.
Rating of
3/4
mellyboi1 - wrote on 01/02/2012
I like Ti West's style of story telling. He tends to build up his characters and, some would say, that that makes the film slowly paced. That's true, the film is slow and studious. House of the Devil doesn't actually start becoming a horror film until around thirty minutes in, after which you get to know the characters that will be playing a large part in the film. I actually like "Kill List" better, it's West's second directorial movie and it's really good. My only problem was that the movie ended too soon, leaving the audience their own ending. I give this one 3 out 4 stars.
Rating of
1.5/4
Tjommi - wrote on 09/01/2011
I am fairly good at keeping an open mind and don’t expect anything before I watch a movie, but I have to agree with Chris here, that this was way too slow. Sad to say but this was boring.
Rating of
3/4
dukeakasmudge - wrote on 08/12/2011
I dont really care to much for movies about Satanism but House Of The Devil was good & creepy.I LOVED that It had a total 80s style horror flick to it & I hope there will be more movies done the same way.Maybe even some comedys?
Rating of
1.5/4
Chris Kavan - wrote on 05/25/2011
I really wanted to like this throw-back horror film but it was just so mind-numbingly slow to build up that the last 15 minutes just wasn't enough of a payoff. It was an interesting experiment but in the end it just didn't work for me.
