
The House of the Devil
Talk on the phone. Finish your homework. Watch TV. Die.
Rating
5.0 (1)
Release Date
10/30/2009Runtime
95 minsOverview
A young college student who’s struggling financially takes a strange babysitting job which coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret, putting her life in mortal danger.

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A meticulously crafted descent into occult horror that builds dread through atmosphere and period detail rather than jump scares. It's a slow-burn hunt where danger lurks beneath the mundane, and every shadow feels deliberate.
Mood
Dread-soakedTenseUnsettling
Themes
SurvivalObsessionFaith
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
FormalistHigh-contrastHandheld
Structure
Single location
Heads up
Graphic violenceBody horror
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