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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; they plan to use her in a satanic ritual. | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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Contrived ending undercuts tense satanic thriller moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jocelin Donahue | ... | Samantha |
 | Tom Noonan | ... | Mr. Ulman |
| Mary Woronov | ... | Mrs. Ulman |
| Greta Gerwig | ... | Megan |
 | AJ Bowen | ... | Victor Ulman |
 | Dee Wallace | ... | Landlady |
| Heather Robb | ... | Heather |
| Darryl Nau | ... | Random Guy |
 | Brenda Cooney | ... | Nurse |
| Danielle Noe | ... | Mother |
 | Mary B. McCann | ... | Elaine Cross |
 | John Speredakos | ... | Ted Stephen |
| Lena Dunham | ... | 911 Operator |
| Christina Sciongay | ... | Student |
| Kamen Velkovsky | ... | Demon |
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*** This comment may contain spoilers ***
If you're partial to moody horror films from the 1970s, there's plenty to like about "The House of the Devil." Lead actress Jocelin Donahue is a real find as Samantha, and Greta Gerwig is even better as her college buddy Megan. Gerwig effectively updates for a new generation the type of role PJ Soles used to own.
For its first 75 minutes, this film is all about building tension. Unfortunately, due to budget constraints, this also leads to some frustration. The opening credits seem to go on forever as the camera simply follows Samantha walking across her college campus, occasionally freeze framing on her face. The movie also appears to be shot on DV, with some scenes appearing so dark and grainy that I definitely wouldn't want to watch this as a rental on my regular-sized TV screen. But the biggest budgetary weakness has to be the rubber mask that is as goofy as it is scary.
I walked out of the theater feeling drained and rattled, so "The House of the Devil" definitely packs a punch. I would feel a lot less hesitant to recommend it, though, if the two plot twists at the end didn't feel so false and contrived.