Ti West's retro-horror film The House of the Devil looks back wistfully at the gory days of '80s horror. But its fond homage is considerably better than most of its inspirations, indulging in the. From the opening credits, The House of the Devil sets the tone with a ridiculously accurate and detailed retro aesthetic.
It doesn't just take place in the 1980s. A simpler (and scarier?) time Writer-director-editor Ti West sets "The House of the Devil" (2009) in the 1980s, and he sells the setting at every turn - even better than he sells "X's" 1979. The opening freeze-frames on every credit as our financially challenged collegiate heroine Samantha (Jocelin Donahue) strolls across a chilly.
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House of the Devil is a film that delves the audience into an atmosphere of a classical slasher film. The scenery and style of the misc. Sure, "House of the Devil" is a throwback to the early '80s, but aside from the haircuts, jeans and a Fixx song or two, the retro elements are kept refreshingly low.
On first viewing The House of the Devil, I thought it was wonderfully retro and one of the best of the recent horror films. After multiple viewings, I've decided that this is one of the best horror movies ever made. It just has everything that makes the horror genre wonderful.
House of the Devil is not just a nostalgia piece for director Ti West, one of the best horror directors working. The House of The Devil was filmed on a modest budget coming in around $900k and this is noticeable. The cast is quite small mainly consisting of 5 players.
The protagonist Samantha is played by Jocelin Donahue, a new face to me, who does a great job considering she is alone on. Ti West's "The House of the Devil," starring Jocelin Donahue as a college student who takes a strange baby-sitting job, is an homage to '80s horror. That The House of the Devil works at all is testament to the resilience of the themes it explores, using the 80's 'Satanic Panic' epidemic as a backdrop.
The film starts off with introducing the audience to Sam (Jocelin Donahue), a college student looking to rent out a new apartment. Right off the bat you can see the 80s style that West is going for as Sam's appearance, along with her walkman, looks like something right out of the 1980s. The film itself even looks like it could have been filmed back then and plays a large part throughout the.
