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By Keith Uhlich (870) for Time Out (7,510) on 28 Oct 2009

West is far more adept at and interested in sustaining an unrelentingly ominous mood than in executing the genre-required spook shocks…

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By Staci Layne Wilson (667) for Horror.com (214) on 27 Oct 2009

70s-savant writer/director Ti West has come up with a satanic-panic stroke of genius with The House of the Devil…

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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 27 Oct 2009

The main reasons to see this deliberately retro and derivative flick, which borrows freely from Satanic cult and babysitter-from-hell subgenres,…

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By Edward Douglas (1,395) for ComingSoon.net (2,031) on 27 Oct 2009

A fine example of how a talented filmmaker can tackle a horror sub-genre in a way that's stylistically reverential but also original in its own way…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for indieWire (3,631) on 26 Oct 2009

The classical structure slowly builds tension before erupting into a decisively gory finish, harkening back to a smarter and more nuanced era…

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By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for EricDSnider.com (2,026) on 26 Oct 2009

You have to wait for The House of the Devil to deliver on its promises -- but when it does, holy crap…

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By Drew Mcweeny (622) for HitFix (861) on 26 Oct 2009

Ti West has been building a reputation among horror fans as an expert in the art of the slow burn, and more power to him for exhibiting something…

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By Scott Collura (72) for IGN Movies (1,472) on 26 Oct 2009

Written, directed, and edited by Ti West, this movie is an old-school tension builder, slowly ratcheting up the anxieties of the audience who,…

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By Geoff Berkshire (602) for Metromix.com (1,085) on 20 Oct 2009

Slow, yet oddly spellbinding, horror film ... a living, breathing nostalgia piece oozing period authenticity…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 17 Oct 2009

despite his fine attention to detail, a great cast and a deliciously edgy build, West can't bring his film to the finish line…

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By Brian Juergens (209) for CampBlood.org (64) on 14 Oct 2009

This pitch-perfect genre throwback would be right at home among the creaky and weird supernatural thrillers of the 70's and 80's…

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By Tim Brayton (2,283) for Antagony & Ecstasy (1,911) on 11 Oct 2009

Start[s] to add up after a while to a faintly unbearable level of dread…

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By Jordan Hoffman (1,025) for UGO (350) on 11 Oct 2009

A group of people old enough to remember VHS parties may very well have flashbacks of the old days - for better and for worse - should they…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 30 Aug 2009

Director West gets credit for delaying the mayhem to the last 20 minutes, but fails to evoke a necessary tension until then…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for The New York Times (9,847) on 22 Jun 2009

Mr…

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By Ron Wilkinson (582) for Monsters and Critics (513) on 14 May 2009

Not a bad venture into the girl meets devil genre but a few rock songs short of a hit…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 02 May 2009

Yet another of this year's homage-facsimiles, The House of the Devil forgoes campy self-awareness in favor of reverential faithfulness--and…

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