Review of The House of the Devil (2009) by Andrewk. — 12 Nov 2009

To those who have said the pay-off is not worth the build-up, I'd say maybe they're not approaching the film the right way. The build-up IS the pay-off. The fear and anticipation seething greater and greater (a fear and anticipation our heroine believes she is feeling naively) is what has the viewer on their seats edge despite what seemingly inane activites the heroine is performing.

And, to me, when the climax finally does come, it doesn't seem ridiculous as it does surreal (we were warned from the beginning after all).