House of the Devil

"House of the Devil" is one creepy movie you have to watch! I was so surprised seeing it! The movie was directed by Ti West who achieves to create an almost unbearable tension that I've missed in a lot of recent horror movies! Ti West doesn't shy away from taking his time to introduce the characters and actually building up tension instead of just throwing bodyparts at the audience (I'm looking at you Micheal Bay)! The slow pacing works great for the movie and really sets it apart from other releases.


The lead character Samantha is played by Jocelin Donahue who tries to earn money to finance herself a new apartment. As Samantha has to suffer under a very messy nymphomaniac roommate who looks like an unwashed scruffy dog (no, it's not the "new pop sensation" Kesha, although it would fit) the audience can understand her urgent attempt in doing any job to get the hell out of there! But I don't want to give to much away, let's wrap it up by saying that she gets a "babbysitter" job that turns out to be far more consuming than she thought...

Jocelin Donahue as Samantha

Jocelin Donahue does a great job, although she plays mostly by herself (not in the dirty way kiddies!). The fact that she looks like the young Jessica Harper from "Suspria" makes me love her even more!

Jessica Harper in "Suspiria"

So we have likeable characters (yes it is possible for a horror movie to have those, I'm looking at you again Micheal Bay), a great setting, great soundtrack and a lot of references to 70's horror movies from "When a Strange calls" to "Halloween".
I say: Let's go and see it!
And that's how Lady in Lavender sees it!