The House of the Devil (2009)

In 7 words or less: Be wary of the strange tasting Pizza.

What's it all About? Pretty simple really. Some Satanists lure a nice, eighties coed to to their house under false baby-sitting pretences. But really they want to impregnate her with a baby Beelzebub. Which can be achieved, quite easily, during a total lunar eclipse.

Pie.

Best bits? I love the eightiesness of it all. I mean, it's literally produced to look like it's been, not only set in the eighties, but made in the eighties, right down to the titles, crash-zooms and soundtrack. and that pleases my eyes and ears so, so much.

Great casting here, too. Jocelin Donahue is great as Samantha. She even gets to dance around a big old house to her Walkman® before she ruins it by working up an appetite for pizza. If only she ate before she came out.

80's Coke.

Did it make you think thoughts? Although I totally dug the vibe and pace of the film, scare-wise, I just don't think Satanists are my cup of tea. I needed something a bit more supernatural to tickle my scarebuds. A lot of potential though, and who knows, someone might be absolutely terrified by a bumbling family of Satanists.

Don't trust a man with a chequebook.

It actually gets pretty heated in the finalé, reminding me of the dinner party scene in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (but not as harrowing).

Would you watch it again? I'd probably give this another spin... In the Season (October to November).

Rating (out of 100%): A Satanic 66%. I preffered the Inn Keepers, but the style of this is just so cool.