The House of the Devil

...keeps you guessing which way the sneaky plot is going, all adding up to a satisfying shocker.

Ti West lyckas här med något som är mycket sällsynt i dagens skräckfilmer, nämligen konsten att försätta tittaren i en ständig ovisshet över vad som kommer att ske härnäst.

...an assuredly sinister and faithful re-creation of late-Seventies/early-Eighties horror that succeeds (mostly) in lulling the audience into thinking they know what's going on (...) before amping up the claustrophobic atmosphere...

The film may provide an introduction for some audience members to the Hitchcockian definition of suspense: It's the anticipation, not the happening, that's the fun.

This is more a movie for genre cultists, who want to immerse themselves in all the throwback details...