| The House of the Devil | |
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 Theatrical release poster by Neil Kellerhouse | |
| Directed by | Ti West |
| Written by | Ti West |
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| Cinematography | Eliot Rockett |
| Edited by | Ti West |
| Music by | Jeff Grace |
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| Distributed by | MPI Media Group |
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Running time | 95 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $900,000[2] |
| Box office | $101,215[3] |
The House of the Devil is a 2009 American horror film written, directed, and edited by Ti West, starring Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, Greta Gerwig, A. J. Bowen, and Dee Wallace.
The plot concerns a young college student who is hired as a babysitter at an isolated house and is soon caught up in bizarre and dangerous events as she fights for her life.
The film combines elements of both the slasher film and haunted house subgenres while using the "satanic panic" of the 1980s as a central plot element.[4] It pays homage to the style of horror films of the 1970s and 1980s by using filmmaking techniques and technology commonly employed at the time. The opening text claims that the film is based on true events,[4] a practice used in horror films such as The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) and The Amityville Horror (1979).
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- ^ Brown, Philip (January 30, 2012). "Director Ti West on The Innkeepers and the Current State of the Horror Genre". The Morton Report. Archived from the original on August 4, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
- ^ "The House of the Devil (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ a b Dawson, Nick (October 30, 2009). "Ti West, The House Of The Devil". Filmmaker. Retrieved October 19, 2023.