Trailer: The House of the Devil
Genre pictures these days are a crapshoot and there’s nothing in Ti West’s filmmography (Cabin Fever 2) to suggest there’s anything special about this one, but the retro ’80s VHS box cover poster (love the cheesy tag line) caught my eye and the fact that Tom Noonan (Wolfen, Mystery Train) and Mary Woronov (Death Race 2000) are in it seals the deal on my interest. Throw in LiC indie favorite Greta Gerwig (Hannah Takes the Stairs) with feathered hair and this is the Halloween movie for me.
The film starring Joceline Donahue appears to draw from the classic “Cute babysitter threatened in the creepy house” genre with what looks like a little Rosemary’s Baby action mixed in. The trailer continues the “set in the ’80s” vibe established by the poster.
Here’s a tip: if you show up for a babysitting gig at a creepy old house and Noonan and/or Woronov answer the door, find a different way to earn a few bucks.
Stream the red band version after the jump or see the green band version over at Apple with slightly different pull quotes – I guess “wet dream” is red band territory – and fewer glimpses of bloody horror.
The House of the Devil opens October 30th. It could be utter crap, but it has to be better than Saw 6 doesn’t it?
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Tags: Greta Gerwig, Joceline Donahue, Mary Woronov, The House of the Devil, Tom Noonan
Haha, anything has got to be better than Saw 6. But you know there’s going to be a Saw 7. The horse may be dead but they’ll never stop beating it.
Anyway, the poster for this is kind of cool. The title is pretty pedestrian though, if I may say so.
It’s completely pedestrian…but it’s pedestrian in that sorta-on-purpose way.
I don’t know. I could completely be misreading this one because of my enthusiasm for the cast.
Still, I ain’t seeing Saw 6 or 7. I actually did see the first two. I have a friend who loves them. They sucked.
I’m waiting for Saw X, where they go into outer space in the future, only to find Ballsack or whatever his name is frozen in carbonite. They unfreeze him and hilarity ensues.
Then there can be a sequel: Ballsack vs Rob Zombie. That should be awesome.
By the way, this poster is cool.
hahah…What kills me is that the whole point of the first one SPOILERS is that Ballsack is DYING. That was his motivation and yet here we are 10 years later and he’s still killing people. If the dude knew he still had 10 years, would he have been so pissed off? I think not.
“Here’s a tip: if you show up for a babysitting gig at a creepy old house and Noonan and/or Woronov answer the door, find a different way to earn a few bucks.”
Especially if Noonan puts on Inna Gadda Da Vida.
I see some Carpenter in there, too. It looks like a horror Far From Heaven, which means it could either be lots of fun — or turn out to be an empty exercise in re-creation. But I am favorably inclined after seeing this.
Oh, come on, frankbooth. Inna Gadda Da Vida is a great song. ;)
Yeah, but you don’t want to be there when Tom is playing it. Especially if he starts in on the mirrors.
Yeah, I won’t be shocked or pissed if this stinks, but it seems to have its heart in the right place.