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(1 - 19) of 19 OFCS Rating: 89% Fresh Page   1   "West... has all at once crafted a film that beautifully reproduces the look and texture of a straight-to-video horror from the '80s, and filled it with the sort of nail-biting tension that works in any decade."   Little White Lies   Anton Bitel 8/10 "This pitch-perfect genre throwback would be right at home among the creaky and weird supernatural thrillers of the 70's and 80's. (And yes, I mean that as a compliment.)"   CampBlood.org   Brian Juergens B+ "Devil is generously unassuming, making the film more of a secret handshake than a blood-spattered, deafening gorefest. The attention to mood and setting is marvelous."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf 3.5/5 "skims away so much of the noisy and excessive clichés of today's terror flicks that it feels like a breath of fresh air"   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin B+ "The film is a perfectly pitched old-school horror homage to a '70s/'80s-era of cinema that should have been."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 3.5/4 "Puts to shame most major studio horror releases. Classy even while getting down-and-dirty, unusually savvy about the importance of tension and character nuance over viscera and a soulless body count."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman B+ "You have to wait for The House of the Devil to deliver on its promises -- but when it does, holy crap."   Cinematical   Eric D. Snider "On the one hand, we should commend horror directors that choose not to revel too long in geysers of blood (for not "Eli Rothing"); on the other, build-up without satisfying denouement is exasperating."   The L Magazine   Henry Stewart 4/5 "When the Karo syrup finally hits the fan, the film loses its footing some, but only because no concrete explanations could possibly do justice to West’s expert buildup."   Time Out New York   Keith Uhlich B- "...despite his fine attention to detail, a great cast and a deliciously edgy build, West can't bring his film to the finish line."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "If you love a nerve-stretching build up to a seriously creepy payoff, you'll want to see for yourself."   AMCtv.com   Maitland McDonagh 3.5/4 "The cinematic equivalent of foreplay. It's all about building mood, teasing us, and, in between the lines, promising an eventual payoff."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik 3/4 "If you like horror movies that actually have some artistic merit to them, this is definitely one of the more noteworthy pictures of the year."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan 3/4 "Yet another of this year's homage-facsimiles, The House of the Devil forgoes campy self-awareness in favor of reverential faithfulness--and in doing so, implicitly critiques contemporary horror cinema."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 3/5 "It may not completely succeed as a horror film, though I would take its deliberately funky and low-key vibe over the hard-sell nonsense of "Paranormal Activity" any day of the week."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski B "Those of us who remember that strange and marvelous era when the grindhouse gave way to VHS pajama parties are apt to see a kindred spirit at work here."   Mania.com   Rob Vaux 6/10 "Not a bad venture into the "girl meets devil" genre but a few rock songs short of a hit."   Monsters and Critics   Ron Wilkinson 4/5 "To knock this movie for being slow is like knocking Airplane! for being silly. You might not dig the approach, but that doesn't make it a flaw."   FEARnet   Scott Weinberg 7/10 "Start[s] to add up after a while to a faintly unbearable level of dread."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton  (1 - 19) of 19 OFCS Rating: 89% Fresh Page   1