The Coolidge Corner Theatre

35mm Presentation!

House of the Devil shares with Paranormal Activity an interest in creating suspense with the least amount of gestures, but unlike that pseudo-camcorder hit it has a deep reverence for the past that extends all the way to the feathered Farrah hairdo on Greta Gerwig as Megan, Samantha’s brash best friend. (And we all know what happens to the brash best friend.) - Ty Burr, The Boston Globe

Sam (Jocelin Donahue) is a pretty college sophomore, so desperate to earn some cash for a deposit on an apartment that she accepts a babysitting job even after she finds out there is no baby. Mr. and Mrs. Ulman (cult actors Tom Noonan and Mary Woronov) are the older couple who lure Sam out to their creeky Victorian mansion deep in the woods, just in time for a total lunar eclipse. Megan (Greta Gerwig) is Sam's best friend, who gives her a ride out to the house, and reluctantly leaves her there despite suspecting that something is amiss. Victor (AJ Bowen) at first seems like just a creepy guy lurking around the house, but quickly makes it clear that Sam will end this night in a bloody fight for her life....

Dir. Ti West w/ Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov 1h35m