The House of the Devil -- "Boiling at Just the Right Heat"

The setup: Desperate for cash, due Monday, for her newly pre-bought apartment, because her room mate is such a bitch, college student Jocelin takes a lucrative babysitting position in a far house. Soon stressed and fussed over by home owners, Jocelin is forced to find a way out of evil. If there's any.

Ti West is a young rising director that follows a path of a Carpenter. This movie just proves it exactly. His choice of elements, just amazing. From frequent-freezing credits (opening) to the crisp between the imagery of the film, this flick set in the 70's is almost a light shone for the horror genre. Low-boiling, just the right heat, this horror attempts not to scare us, end up terrified; but rather draw us to the temptation of finally seeing a bloody chaos, which is, of course, a clever man would put in the end. You're a imbecile if you would not know where this movie is headed, the title? Does not it open an idea? God, no. Then you are an imbecile. Certainly imbecile. Imagery though is a very catchy one--inspires me to watch more of West's flicks. A 70's-set movie could not be presented like this one better.

The House of the Devil is a light shone to some recent horrors, finally. This is pure horror, and shocks were genuinely, of course, as they were meant to be, shocking. A predictable story and its direction, but a tempting horror, and then chilling in the end. 3.5 stars.