Devil Halloween Make Up

Devil Halloween Make Up

Devil Halloween Make Up

The House of the Devil is a new horror film from young writer/director Ti West that is not in theaters. It's not on DVD. In a sense, it doesn't even exist in our time, which is probably the best thing about it (but more on that later). At the moment, it can only be seen via a number of video-on-demand services, at least until it opens theatrically on October 30th. Why the pre-release? The unconventional nature of the film lends itself to the kind of nightmares that producers get more so than the movie-going public. There are no bankable stars or names connected to it. It's not ironic, or flashy. It could be characterized as slow-moving. In other words, it has the potential to be box-office poison. So why not take advantage of modern technology to bring it to those who are already curious about it, and start the all-important word of mouth that way? Why not, indeed. Let the word of mouth begin.

Adventures in Babysitting

The setup is simple. Samantha Hughes (Jocelin Donahue) is a cash-strapped college sophomore in 1980's Connecticut who is desperate to move out of her dorm and away from her slob of a roommate. She answers a cryptic ad listing at school about babysitting, meets with the exceptionally creepy old couple who posted it (played by Tom Noonan and Mary Woronov), and the rest of the film details the night she spends in the titular mansion for the gig. It's a night that also happens to feature a total lunar eclipse. Things do not go well.