FeedThe House of the Devil
November 28 2009, 4:25pm
Remarkably consistent 70s/80s retro horror. The first hour or so of slow-building suspense is awesome, both in terms of style/design & also in terms of pacing. The last 20 minutes of cornball Satanic ritual stuff is mostly silly, but is also very true to the milieu. Black robes, blood, candles, pentagrams, funny camera angles, some shaky POV shots, some strobe-type effects, etc.
Walking home we were talking about horror & its relation to the times, and thus whether 70s/80s retro horror can/should even exist. Remakes are one thing, if they update in some way to reflect modern concerns. But this is a whole other thing.
I haven't seen any of the recent spate of remakes. I wonder if they do update, and if so what has changed. I'm not sure that I'm willing to sit through them to find out.
I love seeing Tom Noonan in just about anything, although to be honest I like him better as a sympathetic character.
Walking home we were talking about horror & its relation to the times, and thus whether 70s/80s retro horror can/should even exist. Remakes are one thing, if they update in some way to reflect modern concerns. But this is a whole other thing.
I haven't seen any of the recent spate of remakes. I wonder if they do update, and if so what has changed. I'm not sure that I'm willing to sit through them to find out.
I love seeing Tom Noonan in just about anything, although to be honest I like him better as a sympathetic character.
