House of the Devil Trailer

Who Needs an 80's Remake When You've Got the Real Thing?

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (12)

House of the Devil is the perfect movie for huge fans of early 80s horror flicks, but who have already exhausted them all. House of the Devil is a modern throwback, replete with cheap-looking, grainy film and those exotic feathered hair-dos. Plus, babysitters, pentagrams, and the Devil.

It’s sure to do poorly with mainstream audiences (which is why it’ll be released on XBox Live and Amazon a month before it’s theater release, the day before Halloween), but it looks like a real goddamn treat for gorehounds. It looks to capture that sense of dread, not through polished atmospherics, but through pacing, a creepy premise, and a cast that looks the part. Why remake an 80s horror flick when you can just make a new 80s horror flick?

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I feel like a 12 year old girl watching the new trailer for one of those fucking Twilight movies.

That's how fucking excited I am for this movie now. I am reduced to OMG's!!!!! and Like Totally's and OH.MY.GAAAAWD's

Needless to say, I want this.

Posted by: ashes at August 26, 2009 6:52 PM

Ummmmm interesting. I can't really say what I think about it, because the trailer doesn't really make any fucking sense once it goes ahh "Ooooh, ahhhhh, the lightbulb burned out."

That being said, Tom Noonan is fucking creepy as shit. Creepy. Ever since Manhunter. Well, at least that was the first one I remember him in. He kept creeping me out after that.

Posted by: Deistbrawler at August 26, 2009 6:53 PM

Hey! Was that Lewis from "The Signal"? I like him, despite how creepy he was in that movie.

It'll be nice to see a decent scary movie around Halloween, instead of the usual crap (I'm looking at you, Saw sequels).

Posted by: MelBivDevoe at August 26, 2009 7:00 PM

Well I'm glad that Zombie fucked his Halloween 2 release date (seriously, who releases a movie called Halloween in August) cause I will TOTALLY go watch this instead...which was really a given anyway but I'm still just annoyed at Zombie for being an idiot.

Posted by: JenVegas at August 26, 2009 7:11 PM

Fuck, I say fuck a lot don't I?

Posted by: ashes at August 26, 2009 7:12 PM

i stopped it at the 35 second mark as soon as i saw that effin house!
i will now ignore ALL outside media concerning this movie except the showtime.
i just don't wanna know anything til my ass is in the seat.
i won't even read any further on this thread.
you guys can talk about me behind my back now, cause i'm done with this.
for now.
*pees a little*

Posted by: gp at August 26, 2009 7:46 PM

sure to do poorly with mainstream audiences (which is why it’ll be released on XBox Live and Amazon a month before it’s theater release

its theater release

Posted by: grammarian at August 26, 2009 8:39 PM

*pees a lot*

Posted by: Jerce at August 26, 2009 9:40 PM

Well, the only sense I get from this trailer is, "Generic."

I think (I hope, 'cause I'm jonesin' for a good horror flick just like y'all) that this is one of those instances of there not being enough in the trailer to make a decent impression.

Or, I've become jaded, and difficult to please.

Posted by: Rykker at August 27, 2009 4:48 AM

Rykker, watch The Descent

Posted by: karstark at August 27, 2009 11:14 AM

The scary old guy is the serial killer from Red Dragon...another fabulously 80's perfectly made horror flick...one where the wonderful Joan Allen made her debut.

Aw man..that trailer was like...When A Stranger Calls Meets Dead of Winter Meets The Exorcist and Halloween...how I would love to be able to see this movie at a drive-in theatre on a fall night.

Posted by: Cleveland at August 27, 2009 7:02 PM

So this trailer has not approved for mature audiences by the fucking MPAA? Then who's this trailer for? Dead people?

Posted by: Arthur Dent at August 29, 2009 6:53 PM

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