Comments on: No Sympathy for ‘The House of the Devil’ https://reviewfix.com/2010/02/no-sympathy-for-the-house-of-the-devil/ Your One Stop For Music, Video Game, Movies, DVD, Graphic Novel and Book Reviews Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:19:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Christian https://reviewfix.com/2010/02/no-sympathy-for-the-house-of-the-devil/comment-page-1/#comment-1209 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:19:33 +0000 http://reviewfix.com/?p=6883#comment-1209 Although i appericate the 80’s feel of the movie , i could tell with in the first 15 minutes i was going to be disappointed. The great screenwriter syd fields taught that you could tell within the 15minutes whether the film is that one you would like or not. what you call great suspense, i call a movie “inisisting” on its self. Like maybe if you lived on a desert island or had never seen a good horror movie would you enjoy this. Its not terrible but not great either. people who give this movie a good review probably over identify with some aspect of the movie (the 80’s set design and costume, or the way one of the girls looked, or some other minute detail ignoring the movie as a whole…

]]> By: FoxDie https://reviewfix.com/2010/02/no-sympathy-for-the-house-of-the-devil/comment-page-1/#comment-1198 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:49:45 +0000 http://reviewfix.com/?p=6883#comment-1198 I’d have to completely disagree with your review. I found this film extremely suspenseful. I’ve now watched it more than once (after picking up the Blu-Ray… still wish I had a VHS copy :P). I love the look & feel of the film. I like that it’s not a typical horror film in that it has no gratuitous language or nudity. It hits where it counts… and that’s atmosphere & suspense. The excellent, eerie score helps hit those properties home.

As soon as the couple leave you home… you KNOW (because you’re told) that she’s not alone. She acts as though she’s alone… eating pizza, listening to headphones, dancing, watching TV but since you, the viewer are aware of the “able bodied” mother upstairs… it made me nervous.

I feel bad for those of you who can’t see the magic of this film. If you don’t feel the suspense… then I can’t believe you actually enjoy watching horror/suspense films, as this is one of the best I’ve seen in years.

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