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“In 1983, financially struggling college student Samantha Hughes takes a strange babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret, putting her life in mortal danger.”

Director: Ti West
Writer: Ti West
Staring: Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov
Release Date: April 25, 2009

• Well did not expect Greta Gerwig to get shot in the head…that was when I knew I was in for a ride
• This movie has an eeriness too it; it is uneven at times, but it is still omnipresent
• The sliminess and grittiness of The House Of The Devil made it better than it had any right to do.
• The tagline for this movie stinks: “Talk On The Phone. Finish Your Homework. Watch TV. Die.”

STANKO RATING: B (3.5/5 Stars)

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