![]() ![]() While The House of the Devil (which, by the way, is available on Netflix Streaming) may ultimately be the more entertaining film, West’s sophomore effort is definitely the more mature work. West brings that same clever storytelling style to his second feature, The Innkeepers. It isn’t the most original movie ever made, but West’s unique approach to the material does an excellent job of making familiar ground seem like unexplored (and, certainly, cursed!) territory. The story of a babysitter wandering around a house that serves as homebase for a bunch of devil-worshippers (even the pizza delivery guy is one of them) has a wonderfully devious slow-burn first act filled with wink-wink nods to its decades-ago setting (including a ridiculously self-conscious close-up of our heroine taking a GIANT WALKMAN out of her coat pocket) before everything goes to hell (somewhat literally) in the rush-for-the-finish-line final half hour. I’m a big fan (and tireless defender) of writer-director Ti West’s homage to retro-’80s horror, The House of the Devil. ![]()
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