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Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on October 30, 2009 - 1:28am
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“The House of the Devil” from writer and director Ti West.
Image credit: Magnet Releasing
What is the most effective scare tactic in a horror film?
© 2009 Adam Fendelman, HollywoodChicago.com LLC
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CHICAGO – In our latest horror edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 25 admit-two passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of “The House of the Devil”!
“The House of the Devil” from writer and director Ti West (read our interview with him here) stars Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, Greta Gerwig, AJ Bowen, Dee Wallace, Heather Robb, Mary B. McCann and John Speredakos. The 1980s-set satanic thriller opens in Chicago on Nov. 13, 2009 and was part of the 2009 Chicago International Film Festival.
To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “The House of the Devil” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, all you need to do is answer our question below. That’s it! This screening will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.
Image credit: Magnet Releasing
Here is the “The House of the Devil” plot description:
From writer and director Ti West comes “The House of the Devil”: a satanic thriller set in the 1980s starring Jocelin Donahue (J.T. Petty’s forthcoming “The Burrowers”), indie ingénue Greta Gerwig (“Hannah Takes the Stairs,” “Baghead”), Tom Noonan (“Snow Angels,” “Manhunter”), Mary Woronov (“Eating Raoul,” “The Devil’s Rejects”), AJ Bowen (“The Signal”) and Dee Wallace (“E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial,” Rob Zombie’s “Halloween”).
Sam (Donahue) is a pretty college sophomore who’s so desperate to earn some cash for a deposit on an apartment that she accepts a babysitting job even after she finds out there is no baby. Mr. and Mrs. Ulman (cult actors Noonan and Woronov) are the older couple who lure Sam out to their creeky Victorian mansion deep in the woods just in time for a total lunar eclipse.
Megan (Gerwig) is Sam’s best friend who gives her a ride out to the house and reluctantly leaves her there despite suspecting that something is amiss. While Victor (Bowen) at first seems like just a creepy guy lurking around the house, he quickly makes it clear that Sam will end this night in a bloody fight for her life.
“The House of the Devil” trailer can be watched now below.
To secure your free tickets now, make sure you’re logged into your HollywoodChicago.com account. If you don’t yet have one, you can quickly register here. Having an account with a valid e-mail address is required. Then, simply add a new comment in the form below. In your comment, include an answer to this question:
Like all Hookups here, this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup is simple: Just submit your comment below and we will award 25 people randomly via e-mail for our “The House of the Devil” Hookup. Winners need to arrive early as seats are consumed on a first-come, first-served basis. Good luck!
 | By ADAM FENDELMAN |
The unsuspected jump in.
The unsuspected jump in.
This looks great!
It’s time for scary movies to be scary again. This movie doesn’t look like it will disappoint!
Someone jumping out and the
Someone jumping out and the actor screaming
Effective Scare Tactic
The most effective scare tactic in a movie is that Mary Woronov was my sister in law for several years and we are still friends. Just saw her in LA in August,
Scare Tactic
Daylight…bad stuff doesn’t always happen in the dark.
Dead Again
The most effect scare tactic in a scary movie, is having everyone think the killer is death,only to have him get up for one more scare. another scare tactic is when someone is looking for a killer/monster ,a cat/person will jump out and scare the person right before the real killer strike.
Scare Tactic
Periods of silence.
Horror scare tactic?
The anticipation - seriously, nothing like building up to a moment when it’s most unexpected because by now we’ve seen all the tactics played out - shower scene, car parked in the woods, etc. so filmmakers really have to work on building up to a moment rather than the actual moment itself.
House of the Devil!
The smash cut to something loud and scary. A la “Jacob’s Ladder.”
scare tactic
Makeup and special effects to create a visually disturbing image that will stick in your mind well after you’ve seen the movie. Example: the puss squirting out of that girl’s burnt eye socket in Hostle.