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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 |
Scare Tactic
When the violence or murder takes place off the screen and your mind just starts to imagine what is happening.
Scare Tactics
I think its the scariest when the sound drops out entirely and then when something jumps out the sound is cranked louder than it was before.
Scare Tactic
A lack of shots that make the audience jump. Instead, an overall nightmarish and disturbing (not gruesome) tone, one that will haunt audiences long after viewing.
Scare tactic
The most effective scare tactic is the power of suggestion. The suggestion of an event or thing in one’s imagination is more creative and potentially scary than the actual visual of an event.
We All Know whatThe Best Scare Tactic Is....
The best scare tactic is ‘the imagination’.
As viewers, the less we are shown the more horrified we become. Our senses heighten to try and compensate and soon our thoughts are breathing life into the same monsters we fear may be around the corner. Nothing can be more horrific than the endless possibilities that await us.
Loud noise
Loud noise
The music!
The music!
the most effective horror tactic
the most effective horror film tactic is the art of implying rather than showing the creature/ghost/demon the majority of times in the movie because our fears live in our minds.
Scare tactic
Music! Definitely music.
Most effective scare tactic
I think it’s when the killer is a big ugly dude. You know one of those guys that have a disfigured or burnt face. With a chain saw or knife stalking his victims.