The House of the Devil (2009)
Director Ti West proved himself a master in the dark art of making a film where bugger all happens for 80 minutes, yet it remains entirely interesting and that time actually flies by.
The House of the Devil is one of those films where the anticipation of what might happen is actually far more fraught with underlying tension than what does actually happen, largely thanks to an impressive performance by Tom Noonan in full on Francis Dolarhyde creepy bastard mode as a gentleman who hires a student babysitter to sit at his home where there isn't actually a baby to sit for.
The rest of the story involves a full moon and the Occult, but it's the journey to the final fifteen minutes that will either enthrall or bore you shitless with this film before the bloody finale.
As with last years X, The House of the Devil is a beautiful homage to seventies slow burn horror and is also notable for Greta Gerwig playing the babysitter's friend a few years before she hit the big time with Lady Bird (2017)
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