Guest Post: Things I Learned From THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL (Milwaukee Film Festival)

Today's post is by guest author Meghan Arnold, a fellow Film Fest fan whom I met via Twitter. She has been a mainstay of the #mkeff09 stream, and has also been blogging about the Festival. Meghan graciously agreed to share her thoughts about THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL, a film I was too scared to see. Enjoy!

Feeling the need to scare myself to death early on in the 2009 Milwaukee Film Festival run, I caught the midnight showing of THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL at the Oriental Theatre. An homage (but DEFINITELY not a spoof) to '80s horror movies, this scared me just as much as it would've had I been an eight-year-old in Rainbow Bright pajamas. I had some added horror, too, as the man next to me couldn't handle the scary and at one point in the flick elbowed me so hard in the ribs that I was bruised for three days.

The basic premise of the film is: Girl takes babysitting gig to earn rent deposit money; girl gets more than she bargained for.

Here's what I learned:

• If a couple desperately needs a babysitter the night of the full lunar eclipse, you may want to pass on that. Especially if it isn't actually babysitting a child.
  
• College kids may love pizza, but order it from your favorite place, not the number the creepy homeowner leaves on the fridge for you.
• For goodness sakes, DON'T run upstairs! Run out the front door!!

Did you see THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL? What did you learn? Leave your thoughts in the comments.

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Thanks for your guest post, Meghan!
>>See more Things I Learned From the Milwaukee Film Festival posts.
>>See Meghan's blog, Accidental Wisconsinite.