Ti West – one of the most prominent horror filmmakers of his generation – continues to bring the fear with his wickedly entertaining horrors that include X, Pearl, MaXXXine, The Sacrament and now his lauded 2009, Satanic scare fest – The House of the Devil is the latest cult horror to get a brand-new Second Sight Films Limited Edition makeover and its out now. 

Described by BFI.com as ‘a perfectly realised throwback to the terror titles of yesteryear, it also stands proudly as one of the finest, most authentic horror films to appear in recent memory’, the film stars a stellar cast including Jocelin Donahue, Mary Woronov, Greta Gerwig along with genre favourites AJ Bowen and Tom Noonan and now gets its highly anticipated Limited and Standard Edition Blu-ray release.

1983, USA, we meet skint college student Samantha Hughes (Donahue), who, desperate for money, spots an ad for a mysterious babysitting job and convinces her best friend (Gerwig) to drive her to the remote house. Unbeknownst to her the job coincides with a full lunar eclipse and on arrival it dawns on her that this is no ordinary childminding gig, there’s way more to her new employer than meets the eye.

Slowly as the tension builds it becomes apparent that true terror awaits.  As the real reason she’s been hired is revealed, Samantha is confronted with unimaginable horror beyond her darkest nightmares and it could cost her everything.

The Limited Edition is presented in a stunning rigid slipcase with new artwork by Nick Charge, along with a brilliantly informative 70-page book with brand new essays. Both formats come complete with a slew of new interviews, new audio commentaries and a Making Of featurette. Please see full list below.

Time to make a move with The House of the Devil – but enter at your own risk for a truly terrifying, but devilishly delightful collector’s edition.

Special Features

Audio commentary with writer–director Ti West & actress Jocelin Donahue

Audio commentary with writer-director Ti West, producers Larry Fessenden & Peter Phok and sound designer
Graham Reznick

The Right Vibe: a new interview with director Ti West (19 Minutes)

Satanic Panic: a new interview with actor Jocelin Donahue (17 Minutes)

Slowing Down is Death: a new interview with actor AJ Bowen (26 Minutes)

A Level of Ambition: a new interview with producer Peter Phok (24 Minutes)

An Enduring Title: a new interview with Larry Fessenden (28 Minutes)

It All Feels Appropriate: a new interview with Director of Photography Eliot Rockett (13 Minutes)

Hiding the Seams: a new interview with composer Jeff Grace (15 Minutes)

Writing Through Sound: a new interview with sound designer Graham Reznick (25 Minutes)

This Night Changes Everything: The Making of The House of the Devil (25 Minutes)

In The House of the Devil ( 20 Minutes)

Deleted Scenes ( 6 Minutes)

and a 2 Minute Trailer

That all totals up to 220 minutes of featurettes and then there are the two 95 minute commentaries. Thats a fantastic special feature package for a 95 minute film isn’t it. 

Limited Edition Contents

Rigid slipcase with new artwork by Nick Charge

70-page book with new essays by Martyn Conterio, Ariel Powers-Schaub, Jerome Reuter and Julieann Stipidis
plus Behind the Scenes gallery.

Six collectors’ art cards

If you want to see what the set looks like (and I promise no spoilers as to the film itself) check out my unboxing video here