Stop Watching Basic Horror. This Cult Masterpiece Is the Only One That Really Matters

Looking for something spooky to watch? You can go ahead and stop wasting your time on "retro" horror movies that think a synth soundtrack and neon font are enough to capture the '80s. If you want the authentic, grainy texture of the Satanic Panic era, you need to watch The House of the Devil.

This isn't just a homage; it feels like a lost artifact unearthed from a 1983 time capsule. Director Ti West shot this on 16mm film with an obsessive attention to detail-right down to the pizza place cups-creating a slow-burn masterpiece that trades cheap modern jump scares for a suffocating, gnawing dread.

It's gritty, it features a young Greta Gerwig before she was Barbie, and it delivers on gruesome practical effects that will actually ...