The House of the Devil
The House of the Devil trailer

Describing the beginning of this movie it would be very similar to Babysitter Wanted. Samantha a college student (played by Jocelin Donahue) takes a babysitting job for man who lives way out in the country. When she arrives he confesses he doesn't have a child but really needed someone to stay with his elderly mother, explaining that he wasn't getting any responses for elderly care and that he was desperate to find someone. He explains that she would not have to worry about anything medical so in essence it would be just like sitting for a child. She agrees to $400.00 for a night (damn…I want me a babysitting job!) of about 4 hours or so. Then as you may have guessed, creepy stuff starts to happen.

A fair Gimp scene as Jocelin is cleave gagged and tied spread on the floor with her arms out to the side and her legs slightly spread. She’s wearing only a shirt and panties as she gets tormented (more psychological than anything else) while lying over a pentagram. She then gets a pentagram drawn in blood (not hers) on her stomach, followed by the placing of a goat’s skull on top of it. Then there is another sort of symbol drawn in blood on her forehead, followed by the skull being held in front of her face as blood pours through it (I like the old-fashioned facials better myself ;-). As this happens she freaks and is able to pull one of her arms loose (didn't read the bondage 101 manual again) and eventually escapes.

As entertainment: Slightly above average horror fare but with an ending I didn't see coming. C+