The Innkeepers/The House of the Devil (DVD)

Double bill of horror films directed by Ti West. 'The Innkeepers' (2011) is set in the Yankee Pedlar Inn, a run-down and supposedly haunted hotel. With the inn set to close down owing to a lack of business, two 20-something employees, Claire (Sara Paxton) and Luke (Pat Healy), are left in charge for its final weekend. Eager to prove the rumours of hauntings and paranormal phenomena, the pair decide to set a camera rolling and set out in search of unusual events. 'The House of the Devil' (2009) follows cash-strapped college student Samantha Hughes (Jocelin Donahue), who takes a babysitting job in a remote country mansion to make ends meet. However, as a lunar eclipse darkens the sky overhead, Samantha begins to realise that her employers (Tom Noonan and Mary Woronov) intend to use her for something far more sinister than childcare...