This is biggest load of *beep* ever...

And I would say you're wrong, I like slow movies if they're done right. I wouldn't call this movie suspenseful.

I am rarely on IMDb these days, so forgive me to butt into your conversation; but, see, I didn't think that The Conjuring was more effective than The House of the Devil. On the contrary.

What I am trying to say, is, that it all comes down to individual taste. It's subjective, so these back-and-forths seem rather exhausting under that aspect.

E.g.: I thought that the script for The Conjuring was vastly lacking in good dialogue or scene arrangement. Some parts of the movie were a chore for me to sit through because, as someone who loves the horror genre and reads many screenplays, the idea should have been handed to a gifted and talented script writer or to a "script doctor" to iron out all the hiccups the screenplay suffered from.

Now, I am sure that some people will say that The House of the Devil's screenplay was not good (and I am sure there will be some who love the horror genre as much as I do and read as many screenplays as I do with that notion). But I have to disagree. It was nicely paced. The sadness and melancholy that comes from the main character is greatly interweaved into the story and there's nothing I would have changed regarding the dialogue. Overall, it was a more satisfying, tighter script and was converted suspensefully for the screen.

And again, to come back to differing tastes: Some might think The House of the Devil was a boring snooze-fest, to put it very ineloquenty. I am not one of those and regard it as one of the best horror movies to come out in recent years. And I truly think that it will be considered a classic in years to come.

On the other side, people will think the same thing about The Conjuring.

All I am saying, is, that there is so much negative discussion that just comes down to different tastes and people being unable to regard it as just that: different taste. Maybe not on here, but I have seen other threads or boards where people were attacking each other, which I found rather sad.

What? Why?

haha-no, The Conuring was actually far less effective than this film.

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Well, I'm a he actually and thanks for writing that I don't need to reconsider my watching habits

I love stuff like The Uninvited (1944), original Halloween, original The Haunting etc., I don't think the movie was as successful as those when it comes to suspense, that doesn't mean I don't "get it".

The old transformers comment eh!
IMO this film fails because although it takes the time to build suspense; the guy is odd on the phone, the house is remote, the situation is pretty weird, all good so far, the tension is building but never reaches a crescendo, all that looking around the house and she didn't find anything creepy, they could have done more with the family snaps etc.. and added more suspense but instead as soon as she is creeped out she's caught! Then her escape is ridiculously easy for someone bound by all four limbs to the floor and then suddenly it ends and we get the cliche in the hospital.
Her actions in the graveyard go entirely against her behaviour right up until that point, nothing the guy says to her really connects or has any sense of inevitability so it doesn't fit other than to quickly end the film.
For a considerably superior capture film I'd suggest the excellent Martyrs.