The House By the Cemetery
Manufacturer : Blue Underground
Rating : 4.5
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A young family moves from their cramped New York City apartment to a spacious new home in New England. But this is no ordinary house in the country: the previous owner was the deranged Dr. Freudstein, whose monstrous human experiments have left a legacy of bloody mayhem. Now, someone – or something – is alive in the basement, and home sweet home is about to become a horrific hell on earth.
Catriona MacColl (CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD), Paolo Malco (THE NEW YORK RIPPER), Ania Pieroni (TENEBRE) and Dagmar Lassander (FORBIDDEN PHOTOS OF A LADY ABOVE SUSPICION) star in this outrageous Italian shocker from Lucio Fulci, `The Godfather of Gore.’ Considered to be one of the master’s last great films, THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY is presented complete and uncut, featuring a mind-blowing onslaught of throat-ripping, skull-knifing, maggot-spewing and more!
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This is a rare cult horror movie that alot of people dont know about. That needs to change because this is a great scary horror movie to watch on a dark stormy night. I first saw this movie in a 9 movie set called The Living Dead. It was the first movie that I watched and it was my favorite movie in the whole set.
Made in 81′, its a story about the Boyle family moving into a house next to you guessed it a cemetery. Strange things happen right when the family moves in. The family finds a headstone in the living room and for some reason they cant open the basement door. Good thing they cant though because there is a rottet zombie that is down in the basement.
This is one movie that I can watch over and over. If you like good gore cult movies you will like this one. Its one of many movies that Lucio Fulci directed. Evey movie that I watched of his I loved. This is a real great movie. Pick it up at amazon
Easily one of the better movies in the vast and varied Fulci filmography, The House by the Cemetery is one of the man’s shining moments in horror.
When a man moves his family into the titular house by the cemetery to continue a deceased colleague’s research, he and his family discover the truth about their new home: Dwelling in the cellar is Dr. Freudstein, a zombie that keeps himself alive by sewing the fresh parts of his victims onto his own body.
House by the Cemetery is a perfect example of a horror movie in the Fulci style. Paper thin plot, loads of gore, and thick atmosphere are all combined successfully to make a movie that’s both entertaining and at times genuinely creepy. Great cinematography of the graveyard and the mansion are also nice touches that add a lot. House by the Cemetery is a movie in which you can acutally see Fulci progressing as a film maker, if only slightly.
The only real aspect that weighs House by the Cemetery down is the infamously bad voice acting/dubbing for the character “Bob”, which is indeed one of the most grating and annoying voices ever recorded. Apart from that this is Fulci at his very finest. Highly recommended.
Ok, this is not quite as good as The Beyond, but I prefer Fulci’s wacky The House By The Cemetery. Not alot of the plot makes sense, the kid’s dubbing is terrible, and the bat is very much a rubber one. But if you are a fan of Italian Horror, then none of this matters, of course. Here Fulci really goes for broke in a way that modern film makers are often afraid to. Plenty of gore, fantastic composition, camera angles, and creepy music more than make up for “Just exactly what the hell is going on?” See it, it will stick with you.
Hilarious movie with a little blonde girl called Bob, an actor with the hairiest head and face I’ve ever seen and a babysitter with a lisp who calls a character called Mrs. Gittleson (?) Mrs. Gittlethon. I think Fulci was still trippin’ when he made this one. Absolutely insane.. just my type of movie.
A family takes up residence in a New England home haunted by a horrifying secret. Strange occurrences and violent deaths lead the new residents on a search for the truth as their small son’s relationship with a mysterious girl only he seems to see grows more bizarre. Undeveloped/unexplained plot points abound, yet it is still pretty decent for Italian horror, despite the awful voices chosen for the dubbing of certain characters. In the end, the viewer will likely find this Fulci classic to be a fun bit of moody ghost story/horror entertainment, though with quite a few questions left unanswered or ideas left open to interpretation. Get set for some over-the-top gore moments and a few goofy ones too, but I’ve seen much worse on both counts. Worth picking up if you are into Fulci, mystery/ghost stories, or Italian horror in general.
The Blue Underground DVD has some nice extras with this widescreen presentation. The audio doesn’t sound quite perfect though. You get a U.S. and an International theatrical trailer, a TV spot, a short gallery in the much appreciated and underused thumbsaving slideshow format, and text bios of the filmmakers. You may be left a little confused by “House by the Cemetery”, or maybe not if you don’t mind a shortage of plot exposition, but you will probably still have fun watching it.