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Summary: House by the Cemetary 'haunted' by the walking dead.
Review: A college professor agrees to complete the research project of a faculty member who went mad and killed his assitant. In an unwise move, he and his family take up residence at the same house that the insane prof lived and killed. Would you move into an old house with a tomb in the living room and where gruesome murders have happened? Didn't think so, but if the lead characters hadn't done so then there would be no movie.The couple's young son is plagued with visions of violence and befriended by the spectre (maybe, maybe not) of a kind young girl. And something seems to be living in the basement. Tight narrative was never Lucio Fulci's strong point, but he did use atmosphere and, in particular, sound effects to good effect. House by the Cemetary is not his best film (that would be The Beyond in my opine), but it is gruesome and creepy enough to fill the second half of a b-movie double bill.
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Summary: Sub-par Fulci.
Review: This movie is a hodgepodge, a gangly monster that ole Dr. Frankenstein would be proud of. It has a great score, good atmosphere and some great scares. However, the script feels like it was thrown together, failing to bring all of the usually bizarre Fulci elements together. Admittedly, Fulci's other films, such as THE BEYOND, CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD, and ZOMBIE, are wild and wooly but, at least the made sense in their own way. This one doesn't. You could drive a cement truck through some of the plot holes. The viewer is left abandoned in a maze of strange but ultimately empty and meaningless situations with no clue as to what to make of it all. It's sad that Fulci's finest period had to end on this sour note.
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Summary: A clumsy monster...
Review: This film is one of Fulci¡¯s cruel films, which is crueler than his early films. It is brutal and has factors, which are hard goring. However, it cannot be explained. It happened that in a limited place which makes fear easily. It is a good creation of situation like this. It has many realistic brutal scenes but the plot is unreasonable and clumsy. It is not important in this film because this film just emphasizes a cruelty, which can stimulate curiosity to the audience. Before this film, there are good sound and visual effects, but this one is not better than previous works. Anyway, it is a good movie for people who like to watch the ruthless horror films.
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Summary: Essential Gruesome Horror
Review: Fulci's zombie movies are classic, must-sees for hardcore horror fans. It bears some similiarities to The Shing, but is in no other way similiar to it. A murder-mystery zombie slasher film centering around a mysteriuous tomb that leads to the basement. A cool score also, and some genuinely shocking moments. Fulci rules.
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Summary: It's the Gates of Hell without the Gates of Hell.....
Review: Okay, firstly, you've got the same blonde chick from the Gates of Hell and the Seven Doors of Death, who has evidently lived more lifetimes than George Patton. And you have a house---with a built-in tomb---which looks suspiciously like the hotel from the Seven Doors of Death. Add to that a really slimy, vaguely phallic super-zombie named Freudstein in the basement, who maintains an existence of eternal living damnation by butchering the tennants of the house. Add to this the proffessional "researcher", who only seems to research research, and his family, the before-mentioned Gates O' Hell chick, and the young, cherubic Bob. Oh, that Bob. Young Bob with his giant nostrils and ponderously fleshy lips, with his remote control car that moves twice as fast as Freudstein. Young Bob, with his unexplained psychic abilities, his supernatural zombie girlfriend, and a latent ability to travel through time. Next, we have the lovely Ann, with her dark, thick Hitler eyebrows, who starts the movie as a decapitated dummy and then becomes the enigmatic "babysitter" that does pretty much everything but babysit---and who might, or might not, be in league with Freudstein. Does any of this make sense? No? Well, neither does the movie. I was very pleased to find out that the movie was even more disjointed than the Gates of Hell and the Seven Doors of Death. Though, thankfully, the Gates of Hell themselves were not actually present. And I've noticed also that most of the monsters in these Lucio Fulci movies all have Fatalities like in Mortal Kombat. In this one, you've got Freudstein with his throat-gouging move. All and all, wacky good-time humor for the whole family---that is, if you've got a family of ghouls.
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Summary: Quality leaves a bit to be desired.
Review: Well, it's GREAT value for the money, can't beat that. Still, the quality really is a little lacking; fuzzy picture, muted sound, and only 4 chapter-stops?!! Still, at this price it really is hard to complain. Anchor Bay are due to release a fully remastered version v.soon (if not out already); if yr a hardcore Fulci fan, you might want to wait.
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Summary: House what a stinker
Review: This thing has to be the worst movie I have ever seen. I know that with these type of movies you kind of have to look the other way when it comes to plot or story line it even wasnt that gory. Considrering that Fulci made zombie which blows house away. This by far has to be his worst movie. Theres also a problem with the dvd my player is brand new and this dvd made my system spin very fast and make a buzzing noise but it did play the movie. Please dont bother to see this movie not ot even to rent.
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Summary: maggots bats brains
Review: city dwellars move to a big house in the country apon arrival strange events occur. after investigating it is discovered the previous tennant was a deranged doctor , he may be still living . - well made shocker for the italian horror genre
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Summary: BRAVE BOB
Review: BOB ROCKS confronting danger with his toy flashlight and pink plastic pistol. Bob's got cool hair. How 'bout putting more FULCI zombie flicks on DVD ¿ "House of Clocks" "Voices From Beyond" - I hope BOB is in them.
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Summary: The Last of Fulci's Fun Four
Review: Italian maestro/hack director Lucio Fulci made four fun and gory, over-the-top B-horror films during the late seventies/early-eighties heydays of the genre. The House by the Cemetery follows Zombies 2, City of the Living Dead, and The Beyond as the final film of this outrageous quartet.Catriona (Katherine) MacColl and Paolo Malco play a New York Couple who move to a haunted house in Boston with their young son who is warned by the ghost of a little girl to stay away. They don't, of course, and suffer the formulaic consequences. Basically, it's just a rip-off of The Shining and The Amityville Horror with the usual bad dialogue and gory make-up effects Fulci fans have come to expect and relish. The story structure seems to repeat that of The Beyond which was released the same year.Fulci's films like all the others of this genre, are an acquired taste. It's not Oscar material so if you don't take it seriously and watch it with some friends in the dark, you might have some fun with it. For Fulci fans (like myself) this is a must-see and a must-have addition to your DVD collection. All others with fragile, little minds and weak stomachs may want to reconsider.
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