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Summary: Horror film ?
Review: The entrance to the film was the only interesting and attention getting part of the film.The rest of the film was very disapointing considering that Fulcie was the director.The effects were so poorly executed that they spoiled the film.The film should have taken place entirely in Egypt.The Egyptian tombs and pyramids would have made a better back drop,instead of the appartment in New York City.As for the background music in the film,well to put it bluntly,it was terrible,it did nothing to intensify the horror scenes.The special effects were no where close to the exorcist.I was very disapointed with this film.It was not worth the money i shelled out for the DVD.
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Summary: an excellent example of fulcis imagination and craftmanship!
Review: This film is magical right from the begining to the blood curdling end. Worth every penny! Fulci has got ideas from raiders of the lost ark in here but still manages to keep the film soley his own great vision.One of fulcis most stylistic films and great fun.
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Summary: Lucio fulci did it again the master in terror#1
Review: this is another of his best movie ever done .i love it because
it started in a egypt pyramid were they frist meet a supernatural
evil the shock the archeolest.this movie cautains blood an some
gut scenes but is a very scary film.i love tomb films the will surprise you its uncut you must see it.recomened Zombie,domonia,
house by the sementary.the black cat.by henry. May23,2002 thurday
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Summary: A Must have for all the Fulci Fan's
Review: This is without a doubt one of the scariest movies that I have ever seen. One of Fulci's best.
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Summary: Middling Fulci
Review: This Lucio Fulci production, released following the effective but shoddy HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY (1981) and the shocking and sadistic NEW YORK RIPPER (1982), is essentially the last Lovecraftian horror he directed, and is a strangely subdued movie for Fulci. Editing is even more lackadaisical than usual, and the story is a hodgepodge of plot points and setups lifted from POLTERGEIST, THE EXORCIST, THE BIRD, THE AWAKENING, THE SHINING, to name only a few. Christopher Connelly, Martha Taylor and other principal actors walk around in a daze. (The child actor who plays the possessed girl is quite good, however, and the dubbing is less annoying than usual) There is also a tendency to rely on matte painting and other optical special effects, which can be construed as a bad strategy depending on one's point of view. (Shots of some blue rays shone into a character's eyes, and so on; some viewers may find them laughable) Of course, this being a Fulci film, there are a few impressive set pieces, including an extremely atmospheric opening sequence set in Egypt, a cobra attack shot with a "crawlercam," and the final fate of the au pair girl, nicely suggested rather than explicitly shown. However, gorehounds are warned that there is ONLY ONE bona fide Fulci-style gore scene, involving attacks by stuffed birds, in the entire movie! As for DVD production qualities, MANHATTAN BABY boasts transfer from one of the cleanest prints I have ever seen, comparable to the Mario Bava collections from Image, with hardly any scratches or artifacts. The cinematography, by Guglielmo Mancori, is given a tremendous boost as a result. Sound quality is not as top-notch, though; I wish the sound mix favor evocative music score (there is no listing of the composer anywhere on the film!) rather than insipid dialogue, which is little help for the movie anyway. The DVD also contains a 9-minute interview segment with the film's screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti, who is amusingly frank with the difficulties of production, Fulci's mysogyny, his among other topics, although he acknowledges only one film, THE EXORCIST, as BABY's "influence." All in all, another superior production from Anchor Bay.
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Summary: Not for Fulci beginners
Review: Though not appreciated by the maker himself, "Manhattan Baby" has a lot to offer to the interested viewer. Especially, the opening in Egypt belongs to the best work of Fulci. It has a beautiful surreal atmosphere. The scene where the blind women gives the amulet to the little girl is an eerie highlight. The rest of the movie also features several interesting scenes, such as a snake attack and the return of "poor Jamie Lee". You have to watch the movie several times to make a whole of it. For those who didn't like Fulci before, the movie will not make them appreciate him any more: At a first glance, the movie appears to be a haphazard succession of unrelated episodes. It is filled with the admittedly annoying close ups of eyes which Fulci liked so much. It also contains some Ed Wood like achievements: Watch out for the wires on the stuffed birds and the man holding up the mike reflecting in the glasses of Professor Hacker. The transfer is ok, but the sound is quite bad. Anchor Bay's release features an interview with script writer Dardano Sacchetti who informs us that the movie was funded only by a third of the intended budget. This explains many of "Manhattan Baby"'s flaws.
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Summary: Manhattan Bore
Review: Warning: Don't buy this! You'll cry for spending money on this thing, I did. Featuring nothing, this film explores the possibility of whether Lucio Fulci had, in fact, been present during the filming of this "movie." Not to disrespect his memory or anything, he is the Godfather of Gore, George Romero is the Father, Lucio just kind of, you know, baptised gore. Check out Zombie, the Beyond, House BTC, or City OTLD, this movie makes you want to think that Lucio Fulci the Italian name for Alan Smithee.
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