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Summary: Average Italian Horror, Great Price
Review: Like most Fulci horror films, it has its good and its bad. It is entertaining, scary, and laughable all at once. The fx is at times painfully fake and other times competent. Fulci throws in his standard slash and slice sexual allusions. In all his films, somehow, whether it be in the acting, the story, or the fx, Fulci always leaves something to be desired and mucks things up. Still, it adds up to being a fine guilty pleasure.It is in the simple scenes and the gloomy setting that the film works well. But, in other scenes it is painfully bad (though entertaining) like- the attack by the Uber-bat, or when the Nanny is mopping up gore on the kitchen floor, the wife asks what she's doing, the Nanny's reply, `I made coffee', and then the wife just moves on ignoring the weird response and the slaughterhouse mess on the floor. One must also mention that the film completely falls apart at the end which is puzzling, abrupt, and downright silly. The Diamond Entertainment DVD is great for the budget concious movie fan. The picture and sound are more than adequate considering the price, and the film is uncut.
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Summary: House by the Cemetery DVD
Review: This is an excellent Fulci film with plenty of graphic deaths. The DVD from Diamond Entertainment is great, and for only 6 odd bucks, it's a steal. The picture quality is taken from the laserdisc and is fantastic, and best of all it's completely uncut & in widescreen. There are no extras, but what would you expcet?
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Summary: Boring
Review: This film is just plain boring, as are most of Fulci's films infact. There is no atmosphere, the dialogue and some scenes are laughable(and not in a good way) and the dubbing of the main childs voice is incredibly annoying. The picture quality is pretty good for the price(certainly as good as Anchor Bay's release of Zombie) and the sound quality is also decent, although the music itself seems to burst in and dissapear at the most inappropriate times. The only reason it doesn't get 1 star is because there is some decent gore, although not enough to save it. I certainly won't be watching it again.
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Summary: FULCI'S GREAT BUT THIS ISN'T THE BEST COPY TO BUY.
Review: After getting Pieces and this title I'm staying far away from Diamond DVD's all together. I'm a hard core gore fan, and the biggest fan of Fulci's work, but was dissapointed in this copy. You're better off finding a COMPLETELY uncut form of this movie from an inport service such as Midnight Video. Contrary to most beliefs this is not an uncut version. But hey it's on DVD, as for the price, you get what you pay for. P.S. Pieces is not totally uncut either.
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Summary: great movie stupid kid
Review: House by the cemetry was a great fulci movie with lots of blood and gore. Its about some dead guy in the basement who kills people who come down there. He slits a chicks neck so many times her head falls off. GREAT PRICE FOR A FULCI MOVIE! There were two bad things: 1. It said direct scene access ( go to your favorite scenes) thats a bunch of crap there are only 4 chapters in a 84 min. movie. But what do you expect Diamond entertainment made it. 2. that little kid named Bob in that movie that looks like a girl HE NEEDS TO DIE! other than that its a cool horror movie. I would have gave it 5 stars but that little kid in the movie made me change my mind.
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Summary: Not a good film, but worth one viewing
Review: I consider myself a Fulci fan, with my favorite film being The New York Ripper. Of course, I love all of the other Fulci classics like The Beyond, Zombie, etc. However, House By the Cemetery is very weak compared to those titles. I know that it is automaticlly assumed that a Fulci movie will have little to no plot, pitiful character development, and cheesy gore, but this movie is ridiculous. First of all, I think we are supposed to realize that the little, annoying child possesses some supernatural powers, but it is hardly explored. Second, Ann, the mysterious babysitter for Bob, just kind of appears, and it seems obvious that there is something strange about her (as in foreshadowing) but nothing ever comes of it. There is one scene after a brutal murder where Ann is cleaning up huge puddles of blood, and the mother of Bob appears, looks directly at Ann, and notices nothing! I thought Ann was in on everything since she was cleaning up the evidence, but no. I mean, I know why we watch Fulci films, but come on! Oh yeah, there's also this crazy doctor living downstairs who's over a hundred years old, and he uses his murdered victims' body parts to keep him alive. So, as you can imagine, there are arms, heads, legs, etc. scattered about the basement. But, the family doesn't notice this either. It's one thing to gloss over plot points in order to spend more time on the horror, but it's another thing to treat your audience like drooling village idoits. Oh, and the ending? It makes the final sequence in City of the Living Dead look, ummm, coherent. But, what the heck. Watch it once.
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Summary: Fulci lives!!!
Review: I love this movie! What a great transfer, the sound kind of bites but at least this classic is available on dvd. The same people behind this disc brought us "Pieces", another classic in it's own right. Back to this Fulci flick, House has some great gore, a 10 on the Splatter Ladder in my books. With City of Living Dead and The Beyond on dvd now, I'm loving life. For those who don't know, the director of House, Lucio Fulci, passed away a couple of years back, his memory lives on in digital. R.I.P.
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Summary: It¿s all relative¿
Review: My rating reflects my affinity for "B" movies. The three stars are "B" movie stars, not "normal" movie stars. I am being a little generous since this is only my first review, and there was a very little bit of skin during the opening credits. If I could I'd give it 2 ½ stars, but I rounded up. If you aren't into 70's and 80's "B" movies, if you only watch "good" movies, then you can consider this movie a zero. The DVD video quality is very good, and as others have mentioned, it is in wide screen format. The audio quality is clean; however, there is poor volume control. At times the characters are so quiet, they can not be heard; at other times the volume goes high and well past the pain threshold. I understand this was most likely done for effect, but it is so badly done I almost wonder if it wasn't caused by an error in the transfer process, which appears to have come directly from laser disc. As the price would suggest, there are no frills or extras with this DVD. The movie is adequately dubbed. There are the expected plot problems; in fact, the plot gets down right confused at points. In my opinion, Fulci failed to fully utilize the creepy Librarian character. While the gore is pretty cheesy, it was ample, and managed to make me squirm more than once. The "Bat scene" was a laugh riot, and there is some hilarious dialogue in the film. The husband is tasked with consoling his nervous wife saying things like, "This is New England, everybody has a tomb in their house". Lucio Fulci nailed my childhood fears of the basement, and I believe many people will appreciate this as well. I wish there had been more development on how Dr. Freudstein used his victim's to stay alive. Any demonstration is notably absent though it is mentioned on the back cover, as well as once in the last 10 minutes of the movie. This is not Lucio Fulci best work, but it had its moments, and in between the obligatory confusion, managed to scare me. If you're a fan of the genre, then by all means, rent it. If you are a hard core Fulci fan, and already own better titles like Zombie, then you can't beet the price of adding it to your collection.
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Summary: Good movie, so-so DVD
Review: First of all, I liked the movie. Lots of gore, good suspence, and a thing in the cellar. Be warned though, this movie has a typical Fulci ending - you end up saying "what was that all about?" I don't know what DVD the other reviewers were watching but mine was not a good transfer. The dark/black scenes were quantized to a gray scale with very little contrast and sometimes almost looked like negatives. There are only four scenes to select from in the menu and my Pioneer Elite player couldn't even detect the end of the movie. At this time, no one like Anchor Bay has this movie so this is the way to go. I'd buy it again.
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Summary: Some very nice work from fulci.
Review: I am a Fulci fan and I have to say that this movie is a very good one. It's definitely not his best one but it really is very creepy. Its about this family moving into a temporary home for a while. While they are there, the visitors of the house all get slaughtered, except for our hero, a very geeky looking kid who you really want to punch in the face he's so annoying. Later on they find that the killer is Dr. Freudstein, who has been killing people so he can use their living tissue to keep himself alive. Some very creepy moments, especially some of the visions the boy and this other girl have. Also, I have been informed that this is the uncut, unrated version of the film so ignore the R rating on the back of the box. This means its full of some really grotesque footage and will please fulci fans for sure. Plus, this price just can be beat and the transfer is professionally done and suprisingly good for a Diamond Entertainment Release. A Recommended buy.
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