1981 ‘Quella villa accanto al cimitero’ Directed by Lucio Fulci
After a doctor kills his mistress and himself while researching the mysterious previous owner of his Boston home, his colleague, Dr. Norman Boyle, takes over his research and moves his family from New York City to the Boston mansion. Soon after, Boyle's young son Bob becomes plagued by visions of a young girl, who warns him of the danger within the house.
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Fulci’s Henry James tombhouse nightmare... slathered in a hazy New England atmosfear that oozes with dissonance.
Dreamy.
House by the Cemetery feels like the perfect melding of City of Living Dead and The Beyond (and a few other classic Fulci-isms), the previously mentioned Henry James, and much to his dismay.. The Shining (Sorry lucio it’s true even though you deny it lol) taking the best elements that shine and turning the screw all the way up with gratuitous gore, brutal stabbings, and one hell of an iconic murder House... not just by a cemetery, but IN one!
Not my favorite of the trilogy, but I’ll never say no to watching this James/Shining mashup—the new blu underground release looks fantastic and I can’t stop listening to the soundtrack (one of my favs!).
If there was a gate to hell, I can think of no better doom house to sit on top of it than this. 5 stars.
I’ve bloviated enough on how much I love House by the Cemetery HERE so I’ll just say that Joe Bob suggesting that Italian Horror isn’t as sacred as other horror of its time period almost led to what may very well have been my first utterance of OK BOOMER.
I kid, I kid. His banter with Eli Roth on the subject was super enjoyable.
Didn’t expect this to be picked but I’m really jiving with the Mothers Day/House by Cemetery double bill vibes tonight. I know the dude bro heavy ‘horror community has ironically labeled Eli Roth a dude bro, but it think I’m going to do a deep dive on his filmography soon since it’s been a while...and I legit love almost…
First let me say that I love every poster made for this movie, but my video store had this VHS box so it’s my favorite for sentimental reasons.
The third installment in Fulci’s death trilogy is my second favorite because, like The Beyond, it features a creepy old house and this particular house may be my favorite creepy old house because it’s the OG Ghosthouse house. It’s the Ghosthouse by the Cemetery 👻🏚👨👦👦❤️. It’s also got some great atmosphere and phenomenal gore. I actually never got around to seeing this at my video store for some reason or another. I saw it for the first time on a Saturday afternoon about 12 years ago. I’ll never forget it because you just don’t forget…
watched this in b&w as a goof and even my shitty mill creek "pure terror" 50 movie pack print looks incredible, like seeing it the first time w/ unclouded eyeballs (esp the final shots, slow pans & push-ins on forests & graves). fulci heads underrate the fuck outta this one and i "get" it but cmon even the frizzi-less rizzatti score is iconic & kinda sounds like "jah world" off THE W www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcgRbcBSrAg
everybody join me in the people's movement of watching house by the cemetery in black & white! #housebythecemeteryinblackandwhite #copyrightpd187 #donotsteal
My Eyes Hurt When I Go Outside, It's Too Bright!!! (or, My Halloween Horrorfest 2018) Movie #17
So back in the day I was into tape trading (look it up!), mostly metal demos and the like, but every once in a while I'd get a horror VHS from one of my friends. One particular tape, I think he'd sent me Don't Look In The Basement but I can't be sure, featured a bunch of trailers for other horror movies and assorted weird stuff. That's how I discovered HBTC. There was a short scene edited into all the other horrors of a kid with his head being held to a door as someone on the other side was hacking the door…
#Giallo
If Argento is campy art, Fulci is artsy camp that can wear the cloak of art but is never truly raised on its pedestal. Contrary to the surprisingly dark and oppressive Don't Torture a Duckling, here Fulci takes a notably less mature and extremely lazy approach that has all the grossness of the genre but lacks one element: imagination.
Frankly, watching The House By The Cemetery reminded me of Z-grade, sloppily made American horror fare with formulaic plots and sleazy rapid zoom-ins that aim to inject tension but only manage to make the suspense weightless. Although Fulci's distinctive style is apparent mostly in the drawn-out and fascinatingly slow and gore-dipped murder scenes, his vision ultimately fails to manifest, resulting in a bland and imagination-deprived entry in the giallo genre. Quickly moving on to hopefully better stuff.
“Parents never listen, they do what they want to.”
The simplest of Fulci’s Fulvia era horror films. It is not our reality, but just the family nucleus that is at stake (one might always argue that for a good catholic boy like Fulci that is the first line of reality anyway). The end of the world here is just a body falling apart in your house’s basement. It is a perfect rendered children nightmare. One whose horror exists in the detail. Fulci’s external shots have a certain pastoral beauty, an European idea of new world possibility that is just bound to get damaged by realities of society. The internals, most of the title house, have a nervier quality, even peaceful…
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The central slasher-esque antagonist is neat and gnarly, but it ultimately places a coherence onto a strange Italian 'New England Gothic horror' text that wasn't needed. For a film with such impenetrable mood, such rich spookiness, The House by the Cemetery is too basic beyond the nasty stuff.
Lucio Fulci, master of ocular trauma, herald of optic injury, commander of corneal carnage, why have you abandoned us? What have we done to deserve eye zooms? Lay your ophthalmic decimation upon us! 🔪👁🪓
Cinematic Time Capsule
1981 Marathon - Film #97
”Bob, keep away from the door.”
It’s the adventures of poorly dubbed boy named Bob as he travels to quaint countryside home right next to the cemetery. Just smell that country air!
Please pay no attention to the girl who warns you not to come and no matter how freaked out you get, stay for a day or two, just in case you change your mind.
Oh, and while you’re here, be sure to behold the funniest bat attack of all time!
”I’ve lost all critical perspective.”
Easily my most watched Fulci and a film that never ceases to amaze me. This may be his creepiest movie. Fulci's zombies are always nightmare fuel but this deranged monster doctor creation is one nasty fright machine I tells ya what. I always know when it's about to pop out but I'm never prepared. Is anyone??
House by the Cemetary provides a perfect balance of Fulci's dream logic and thick dread filled atmosphere. Lots of weird shit happens here and just as much jarring violence and gore accompanies it.
Mannequin decapitations, freak bat attacks, ghastly visions, creepy dolls, psychological break down, non stop camera zooms and a perfect haunted house to contain all the freaky chaos. And Bob! You either love him or hate him but you can't deny the strong reactions he gets regardless. You go little man!
Easily top 3 Fulci.
