1981 ‘Quella villa accanto al cimitero’ Directed by Lucio Fulci
A young family moves from their cramped New York City apartment to a spacious new home in New England. But his 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.
Das Haus an der Friedhofsmauer, Aquella casa junto al cementerio, La Maison près du cimetière, Η Στοιχειωμένη Βίλα, The House Outside the Cemetery, Zombie Hell House
Fulci’s Henry James tombhouse nightmare jam... slathered in blood drenched throats and a hazy Lovecraftian Massachusetts atmosfear that oozing 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 death 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.
The House by the Cemetery opens with the beautiful Daniela Doria sacrificing her on-screen life for Fulci...yet again. You may remember her as the girl unable to hold the contents of her stomach [oh so literally] in City of the Living Dead, or maybe you remember her as the pretty blonde foaming at the mouth in The Black Cat, surely you haven't forgotten her run in with razorblades in The New York Ripper either...
A couple other actors from City of the Living Dead appear in this as well, with Fulci regular Catriona MacColl as a given, but we also see a brief glimpse of Carlo De Mejo as well, minus all the meal-worms glued to his cheeks.
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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 for the first time with unclouded eyeballs (esp the final shots, those 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
everyone join me in the people's movement of watching house by the cemetery in black & white! #housebythecemeteryinblackandwhite #copyrightpd187 #donotsteal
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…
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Film #17 of the "Scavenger Hunt 2" Challenge!
Task #16 : A film that HAS been banned, by ANY country, past or present!
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Apparently director Lucio Fulci's gruesome lil arterial geyser film made it onto the UK's Video Nasty List! Look I understand we need a rating system to keep children away from inappropriate films! I however do NOT understand why we as a society let a group of prudes and prigs decide what we are allowed to view as adults! In my not so humble opinion the people need to speak up loud and clear with their votes and oust this archaic system that bans and censors films!
Atmospheric, creepy and bloody good fun when it's…
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…
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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.
Ann? Mommy says you're not dead. Is that true?
-Bob Boyle
When watching Italian horror films from the 70s and 80s you have to be forgiving of the English dubbing, some more then others, because if you don't you WILL miss out on some of the greatest films the genre has to offer.
Now it's come to my attention over the years, that more often then not, children are dubbed by adults painfully trying to imitate a child's voice. This is such a film and young Bob Boyle is voiced by someone who must of had one fucked up childhood.
The shrill high pitched voice coming out of this child's mouth is stuff nightmares are made from and we are…
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.
Third part of the Gates of Hell trilogy is a bit of a departure from.the other two, but retains some of the same themes and cast members. The story focuses on the titular house and a family that moves there so that the man can continue the work of the former occupant, who died in mysterious circumstances. Lucio Fulci takes a very simple plot idea and augments it with a boatload of esoteric weirdness. The same nasty gore that punctuated the other two films features prominently (though not as frequently) here and there are lots of plot elements that defy time and space. It's something of a slow burn leading up to a real crescendo of an ending. There's so…
"No one will ever know whether children are monster or monsters are children" - dramatic Henry James quote used to end the film.
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Fulci seems to not completely be my thing or my kind of weird, and that's okay, but I appreciate the opportunity to explore some of these Italian directors that I had never paid much attention to growing up. This is my third film of his and probably the one that I liked the least (I enjoyed The Beyond and The New York Ripper).
The opening scene of The House by the Cemetery is wonderful film-making and the finale to the movie is freaking…
It’s Italian horror so the film making is superior, but there is way too much of that annoying child. Why the fuck is his name Bob? Also it’s kinda a haunted house movie, with slasher kills, where the killer is kinda a zombie and some random ghost child with psychic powers talks to Bob. Sure.
Watched this years ago as a kid and loved it. This really has its moments. Love the splatter. Nobody did it quite like Fulci. Wanna kill Bob, the annoying little shit.
Pretty much a unique cross between a gothic haunted house film and a mad scientist movie, House by the Cemetery has a similar enough feel to the other two films in the so-called Gates of Hell trilogy, but to be honest those two movies are closer to Zombie in themes.
You remember the little shit from the Babadook? "Bob" gives him a run for his money.
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