"A young family moves from their cramped New York City apartment to a spacious new home in New England. But this 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.
Catriona MacColl (CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD), Paolo Malco (THE NEW YORK RIPPER), Ania Pieroni (TENEBRE) and Dagmar Lassander (FORBIDDEN PHOTOS OF A LADY ABOVE SUSPICION) star in this outrageous Italian shocker from Lucio Fulci, `The Godfather of Gore.' Considered to be one of the master's last great films, THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY is presented complete and uncut, featuring a mind-blowing onslaught of throat-ripping, skull-knifing, maggot-spewing and more!"
A haunted house story by Fulci featuring a creepy kid named Bob
(who most likely moved to Twin Peaks)
.This film is an odd combination of creepy elements, unconcerned parents, underacting, gore, mystery, and Frankenstein. No where is it more clear that Fulci wanted to capitalize on The Shining then in a scene where we see blood slowly rising and covering a tomb. It's basically Fulci's version of the famous scene from The Shining with the elevator filled with blood.
That said, I actually really liked the film. It is definitely slow in parts, but I thought that overall the film ends up being quite entertaining. There is one unfortunate scene involving a lady moving her head so that it looks like its hitting steps, but its not very long and is oddly comforting in the midst of all the gory shit thats happening at the time. I like Fulci's use of atmosphere, and this is one film where his typical slow pace doesn't get on my nerves quite so much.
F for Fair
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