Dr. Norman Boyle (Paolo Malco), of the New York Historical Society, accepts a research assignment abandoned by a colleague who has committed suicide. The project requires the researcher to temporarily take up residence in a New England mansion along with his wife, Lucy (Katherine MacColl) and their son, Bob (Giovanni Frezza). .. Read more
| Starring | Katherine MacColl, Paolo Malco, Giovanni Frezza, Dagmar Lassander |
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| Director | Lucio Fulci |
| Genres | Horror |
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Dr. Norman Boyle (Paolo Malco), of the New York Historical Society, accepts a research assignment abandoned by a colleague who has committed suicide. The project requires the researcher to temporarily take up residence in a New England mansion along with his wife, Lucy (Katherine MacColl) and their son, Bob (Giovanni Frezza). Norman discovers his colleague had become consumed with the history of the home's original owner, a turn-of-the-Century surgeon named Dr. Freudstein who possessed a fondness for illegal experiments. Further investigation reveals Freudstein had found a way to stay alive by using cells derived from fresh human blood. The Boyles find out the hard way that the maggot-stuffed, undead doctor remains lurking in the shadows of the house, killing anybody who crosses his path.
While the plot does at times lose itself to vagueness and the inexplicable, Italian director Lucio Fulci reinforces his Godfather Of Gore moniker as visceral sequences (human mutilation aplenty, along with a gut-wrenching decapitation) unfold before the camera in the maestro's customary extreme close-up style. Made during the height of his career, HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY is one of Fulci's most admired favorites. A percentage of the film's popularity must also be credited to the inadvertently humorous English dubbing of Italian child star Giovanni Frezza's Bob character, performed by a much older female actress.
| Starring | Katherine MacColl, Paolo Malco, Giovanni Frezza, Dagmar Lassander, Lucio Fulci |
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| Director | Lucio Fulci |
| Studio | STARLITE GROUP |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 31 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 26 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Horror |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Subtitles | Blu-ray: English |
| Released | Production year: 1981 To Rent: DVD: 13 Oct 2003 Blu-ray: 21 May 2012 |
Cut-price spaghetti gore cooked up from the not exactly brand-new narrative premise of a nice middle class family... read more on Time Out
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Don't watch it, really, I'm not kidding
You probably won't find anyone with a kind word for this garbage. It is rubbish, but like all Fulci movies, it's a bit like a car accident you can't... read more »
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The House By The Cemetery - My Review
Anyonewho doesn't know what they're getting from a film called 'The House By The Cemetery' deserves to be disappointed. Great music. Abominable ... read more »
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Slow Paced
It is quite slow paced and leaves it till the end really till it gets quite creepy. Definitely not as good as previous films from the director Lucio Fulci but ... read more »
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