The Sweet House Of Horrors
HOUSE OF CLOCKS is part of a four-part movie series made for Italian television under the umbrella title House of Doom. Legendary Italian horror maestros Umberto Lenzi and Lucio Fulci each contributed two films for the series: Lenzi made HOUSE OF LOST SOULS and HOUSE OF WITCHCRAFT, while Fulci offered HOUSE OF CLOCKS and SWEET HOUSE OF HORRORS.
Fulci's second contribution to the series begins with a typically gory scene worthy of the director deemed "the sultan of splatter". A masked man breaks into a couple's home and brutally murders them in an extremely sadistic fashion, leaving their two children orphaned and haunted by the loss of their parents. After this violent prologue, the film takes an unexpected turn into the realm of modern-day fairy tales as the grieving children conjure a supernatural force that brings their parents back to life. This tender yet desperate act results in disastrous consequences as the parents attempt to both comfort their children and exact revenge on their murderer. SWEET HOUSE OF HORRORS is a strange departure for Fulci, who creates an unusual mix of genres ranging from his trademark horror to some unexpected moments of comedy.
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a typical dubbed film rather dated nowadays but still an average film at best with not too many scares
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Although there is some blood and guts at the beginning of the film, which is repeated as flashbacks later on, this horror plays more like a kids ghost film. ...
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- 04 Jun 2005 at 13:13
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See 'Lucio Fulci' and AVOID like the plague!!!
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- 25 Feb 2005 at 18:36
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a typical dubbed film rather dated nowadays but still an average film at best with not too many scares
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