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This cult horror film from director Lucio Fulci lurches along with a certain amount of disjunction due to cutting, perhaps, if not to an innate Fulci disposition. When the Boyle family temporarily mov... read more read more...es into a mansion near Boston so the father can do some research, the son Bob (Giovanni Frezza) starts seeing the ghost of a young girl motioning to him, and eventually he discovers the basement's terrible secret. A certain Dr. Freudstein (Giovanni de Nari) has been hanging out there since 1879 when he was banned from the medical profession, and he has kept himself alive although in miserable physical shape, by murdering the various inhabitants of the house and using their cells to keep his body going. An oversize bat attacks the father, floors come apart and crush unsuspecting victims, and at one point little Bob's blond head is held to the basement door by the evil doctor while the father is wildly swinging his axe through the door to save his son. Scenes like these and others are the real objective of the movie -- the strange and irresolute ending, and leaps and gaps in the plot, are indications that all else is dispensible pretext - gore is the goal and it is delivered in sickening doses. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 24 min.

Directed by: Lucio Fulci

Release Date: August 14, 1981

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DVD Release Date: June 12, 2001

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  • April 14, 2011
    Another terrifying Italian shocker from the legendary Lucio Fulci. A family move into a creepy old house and are unaware that living in the cellar is the flesh-eating zombie of a 19th Century surgeon. The little boy is soon a friend with the ghost of the late doctors daughter who... read more warns them to stay away but to little effect. The creature gruesomely kills and dismembers a variety of Estate Agents, Copulating teenagers and Babysitters leading to a terrifying finale in the corpse-strewn cellar. The Lucio Fulci trademark of graphic gore is abundant as ever but it is the atmosphere that makes this movie stand out. Bumps in the night and the ominous crying of children coming from the cellar are just some of the factors that assault and disturb the viewer. This is a truly amazing movie that relies on shock and terror rather than revulsion. The gore just adds to what is already a truly chilling little tale of cannibalism and depravity that will linger in the mind long after you've forgotten about the illogical plot and poor dubbing. One of Fulci's best films. Deserves its cult reputation.
  • March 7, 2011
    ルシオのフルチ-
    1927年6月17日 - 1996年3月13日

    ようこそルシオフルチやイタリア宮崎のߏ... read more0;界に、彼は間違いなく宮崎駿が以前に比べ優れていると、彼は常に死の後までになります。彼はまだ映画史上最大のホラー監督として生き続けています。彼の映画は、今日の撮影の標準とは異なり単にホラー映画であり、彼の映画は、常にそれに精神を持っているでしょう。

    博士Freudsteinは、古い家の地下室に住んでいる150歳の怪物や人間のような生き物であり、彼は地下室の壁に彼の犠牲者の遺体を続けている。彼の犠牲者に恐ろしい実験を予備成形後、もちろん、彼は脳手術の大ファンと思われる。物事は、この大きな古い家に、家族の動きが滞在することに順番を取る。 Freudsteinはもう存在を望んでいないまで日間に奇妙なことが起こる。

    物語は85%:とフルチの最高の一つは、それが映画を作ることだけそれに素晴らしい要素と怖いです。これは、道徳的にフランケンシュタインの小売業だが、これは任意のフランケンシュタイン映画これまで以上にされた方です!

    演技の65%は:それは映画をイタリアのキャストが英語から弱点を逸したダビングが、大丈夫がある行を考えられている、時には映画を殺すの種類を演技で。しかし、この負を克服するのに十分なホラーの要素があります。

    文字の80%は:今私はしばらくの間、これを見て待っていると、私はついになかった博士Freudsteinはすごいです! XDさん。彼は、医療訴訟で、この150年の歴史外科医であり、彼は生きている人々で動作し、彼はほとんどの時間は、ムービーを考えた彼の犠牲者の身体の部分を身に着けている。それ以外は大丈夫です。

    特殊効果の90%は:あるアウトと日付より見ることができたが、これは80だった。私はそれがいずれかのフィルムを考え強要するのに十分な恐ろしい脳手術シーンがあると思います。

    フルチの映画のすべての素晴らしい音楽、怖いのたわごとシーンのように:他のすべての100%。素晴らしい照明と不気味な影のエフェクト。それは完璧です。それは墓場、地下室、恐ろしい他に何がされ、墓地はだ、家を持って?

    私はもうそれだけでホラー映画にぴったりだと言うする必要があります。
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  • January 30, 2011
    Didn't like this one that much upon first viewing - wasn't use to Italian film at the time - but I eventually came around to enjoying it enough to consider it one of Fulci's best. Creepy and occasionally gory but the cheesy sound effects and annoying music and dubbing do wear on ... read morethe mind. Still, very good.
  • January 11, 2011
    A slow, creepy, confusing movie. It doesn't even bother to explain what's going on either. It's okay for the most part, I just wish I knew what it was about really.
  • September 16, 2010
    Although not as great as The Beyond, Zombi 2 or City Of The Living Dead, The house By The Cemetery is an effective horror film and is in my opinion a misunderstood classic (like most of Lucio Fulci's other works before it) House By The Cemetery is a very good and intriguing Horro... read morer film, it definitely kept me in suspense up until the end. In my opinion, Lucio Fulci is underrated and he deserves more praise for having broken new ground in the Horror genre. His movies set a new standard in horror, as they where more gory and disgusting than anything ever put on film. House By The Cemetery continues the tradition of good gore effects pioneered by Fulci himself, yet people seem to not appreciate this film compared to his previous filmography of gorifying genius. Even though lacking in on screen gore at times , House By The Cemetery though a weaker film in his repertoire, is still a very enjoyable one, and like many Fulci fans have said, this is one of his last truly great films.
  • May 17, 2010
    My first Fulci & a huge disappointment, The terrible dubbing made it worse & that little boy was annoying as hell
  • November 1, 2008
    Fulci tries to make a hybrid between Lovecraft, the shining and amytiville, adding his explicit fascination with carnage.
    Too bad the story barely makes sense, because this guilty pleasure keeps you waiting for more and more hemoglobin.
  • April 29, 2008
    A Lucio Fulci Film, That's one ogf those slasher type films. Little boy was a trip throughout the movie. Not a real scary movie, but a good late night thunderstorm movie.
  • April 24, 2008
    Fulci made an enjoyable but flawed movie here. The little boy "Bob" has the most hilarious voice dubbing; with his peachy-face, it made all of his scenes funny. There were some nice gorey over-the-top death scenes which kept oozing on and on. The Italian actors in an American set... read moreting didn't quite fit. The music worked, and reminded me a lot of "The Beyond". Much work was put into creating an atmospheric haunted house setting with creaky doors, staircases and dusty floorboards. The story had some slightly confusing elements. I didn't know what to make of the tomb inside the house. I liked the monsterous Dr. Freudenstein, who was a composite of different body parts. The bat attack was silly and horrific at the same time. Some questionable things were the ghostly little girl, the mysterious babysitter Ann, and how the monster could exist in the basement through various home owners. Overall, it's a fun creepy little flick.
  • April 3, 2008
    Another Fulci classic. Love all the gore and the death scenes in this one.

Critic Reviews


Staci Layne Wilson
October 25, 2011
Staci Layne Wilson, Horror.com

What's not to love about film that has a haunted house, a mad scientist, a cemetery, flesh-eating cellar-dwelling zombies, an evil imaginary friend, a clueless cavalcade of victims, gore galore, AND a... Full Review

Fernando F. Croce
February 12, 2010
Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion

Wonder after grimy wonder Full Review

Ken Hanke
September 27, 2004
Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Typical borderline incoherent Fulci rubbish.

Brian Mckay
March 19, 2003
Brian Mckay, eFilmCritic.com

Tedious follow up to Fulci's entertaining ZOMBIE. Features the most annoying kid in the history of cinema.

Scott Weinberg
September 26, 2001
Scott Weinberg, Apollo Guide

Someone built another house on top of a graveyard. Dummies! Full Review

Rob Hunter
May 19, 2012
Rob Hunter, Film School Rejects

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Emanuel Levy
August 4, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Nicolas Lacroix
May 31, 2004
Nicolas Lacroix, EnPrimeur.ca

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Derek Adams
June 24, 2006
Derek Adams, Time Out

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Marjorie Baumgarten
March 10, 2003
Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle

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