The House by the Cemetery

it's my first fulci movie, and it has not aged well. lavish gore aside, it's too broad, with dun-dun-dun music cues even outside the horror scenes, repeated close-ups of eyes with no apparent purpose or context, and a plot that is beyond generic (it counts, since this is an 1981 movie, not a 60s one). i didn't find the atmosphere particularly impressive; the early attempts at tension around the babysitter, for example, don't pay off at all, and the final act seems to drag on forever. some shots are excellent, and i could see how this movie was influential for other, better ones, but i found... read more

holy crap those eyes! see, i don't know if i've already warmed up to lucio fulci since watching the beyond, or if i just prefer this for being more constrained. don't get me wrong, it's still bonkers, dreamlike, italian insanity. but the insanity always feels earned, and placed within a structurally sound narrative. read more

5 aquella casa al lado del cementerio. todos los ingredientes de terror de las pelis de lucio fulci. corresponde a la época en que las peliculas de terror italianas se rodaban en usa en inglés, aunque con actores en su mayor parte italianos. la música llega a desesperar un poco, no es de las mejores. read more