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