The House by the Cemetery (1981)

As past and present collide in a vortex of fear, the terrified family are forced to fight for their lives in the subterranean, gore-soaked charnel-house that is one of the many secrets of "the house by the cemetery"!

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

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Like all Fulcis movies it takes a couple viewings to really appreciate it. The ending gives some amazing moments and there are plenty of eerie realizations.

I personally think it's one of Lucio Fulci's better movies. Interesting story and good gore. Worth a check if you're a Fulci fan or if you just want a good rent. 6/10

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...good opening sequence, the stylish but sparcely spaced gore scenes and a pretty suspenseful axe scene but it's just too boring and weakly plotted to work. Director Fulci shows some style but is defeated by the feeble script.

-- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)

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If the script had been more logical then what it was, this would have been a much better film. Still, at times this is a truly frightening horror film, despite its numerous flaws, and any fan of Italian horror should see it. Even if you?re not a fan of the ?Italians?, give it a try. You may be shocked! 

-- (Bloody-Disgusting.com)

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