Other Titles • The House by the Cemetery (1983) • Quella villa accanto al cimitero • The House Outside the Cemetery • Zombie Hell House (2003) • Das Haus an der Friedhofsmauer (1981)
Synopses for The House by the Cemetery (1981)
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A young family move into a forboding New England mansion, unaware that it was once the gruesome residence of Dr. Freudstein, a dabbler in bizarre surgical practises. Soon Freudstein - now classic Fulci zombie - is up to his murderous old tricks again, seeking freshly severed limbs and organs to keep his corrupt, rotting flesh alive!
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"!
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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 shadows of the house, killing anybody who crosses his path.
While the plot does at times lose itself to vagueness and the inexplicable, Italian director Lucio Fulci reinforces his "Godfather Of Gore" moniker as visceral sequences (human mutilation aplenty, along with a gut-wrenching decapitation) unfold before the camera in the maestro's customary extreme close-up style. Made during the height of his career, HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY is one of Fulci's most admired favorites. A percentage of the film's popularity must also be credited to the inadvertently humorous English dubbing of Italian child star Giovanni Frezza's "Bob" character, performed by a much older female actress.
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A young family moves from their cramped New York City apartment to a spacious new home in New England. But this is no ordinary house in the country: the previous owner was the deranged Dr. Freudstein, whose monstrous human experiments have left a legacy of bloody mayhem. Now, someone - or something - is alive in the basement, and home sweet home is about to become a horrific hell on earth.
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