Tag: Lucio Fulci

FYB Wicked Wednesday Movie: THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY!

FYB is Proud as a Pig in Shit to Bring You the Italian Cult Horror Movie THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY Directed By the Goliath of Gore Lucio Fulci!

            

Brief Plot Summery:

When the Boyle Family temporarily moves not a Mason near Boston so the Father can do some Research, His Son Bob starts seeing the Ghostly Spector of a Young Girl motioning to Him, and this leads Bob to uncover the Basement’s TERRIBLE SECRET! Lurking in the Shadows of the Gloomy Basement lives Dr. Freudstein who has been residing in the Basement since 1879 after He was Banned from the Medical Profession, and has managed to keep Himself Alive by Murdering the Various Residents of the House and Harvesting Their Cells to Keep His Body Going.

A Grossly Oversized Bat Attacks the Father, Floors come Apart and Crush Unsuspecting Victims, and at one Point the Bob’s Head is Held against the Basement Door by the Evil Doctor while HIs Father is Wildly Swinging an Ax through the Door to Save His Son’s Life. Scenes like these and Others are the REAL OBJECTIVE of the Movie-The Strange and Irresolute Ending, and the Leaps and Gaps in the Storyline, are Prime Indicators that alll Else is Dispensable Pretext- GORE IS THE GOAL, AND IT’S DELIVERED IN SICKENING DOSES!!!

            

Some People’s Opinions of the Movie:

“The House by the Cemetery is truly unsettling experience whose different parts never quite add up to a coherent whole, and linger in the Darkest Passageways of the Mind.” -Anton Bitel (VODzilla.co)

“What No 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 an Over The Top Vampire Bat-Bite?” – Staci Layne Wilson (Horror.Com)

“I had a Blast with this Horror Classic even if it is Highly Evocative of Other Isolated Scary House Movies.” -Ed Travis (Hollywood Jesus)

“Wonder after Grimy Wonder.” – Fernando F. Croce (CinePassion)

“The Violence Inflicted on the Various Characters throughout the Film (which includes GOUGING, STABBING, THROAT RIPPING, DISMEMBERMENT, AND DECAPITATION) is nothing Compared to the Violence Fulci Inflicts on Logic and Storytelling.”

-James Kendrick (Q Network FIlm Desk)

Enjoy.

We Hope You Enjoyed This Little Mash Up of Murder and Mutilation as Much as We Did.

Thanks for Watching,

  Presented By Les Sober

A Monday Night of Sickening Cinema: The City Of The Living Dead!!!

THE CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD is a 1980 Italian Zombie Splatter Horror Movie Directed by Lucio Fulci who also Wrote the the Screenplay, and plays Pathologist Dr. Joe Thompson in the Film. Although Fulci worked in a Wide Array of Genres as a Director, Screen Writer, Producer, and Actor over His nearly 50 Career in the Film Industry. Fulci garnered an International Cult Following for His Giallo (in the Movie Context, for Italian Audiences Giallo has come to refer to Any Kind of Murder Mystery or Horror Thriller) and Horror Movies. Due to the High Level of Visceral and Graphic Violence that present in Many of Fulci’s Films that He is Frequently Referred to as “The Godfather of Gore”, A Title Given to American Splatter Movie Gore Master Herschell Gordon Lewis.

           

The Movie was released in Italy in 1980 under the Title Paura fella cotta dei Mortifications Vivrnti  in Italy which translates to ‘Fear in the City of the Living Dead’, and was Released in the United State in 1983 the Title Twilight of the Dead, which Resulted in a Cease and Desist Order from United Film Distribution Company due to the Title’s similarity to Their Own Film, George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead. Thus the Distributer, Motion Picture Marketing, withdrew the Film and Re-Released it under the New Title The Gates of Hell.

Brief Plot Summery:

The Movie is set in the Shunned Village of Dunwich (a Tribute to H.P. Lovecraft’s The Dunwich Horror), where the Priest Father Thomas commits SUICIDE by Hanging Himself which Results in a GATEWAY TO HELL Opening, and Turning loose a Ravenous Pack of ZOMBIES OF THE DAMNED! Meanwhile during a Seance in New York, Mary Woodhouse sees Morbid and Horrific Visions of the Priest’s Suicide, and its Dire Consequences leading up to a ZOMBIE ONSLAUGHT on All Saints Day. Mary then suddenly Collapses to the Floor and Convulses then She appears to Die, Only to be Rescued from Premature Burial by the Journalist Peter Bell. The Two Travel to Dunwich to DESTROY THE GRAVE of Father Thomas in order to Stop the MASS ZOMBIE INVASION!

           

  • An Italian Newspaper La Stampa’s review of the Film “Not recommended for easily impressionable viewers.”, with a Story that grew Progressively into a “Expressive Nightmarish Atmosphere”
  • Jay Carr of the Boston Globe said “A Film Only a Diehard Necrophile could Love”
  • Dick Fleming of The Daily Times “Scenes Purely for the Sake of Shock Value”
  • Ringle wrote”Idiotic Sleaze Fest with Nothing to Offer but an Abundance of Filmed Animal Innards.”
  • AllMovie “City of the Living Dead benefits from Fulci’s ability to Create and Sustain an Intensely Creepy Atmosphere…. the Blending of Graphic Shocks and Surrealistic Atmosphere .”

Movie Quote: Mary Woodhouse “The City of the Dead. The Living Dead. A Cursed City where the Gates of Hell have been Opened.” Enjoy.

We Hope You Enjoyed this Italian Supernatural Splatter Film’s  Flesh Eating Zombie Fiasco as Much as We Did.

Thanks for Watching,

  Presented By Les Sober