Attack of the B's!

Quella villa accanto al cimitero (1981), Lucio Fulci
House By the Cemetery

A family moves into a creepy house in Boston. Calling it creepy is not unwarranted, as there is a tomb located in the basement of the house. The tomb belongs to a Dr. Freudstein, the home's former resident and current creepazoid. The house comes with all the trappings you would find in any haunted house- creeky floors, creepy exterior, doors that inexplicably open or close, flesh eating bats- I think you get the picture.

Despite the "killer" opening, the plot moves along at a very tedious pace. The last 20 minutes or so are really good and quite intense, I will admit. The gore in this film is definitely excessive (in a good way), a fine example of what can come from Fulci's warped mind. The main problem is that the film asks SO MANY questions, and only answers one. It gives it the feeling of being unfinished/incomplete. The child's dubbed voice was so grating, it distracted from the movie. (A slap on the wrist to you, anonymous annoying voice person.) Actually, the whole family was pretty annoying. The end truly does justify the means in this film though, I definitely don't want to discourage anyone from seeing this. Just don't let this be your first Fulci film.

Grade: B-