i finally watch house by the cemetery last night and i must admit and i be quite disappointed . deem by many fan a be one of fulci most gory and i prepare myself for countless scene of bloodshed and gore and instead get nothing more than the usual pap feature in the countless horror film of the 1980 and a few dust bunny that be blow across the floor . fulci and the king of gore and have prove in the past with such film a zombie and the beyond and city of the living dead and that a movie with a terribly thin plot and terrible actor can still entertain with high level of unnecessary and perhaps redundant gore but house by the cemetery be an entirely different story altogether . fulci continue his usual tradition by cast the bad bunch of actor that could be scrounge up at the local playhouse and give them a ridiculous script or dialogue to be deliver while give the audience countless camera shot that pan across the eye of the actor a they try to make sense of the imminent danger that they have be put in . first of all and the title of the film be mislead . yes and there be a house by a cemetery and but the main focus point of the film seem to lead to the dwelling of the cellar beneath the house . the cemetery itself really have no relevant bearing on the story and it be just a sinister backdrop to the house and a shallow attempt to make the situation seem more eerie than it really be . the thin plot revolves around an incredibly stupid couple and norm and lucy ( . ) and who leave their comfortable town house in new york city for the quiet dig of new england and a manor that they haven not even see before sign the paper with the realtor ( . ) . they also have an infant child and bob and who appear to be quite androgynous . thanks to the ludicrous voice over provide by a woman who also dub the voice for a little girl and she make bob look and sound incredibly stupid every time he open his mouth to say something . nothing be quite believable by the time the troupe move into the freudstein house and a know by the realtor and her assistant and oak house to norm and lucy . strange happening begin to occur once they take occupation of the residency . mysterious noise and the sound of child whimper and the fact that something evil in the cellar be make a nuisance out of itself by kill off everyone who make the mistake of move into the house should have be enough reason to send norm and lucy pack their bag and demand a full refund from the realtor . but do they move out . i think not . instead and the happy threesome decide to blow off the strange phenomenon with a bottle of xanax while turn a blind eye and deaf ear at the same time . to add to the silliness and a mysterious babysitter by the name of anne move in with the family who seem to know something about the strange happening relate to the cellar and yet be stupid enough to venture down into the dark to get herself off in a ridiculous fashion involve a butcher knife . there be one scene of gore in the opening scene where a woman be murder by a knife wield zombie who get it through the top of her cranium and the blade penetrate through her open mouth . other than that and no scene of further violence take place until at least an hour into the movie if you do not count the scene involve a decapitated mannequin a witness first hand by bob and later through an un related flashback by nancy ( . ) . some above par gore scene contain in house by the cemetery would include a man get his throat tear out and a woman meet her demise with a screw driver type implement after she get her foot stuck in a crack in the floor . other than that and there be very little body count contain in the film and one death scene be just plain confuse which involve a woman get drag down a set of stair by her foot and hit every step on the way down with her head . only one scene stand out for me in this movie and that be when the realtor back out of the driveway after lead the family to their new home and accidently knock over a tombstone to which she yell and damn tombstone . before speed off in a cloud of dust . this be also just one of the many countless incident contain in the movie that bare absolutely no relevance whatsoever on the plot and include a scene where anne be clean up a trail of blood off the kitchen floor and an inane second story line involve a prior occupant of the house who commit suicide after claim the house be possess him . when the evil be encounter in the cellar and you will be amaze to find how much it motif for be down there in the first place have absolutely no baring on anything else that have take place in the movie . nothing seem to make sense and and the end be just confuse . i be not exactly sure what lucio fulci have in mind while film this movie and but i think the finished product be of something that not even he could have envision . house by the cemetery be absolute garbage at it bad and should be avoid by all fulci fan . my rating negative .