The house by the cemetery wall
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| German title | The house by the cemetery wall |
| Original title | Quella villa accanto al cimitero |
| Country of production | Italy |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1981 |
| length | 86 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
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| Director | Lucio Fulci |
| script | Lucio Fulci, Giorgio Mariuzzo , Dardano Sacchetti |
| production | Fabrizio De Angelis |
| music | Walter Rizzati |
| camera | Sergio Salvati |
| cut | Vincenzo Tomassi |
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The house on the cemetery wall (original title: Quella villa accanto al cimitero ) is a horror film by the Italian director Lucio Fulci from 1981. The basic structure of the film is reminiscent of works such as Shining or The Amityville Horror .
action
Dr. Norman Boyle and his family move to Professor Freudstein's estate, an old house next to a cemetery. Boyle wants to carry out the research of his colleague Dr. Peterson, who murdered his lover and then himself, and find out what could have driven the otherwise peaceful and fun-loving man to this act. His son Bob befriends a girl named Mae who nobody can see except him and who keeps warning him to enter the house.
The family soon notices that things are not right in the property. The origin of the inexplicable events seems to be the cellar, which is locked and has to be broken into.
Boyle is more concerned with Freudstein's research results, which Peterson also examined, and finds out that Freudstein did not die, but still lives downstairs in the basement. In order to survive, however, he has to implant fresh body parts again and again, whereby his victims have to become younger and younger for this purpose.
When Boyle comes home, his son is locked in the basement. When he and his wife finally break open the door, there is a showdown in the basement, but both are killed by Freudstein. Bob finally escapes the cellar through a crack in Freudstein's tombstone.
Mae is standing outside and an elderly lady appears who tells Mae that they can go now that Bob is with them. The old woman leaves with them, and the film ends with a quote attributed to Henry James ("Nobody will ever know whether children are monsters or monster children").
Others
On July 20, 2012 at 11:59 p.m., the rare 35 mm uncut version of Das Haus an der Friedhofsmauer celebrated its world premiere as part of the Midnight Movies at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center (Francesca Beale Theater) in New York .
The film was indexed until September 2014, but was then removed from the index prematurely. A re-examination by the FSK revealed the full age rating “No youth rating”.
DVD releases in Germany
- Lucio Fulci Collection ; Label: Astro; Released: April 30, 2001
- The house by the cemetery wall ; Label: Laser Paradise (5th edition)
- Retro edition ; Label: CMV, released: April 25, 2008 (limited to 399 pieces)
- Freudstein Edition ; Label: '84 Entertainment; 2007
- The house by the cemetery wall ; Label: CMV / Al! Ve; Release: May 16, 2008
- The House by the Cemetery Wall (Limited Soundtrack Edition) ; Label: '84 Entertainment; 2008
- The House by the Cemetery Wall (Monster Box) ; Label: '84 Entertainment; Release date: October 30, 2009
- The house by the cemetery wall ; Label: '84 Entertainment; Release: April 12, 2010
Reviews
"Inferior horror film with bloody shock effects."
"Lucio Fulcis 'The House on the Cemetery Wall' is the perfect synthesis of image, sound and atmosphere for a masterful horror film."
Web links
- The House by the Cemetery in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The house on the cemetery wall in the online film database
- Comparison of the cut versions BBFC 18 - Uncut , UFA Video - CMV DVD from Das Haus an der Friedhofmauer at Schnittberichte.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Certificate of Release for The House on the Cemetery Wall . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , May 2015 (PDF; test number: 53 524 V).
- ↑ “LOVELY MOLLY,” “V / H / S” and more special screenings in NYC ( Memento of May 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ The house on the cemetery wall. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ https://www.artechock.de/film/text/kritik/d/dahaan.htm