History Film / TheHouseByTheCemetery

* [[VideoNasties Video Nasty]]

* DeathBySex: The young couple in the opening.

* AnAxeToGrind: Norman uses an axe to chop the basement door open in order to save his son from Freudstein. He also uses said axe to attack Freudstein but is overpowered by the zombified doctor.

* KnifeNut: Freudstein prefers knives but isn't above using other weapons to kill his victims (i.e. fire poker).

* HauntedHouse: All kinds of undead business surrounds this houselike a undead zombified doctor who kills people in order to use their blood cells to rejuvenate his own blood cells in order to become immortal or a vicious vampire bat that attacks anyone who goes down the spooky basement.

* AnAxeToGrind: Norman defends himself with an axe at one point.

* BatOutOfHell: When she goes down to the basement, Lucy is attacked by an ''extremely'' aggressive bat that gets caught in her hair and then bites her hand and refuses to let go.

* HauntedHouse: All kinds of undead business surrounds this house.

* KnifeNut: Freudstein prefers knives.
* MindScrew: the original US release of the film had the studio underlings mislabel several of the film reels sent to theaters, leading to the middle sections of the film getting mixed up; as such, the nanny's death takes place earlier than it should, leading to a scene of her appearing afterwords after her death scene.

%%* OffWithHisHead: Ann's death.

* {{Gorn}}: In typical Fulci film fashion, Dr. Freudstein goes out his way to dish most gory and sadistic deaths as possible.

* XMeetsY: The movie could be accurately summarised as "''Literature/TheShining'' meets ''Franchise/{{Frankenstein}}''".

'''''The House by the Cemetery''''' is a horror film by the late Creator/LucioFulci, released in the year 1981. It is the third and final film that he did with actress Catriona [=MacColl=], and is the unofficial third entry of the "''Gates of Hell'' trilogy", after ''Film/CityOfTheLivingDead'' and ''Film/TheBeyond'' (both of which starred [=MacColl=]).

* BaldOfEvil: Dr. Freudstein.

* CuteGhostGirl: Mae.

* OffWithHisHead: Ann's death.

* PeekABooCorpse: Steve in the opening.

* RedHerring: Hints of Norman's past in the house.
** Also Ann, the explicitly weird and creepy babysitter, who...isn't part of the problem at all and ends up killed off like everyone else.
* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: Laura's death at the hands of Dr. Freudstein.

'''''The House by the Cemetery''''' is a horror film by the late LucioFulci, released in the year 1981. It is the third and final film that he did with actress Catriona [=MacColl=], and is the unofficial third entry of the "''Gates of Hell'' trilogy", after ''Film/CityOfTheLivingDead'' and ''Film/TheBeyond'' (both of which starred [=MacColl=]).

* {{Gorn}}

* PsychopathicManchild: It is hinted that Freudstein might be one.

* TheUndead: Dr. Freudstein is a [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Construct Type]].

* ComfortingComforter

* GlassesPull

* HauntedHouse

* LovecraftCountry
* MenacingStroll

* OnceIsNotEnough

* XMeetsY: The movie could be accurately summarised as "''Literature/TheShining'' meets ''{{Frankenstein}}''".

'''''The House by the Cemetery''''' is a horror film by the late LucioFulci, released in the year 1981. It is the third and final film that he did with actress Catriona [=MacColl=], and is the unofficial third entry of the "''Gates of Hell'' trilogy", after ''CityOfTheLivingDead'' and ''TheBeyond'' (both of which starred [=MacColl=]).

* EverythingsBetterWithBob: Excellent name for your offspring, Mr. and Mrs. Boyle.

* BodyHorror: Dr Freudstein - who despite replacing his body parts with those of other people is actively rotting and has maggots and worms, amongst assorted gore, falling from his wounds. His face is pretty damn freakish, too - although it's difficult to discern if that's a mask or his actual face. [[FridgeLogic Oddly enough]], there's also no trace of his GlowingEyesOfDoom when he's finally revealed, despite them being the thing that cause Bob to shit himself and run back upstairs.

* XMeetsY: The movie could be accurately summarised as "''TheShining'' meets ''{{Frankenstein}}''".

* TheUndead: D. Freudstein is a [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Construct Type]].

* {{Gorn}}: Laura's death is a good example; Dr. Freudstein stabs her in the stomach and chest, then pierces her neck, causing a fountain of blood in the process. It was due to have an [[EyeScream eye-gouging]] too, but Fulci removed it for [[SpecialEffectFailure looking too fake]].

* [=~Everything's Better With Bob~=]: Excellent name for your offspring, Mr. and Mrs. Boyle.

It is a {{mind screw}}y slasher film, where the Boyle family (consisting of Norman, Lucy and their son Bob) move into a new house due to Norman's work. There they encounter it's deadly secret: A certain Dr. Freudstein who has been hiding in the basement's cellar for decades, prolonging his life by salvaging the organs of those who set their foot into his old house.

* BodyHorror: Dr Freudstein - Who despite replacing his body parts with those of other people is actively rotting and has maggots and worms, amongst assorted gore, falling from his wounds. His face is pretty damn freakish, too - Although it's difficult to discern if that's a mask or his actual face. [[FridgeLogic Oddly enough]], there's also no trace of his GlowingEyesOfDoom when he's finally revealed, despite them being the thing that cause Bob to shit himself and run back upstairs.

* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:Dr. Freudstein manages kill both Norman and Lucy (though we only see her being dragged from the ladder and don't see her death outright), but when he sets out for Bob, late Mrs. Freudstein pulls Bob to safety into the realm of the dead. Or into the past. Or Bob just snapped mentally and imagined running off with his ghost friend at the moment of death, sparing himself the gruesome death he would endure]].

* {{Gorn}}: Laura's death is a good example; Dr. Freudstein stabs her into stomach, chest and lastly pierces her neck, causing a fountain of blood in the process. It was due to have an [[EyeScream eye-gouging]] too, but Fulci removed it for [[SpecialEffectFailure looking too fake]].

* MindScrew: the original US release of the film, had the studio underlings mislabel several of the film reels sent to theaters, leading to the middle sections of the film getting mixed up; as such, the nanny's death takes place earlier than it should, leading to a scene of her appearing afterwords after her death scene.

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