| |
Synopsis: A family moves into an old house in New England where a fellow murderer to his wife and hanged himself. Pornto discover the horror that lurks in the basement of that place.
Initial Impression: Like all Italian horror of the time, a wonderful exercise of form over content, but glad to see.
Script and Development: The plot is unimportant and already we've seen before, a family who moves to a place with a sinister past, and in this case there is nothing new on the table and met to perfection all the cliches of the genre of haunted places, including the child who knows what kind is because a ghost tries to help and the mother who wants to leave the place as before but the husband tries to convince them to stay .
But despite the familiar plot, is a welcome development, marked by the brutal actions of a murderer villain quite brutal killing (and whose disturbing appearance only revealed at the end). While I accept that a little intrigue to know the mystery hidden behind the house and the truth is in Italian horror films can not expect much from the revelations, and this is also the case, however, serves to that we remain vigilant.
Technical Aspects: to see! Lucio Fulci is! Gore dioxide! And as in his other horror movies, here is brutal killings in the foreground with very good practical purposes, I think they were ahead of their time, this is accompanied by a soundtrack and a spectacular setting which, although not as good as in his film L 'Adila , it is still very good.
Actions: As I saw the dubbed version españoleto could not speak in property if the performances are good or not (though the dubbing is good, does not fit the lip movement and that brings wave ), but I note the presence of the beautiful Ania Pierioni, whom I recognized as the "mater lachrymarum" in a single scene from Inferno .
Reflections: There are films that, to not enjoy elaborate plots or original (or particularly good) serve to demonstrate the talent of a director. This film has a very simple script, but with Lucio Fulci created a quite remarkable work, and no more so worth watching and all the work of this great man.
- The Good: The Gore, music and the presence of Pierioni Ania.
- Bad: The plot, which put intriguing but sometimes not really going anywhere.
- Ugly: That gringa in a DVD edition of this film reveal the appearance of the murderer.
SCORE: 7.5/10
Return to Horror Film Colombia