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Honestly, I just watched House by the Cemetery the other night and I found it incredibly... overrated.
I thought that the story was incongruent and misleading; this film definitely had more of the surreal incongruent and abstract qualities of typical Giallo than his other film has, but to me, I just thought that it did not make sense.
What confused me more than anything else: This is a haunted house/zombie movie; it should have been a softball.
Yet I thought that the story was definitely waffling when reaching for reasons and backstory. Whereas I was captivated with "Women in Lizard's Skin," I found myself wondering with this movie, "Geez, what's the goddamn point?!"
After watching House in the Cemetery, I definitely agree with Bub: Fulci is definitely a brilliant director; there's no question about that. But he is not living up to his potential. He should have focused less on insipid plot and more in fear and splatter-punk. It's obvious that this is the beginning of splatter punk, but not really enough to qualify wholly.
Needless to say, I was incredibly disappointed.
Anyone else want to comment on House by the Cemetery? How about in the zombie genre? I found it incredibly lacking; it could have been so much better.
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