The House by the Cemetery
Movie • 1981 • Horror
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A young family moves from their cramped New York City apartment to a spacious new home in New England. But his is no ordinary house in the country: the previous owner was the deranged Dr. Freudstein, whose monstrous human experiments have left a legacy of bloody mayhem. Now, someone - or something - is alive in the basement, and home sweet home is about to become a horrific hell on earth.
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Does a pet die?
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Not a real animal, obviously a fake one. A bat bites the husband on the hand and refuses to let go, prompting him to stab it to death until it dies.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Equal to male deaths, however.
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Abuse
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Lucy insists to Bob that what he's seen was not real. It's not malicious.
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A bat is stabbed to death
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Are there spiders?
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There are no spiders but lots of spider webs
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Bodily Harm
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Like most Fulci films, lots of bloody gore is shown.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Not fingers exactly but an arm is cut off
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Are any teeth damaged?
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A knife is plunged through a woman's head from the back, exiting through the mouth. No teeth damage is shown, but the stab couldn't happen without it.
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Is there amputation?
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Of the arm. Decapitation as well.
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Does someone break a bone?
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Leg bone, no bone visible.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Down stairs, audible head thumping.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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A woman is stabbed through the head by a large knife.
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Children
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One before the movie starts, and another presumably dies at the end since he becomes a ghost? It's not clear.
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Both of Bob's parents die. His father's throat is torn out by Dr. Freudstein. His mother's death is unknown, but she may have been strangled.
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It doesn't happen on-screen but a character is said to have killed himself
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Sex
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A couple are presumed to have had sex at the start of the movie, as we see a woman redressing (short shot of her topless nude). No on-screen sex.
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Are there nude scenes?
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Within the first minute a woman is topless for a few seconds. No other nudity
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Violence
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Given that it's a Fulci film, there is plenty of practical gore effects. Some notable examples include the nanny having her throat repeatedly slashed with a kitchen knife and a mannequins head falling off that oozes blood.
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