7. The House By the Cemetery (1981)
Another moderately entertaining Fulci horror film, I mentioned before in another feature and I am going to mention it here again: the audience's viewing pleasure is severely compromised by the presence of Giovanni Frezzi, an annoying little brat of an actor who spoilt many an Italian horror film around this era. Away from annoying acting prodigies, the plot of House by the Cemetery is a pretty basic haunted house horror story. Norman and Lucy Boyle, with their son Bob, move into an old ramshackle house where there are sinister goings on in the basement. After investigation, they learn they are sharing the house with Dr Freudstein (worst villain name ever!) who was a famous Victorian surgeon. He also liked to use the basement for his cruel experiments on people and he is alive in zombie form! The little idiot Bob goes exploring in the Basement and his parents get killed trying to save them. In yet another bleak ending (but this time we are rubbing our hands in glee to see the little puke get his just desserts!), Bob is led into a world of human grief and dead spirits. Altogether now in your best Nelson Muntz voice - Ha ha! If you want a nice little horror film to watch, you could do a lot worse than House By The Cemetery. It's a lot better than about 95% of the trash being tossed out these days.