Fulci's Gates of Hell trilogy
12-31-2009, 02:30 PM
Boy, what a letdown X_X
I'd heard some less than positive stuff about these films but I never would have expected some of the awkwardness I saw in City of the Living Dead and The House by the Cemetery.
Now, the ones I've seen aren't awful films; they're interesting, but not all that effective. A sense of horror isn't maintained consistantly, a whole lot of the editing is sub-par, and the tone... the tone starts uneasy but that's about as scary as it gets... uneasy >.< . Everything ends up as pretty darn underwhelming and anticlimactic to boot.
City of the Living Dead has some good foreshadowing but no terrifying zombie invasion like one would expect considering the premise, and the actors/characters have little personality to hold the action up. House by the Cemetery has more bang for less buck; more atmosphere, action, suspense and writing... but after the whole thing is over one starts to wonder just... "what the deal was".
To me, House by The Cemetery is the better of the ones I've seen, and I'm curious to check out The Beyond based on the better parts of both films. From what I've seen so far, Fulci's work seems unique, but rough around the edges.
City of the Living Dead - 5/10
House by the Cemetery - 6 or 6.5/10
I'd heard some less than positive stuff about these films but I never would have expected some of the awkwardness I saw in City of the Living Dead and The House by the Cemetery.
Now, the ones I've seen aren't awful films; they're interesting, but not all that effective. A sense of horror isn't maintained consistantly, a whole lot of the editing is sub-par, and the tone... the tone starts uneasy but that's about as scary as it gets... uneasy >.< . Everything ends up as pretty darn underwhelming and anticlimactic to boot.
City of the Living Dead has some good foreshadowing but no terrifying zombie invasion like one would expect considering the premise, and the actors/characters have little personality to hold the action up. House by the Cemetery has more bang for less buck; more atmosphere, action, suspense and writing... but after the whole thing is over one starts to wonder just... "what the deal was".
To me, House by The Cemetery is the better of the ones I've seen, and I'm curious to check out The Beyond based on the better parts of both films. From what I've seen so far, Fulci's work seems unique, but rough around the edges.
City of the Living Dead - 5/10
House by the Cemetery - 6 or 6.5/10
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