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Lucio Fulci manages to squeak through with these well above average offerings. The Beyond truly deserves a spot as one of the best zombie movies of all time spot, falling closely behind the Living Dead trilogy. Its bold attempt at portraying hell and the realization of an apocalyptic zombie holocaust is this movie's real worth. While Fulci is popular for his gore, one seeking to find realism ought to look elsewhere. Evil Dead (pt. 1) is often more realistic. Lastly, The Beyond, like most horror movies, suffers from little (not no) plot. My advice is to go with it. There's enough visual appeal to make the unexplained forgiveable. Grade: B+

The House By The Cemetery suffers from an obnoxious little boy and a secret plot. I say secret because either something was lost in the translation (was this dubbed?), or Fulci just didn't want to share. The basic message I got was that children were evil. Granted. As for the zombie himself (yes, only one) the question of "why" is never answered. Again I say, accept it all or don't bother with the film. As for the obnoxious little boy (spoiler alert), his voice is so grating you actually wish he was the only character that died. We, the viewer, are not so lucky. I had to fast forward a lot of this film because it failed to keep me interested. Regardless, a hardcore fan would still like this one. Grade: C+

If you're only interested in getting good zombie films, go with the Beyond. If you're interested in getting a complete zombie collection, save some cash and buy this set.

2 Fulci Classics For The Price Of 1!
1981 was a terrific year for Lucio Fulci. In that year, between the releases of Argento's INFERNO in 1980 (the same year Fulci made CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD/THE GATES OF HELL) and TENEBRE in 1982 (the same year Fulci made THE NEW YORK RIPPER and MANHATTAN BABY), Fulci ruled Italian horror with back-to-back masterpieces. Of course, I'm talking about THE BEYOND and THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY, two of Fulci's most popular horror films that only get better with age!
THE BEYOND, in my humble opinion, is an extremely close second to SUSPIRIA as the greatest Italian horror movie of all time! In it, Catriona/Katherine MacColl renovates a Louisiana hotel she inherited only to discover that it rests on one of the seven gateways to Hell! Throughout the ensuing hour-and-a-half, pun intended, all Hell breaks loose, with the most gruesome imagery Fulci has ever committed to celluloid (e.g., crucifixion, acid bath, tarantulas, a head explosion, and Fulci's trademark eyeball violence), and it all looks totally realistic and awesome, right up there with any of Tom Savini's work! I really loved MacColl's prescence in THE BEYOND, as she's just so lovely to look at; John Saxon-lookalike David Warbeck is also really cool here as well (he was in Fulci's previous Edgar Allen Poe offshoot THE BLACK CAT, also in 1981), especially when dropping bullets through the barrel of his gun. I got the totally awesome soundtrack at my first horror convention a few months ago.
THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY also has MacColl, this time as a mother who, along with her doctor husband and son, move into the titular residence in Boston. The doctor is continuing the research conducted by a colleague who offed himself; the research is on one Dr. Freudstein, whose unorthodox methods involved killing people to keep himself alive. More Fulci mayhem such as a knife through the head (with the blade sticking out of the mouth), decapitation, and a neck-ripping. I got a HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY t-shirt featuring the 1984 poster artwork (on the Diamond release) at my first horror convention a few months ago, the safest representation of Fulci that you can get!
You must get this 2-pack if you want definitive Fulci. THE BEYOND has a terrific audio commentary by MacColl and Warbeck (a few weeks before Warbeck died) which is amusing and informative, among a slew of awesome extras. THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY has a photo and still gallery set to one of the creepy compositions in the score. This is a double-dose of Fulci mayhem at its greatest, most Argento-like; a definite must-watch!

Two top-notch horror movie masterpieces!
When it comes to Fulci, it's very very hard to find a movie that's not 100% brutal horror mayhem. With this very excellent package, we get two of these very gnarly films. Both of which are a gorehound's best dream, or nightmare in this case.

The Beyond - This is probably one of the greatest examples of the horror genre. It embodies so many different elements of horror in one very twisted way. It's got loads of gore, eye gouges, exploding heads, zombies, hell, evil house, and a beautiful female hero. There's nothing to not like about this movie (double negative). This movie is probably one of the goriest movies ever made. From the first 3 minutes it grabs you and doesn't let go until the rather ambiguous ending. It's a great piece of splatter cinema that every self-respecting horror fan should see.

House By The Cemetery - Classic haunted house movie with a lot of gore. I wouldn't say it had as much gore as Zombi 2 or The Beyond, but it had more than the average haunted house story. I saw some similarities with Amityville Horror, but there aren't many. It's very original and the whole plot kind of confused me. I'm probably gonna try to watch it again soon. It's a very good movie, though.