The House by the Cemetery

The House by the Cemetery
Italian theatrical release poster by Enzo Sciotti
Directed by	Lucio Fulci
Produced by	Fabrizio De Angelis
Screenplay by	Lucio Fulci Giorgio Mariuzzo Dardano Sacchetti
Story by	Elisa Briganti (as Elisa Livia Briganti)
Starring	Catriona MacColl (as Katherine MacColl) Paolo Malco Ania Pieroni Giovanni Frezza Silvia Collatina
Music by	Walter Rizzati
Cinematography	Sergio Salvati
Edited by	Vincenzo Tomassi
Production company	Fulvia Film
Release date	14 August 1981
Running time	87 min.
Country	Italy
Language	Italian English dub

The House by the Cemetery (Italian: Quella villa accanto al cimitero) is a 1981 Italian slasher film directed by Lucio Fulci. The film stars Catriona MacColl, Paolo Malco, Ania Pieroni, Giovanni Frezza, Silvia Collatina and Dagmar Lassander. It is the third instalment of the unofficial Gates of Hell trilogy which also includes City of the Living Dead and The Beyond. Its plot revolves around a series of murders taking place in a New England home–a home which happens to be hiding a particularly gruesome secret within its basement walls. Themes and motifs from popular horror films such as The Shining, The Amityville Horror and Frankenstein are readily on display. This movie made the infamous video nasty list in the United Kingdom.

A woman (Daniela Doria) is in an abandoned house looking for her boyfriend. After she discovers his body stabbed with scissors, she is stabbed in the head with a French knife, and her body is dragged through a cellar door.

In New York City, Bob (Giovanni Frezzi) and his parents, Norman and Lucy Boyle (Paolo Malco and Catriona MacColl), are moving into the same house. Norman's ex-colleague, Dr. Peterson, who murdered his mistress before committing suicide, was the previous owner. The Boyles are to stay there, whilst Norman researches old houses. As his mother packs, Bob looks at a photograph of a house and notices a girl in it. In New Whitby, Boston, Bob waits in his parents' car while they collect the house keys. The girl from the photograph appears across the street. The girl, Mae (Silvia Collatina), whom only Bob can see, warns him to stay away. In the real estate office, Mrs. Gittelson (Dagmar Lassander) is annoyed when her colleague hands the couple "the Freudstein" keys. She insists it is called "Oak Mansion". Gittelson promises to find the Boyles a babysitter.