 The Black Cat 1980  R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
Director: Lucio Fulci
Cast: Patrick Magee, Mimsy Farmer, David Warbeck, Al Cliver, Dagmar Lassander, Bruno Corazzari, Geoffrey Copleston, Daniela Doria
Supposedly, this film is based on the Edgar Allan Poe story, but the title is about the only thing in common with Poe's work. A wheelchair-bound psychic (Patrick Magee) talks to the dead and to his cat and sends the cat out to take care of his enemies. But who is really in control–the cat or the man? Gore is mild by Lucio Fulci standards.
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The House by the Cemetery 1981  R, 78 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror / Mystery
aka: Zombie Hell House
Director: Lucio Fulci
Cast: Catriona MacColl, Paolo Malco, Ania Pieroni, Giovanni Frezza, Silvia Collatina, Dagmar Lassander, Giovanni De Nava, Daniela Doria, Gianpaolo Saccarola, Carlo De Mejo, Kenneth A. Olsen, Elmer Johnsson, Ranieri Ferrara, Teresa Rossi Passante
OK, we're talking cult classic here. The Boyle family (Catriona Macoll, Paolo Malco, and Giovanni Frezza) moves into a house near Boston and finds out quickly that there is an old man (Giovanni De Nava) in the basement who has kept himself alive for over 100 years–but he needs body parts to stay alive. A supreme helping of gore, as body parts fly.
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The New York Ripper 1982  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror / Drama / Thriller
Director: Lucio Fulci
Cast: Jack Hedley, Almanta Suska, Howard Ross, Andrea Occhipinti, Alexandra Delli Colli, Paolo Malco, Cinzia de Ponti, Cosimo Cinieri, Daniela Doria, Babette New, Zora Kerova, Paul E. Guskin, Antone Pagan, Josh Cruze, Lucio Fulci
Sleazy sex and gore are the ingredients of this film as police Lt. Williams (Jack Hedley) sets out after a crazed woman-killer (who quacks like a duck) while stalking the streets of NYC. The suspect, Mickey Scellenda (Howard Ross), has been seen in the company of some of the victims, but how many more victims will be claimed before the perpetrator is finally caught?
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| 1. The Black Cat (1980)
2. The Gates of Hell (1980)
aka: City of the Living Dead
3. The House by the Cemetery (1981)
aka: Zombie Hell House
4. The New York Ripper (1982)
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