October 16, 2009
This is how horror movies should be!
Al Cliver, Anthony Flees, Antoine Saint-John
In 1927, a band of angry townsfolk travel deep into the Louisiana Bayou to destroy an Satanic painter named Schweik. In an isolated Gothic hotel basement, they chain-whip, crucify, and shower the warl...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 10, 2000
Stats: 589 reviews
Flixster Reviews (589)
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July 16, 2009A masterpiece of visionary Horror from the poet of gore Lucio Fulci, and in my opinion the best chapter of the trilogy.
Once again, the story is not one of the most original (witchcraft, gates of hell, ghosts, zombies) and numerous are the references to other authors (Henry Jame...( read more) -
June 12, 2009Fulci doing what he did best: cinematic trashy madness. I have yet to see a movie that beats that ending. Also, eye-eating spiders.
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July 7, 2007A masterpiece in Italian Horror. Fulci's greatest achivement. It's a weird story about one of the seven doors of Hell being opened in the basement of an old hotel in Louisiana. Scary things start happening once the gate is open: the dead start walking the earth, animals and insec...( read more)
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November 21, 2009It's OK. Not too grand, but it doesn't suck. If you're keen on professional film making, this will automatically be a bad horror film in your eyes. I don't care if the story is cheesy and that body doubles are these plastic-looking things, because Fulci is a gorehound visualist a...( read more)
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October 24, 2009an excellent modern (80's) gothic horror movie, its one of those rare movies that is spooky & gory. done by the italian meastro Luchio Fulchi & one of his best. Highly recommended.
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October 15, 2009Some of the make-up effects and visuals were brilliant, but much of the film felt too lifeless. I didn't find it to be as scary as most have found it to be. I found it to be more of a guilty pleasure picture than anything else really. Fun, but I don't think I'll watch it again.
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October 4, 2009Again the acting sucks, but this one counts with a pretty good and (somewhat) original story. That's why this is Fulci's best film ever, and one of the most violent and gory horror films I know. Old school zombies and non-CGI gore. That's the best stuff there is :-) Two thumbs up...( read more)
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September 10, 2009Lucio Fulci's all time masterpiece of terror! very graphic and unique with atmosphere and darkness despite a silly plot.
Critic Reviews
September 3, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
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July 20, 2008Woe be unto him who opens one of the seven gateways to Hell, because through that gateway, evil will invade the world.
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