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Directed by Lucio Fulci
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
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(Blu-ray, Dark Force Entertainment)
Christopher George is a journalist investigating a death at a seance in NYC. While attending the funeral, he hears noises from the casket and rescues the woman before she is buried alive. Together they search for the mysterious town of Dunwich, on no map, where supposedly the gates of hell have been opened by the suicide of a priest. Strange events in Dunwich more or less confirm it. Their search eventually leads them to the town cemetery where they confront the dead priest and his companions. Overplotted, to be sure, but Fulci sustains an atmosphere of dread and horror for just about the entire film. The over-the-top, explicit scenes of gore, including an infamous head drilling, turn out to be a distraction and completely unnecessary.
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