Door Into Silence

In Lucio Fulci’s filmography, spoiled by a few shitty horror flicks, which paradoxically made him “famous” (and branded him as a B-movie auteur), Door to Silence is an extraordinary example of his talent for creating the right atmosphere and doing good work with cinematography and set designs, particularly the exteriors in this case. It’s thus too bad that the point of the film is clear basically from the opening credits and it becomes too drawn-out in the last third. However, these shortcomings are significantly offset by the decent performance of John Savage, who is almost constantly in front of the camera. (02/12/2009)