The House of Clocks

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The House of Clocks is a 1989 Italian horror film directed by Lucio Fulci. Although originally slated to air on Italian cable television, the finished film was deemed too violent by producers, and was relegated to a DTV release.

[edit] Plot

The story revolves around a wealthy older couple who are murdered during a robbery by three young perpetrators. The event results in a supernatural reversal of time, symbolized by the fast, counter-clockwise movement of hands on the house's many clocks. Eventually, this leads to the resurrection of the older couple, who subsequently seek to terrorize the three burglars.

[edit] Critical Response

Completed late in the director's career, many Fulci fans consider this film to fall below the standard of quality set by such earlier works as Zombi 2 (1979) and The Beyond (1981).