Line #3 Creator/LucioFulci


1	[[quoteright:233:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lucio_fulci.jpg]]
2
3	->''Fulci's attention to gruesome detail is so excessive it's ridiculous, approaching blood porn.''
4	-->-- '''[=VideoHound=]'s Cult Flicks & Trash Pics'''
5
6	Lucio Fulci (17 June 1927 – 13 March 1996) was an Italian screenwriter and director.
7
8	He was best known for splattery {{Giall\|o}}i and [[SplatterHorror horror]] films (though he also made {{western}}s and comedies). His films seldom pass up an excuse for [[{{Gorn}} gore]], and the effects are consistently over-the-top — sometimes horrifyingly convincing, sometimes [[SpecialEffectFailure amusingly fake]], but always extreme. His films are driven by theme and visual style rather than coherent plot; they tend to be [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism deeply pessimistic]], and propelled toward nihilistic {{Downer Ending}}s.
9
10	Compare Creator/DarioArgento and Creator/GeorgeARomero.
11	-----
12	!!His best-known films (all from 1971-1984) are:
13	[[index]]
14	* ''Lizard in a Woman's Skin'', a psychedelic PoliceProcedural.
15	* ''Film/DontTortureADuckling'', an extremely pessimistic ''giallo'' touching on themes of small-town xenophobia as the townspeople suspect all of the "outsiders" for a rash of child-murders. Fulci himself considered it his best film.
16	* ''Film/SevenNotesInBlack'' (called ''The Psychic'' in its English dub), a ''giallo'' about a clairvoyant woman who turns detective after receiving visions relating to a murder apparently committed in her house.
17	* ''Four of the Apocalypse'', a dark SpaghettiWestern based on stories by Bret Harte.
18	* ''Film/Zombi2'' (known as ''Zombie Flesh Eaters'' in the UK and ''Zombie'' in the US), where a Caribbean island is infested with zombies. The title ''Zombi 2'' is a case of DolledUpInstallment: ''Film/{{Dawn of the Dead\|1978}}'' was titled ''Zombi'' in Italy.
19	* ''Film/CityOfTheLivingDead'', zombie flick with religious elements which was followed by two loose "sequels" (Read below)
20	* ''Film/Contraband1980'', his sole ''poliziotesco'' picture, which was funded by actual mobsters after the original producer died suddenly and his widow nearly pulled the plug.
21	* ''Film/TheBeyond'' (a.k.a. ''Seven Doors of Death''), a sad, thoughtful horror film based on the works of Creator/HPLovecraft and Creator/ClarkAshtonSmith. Features [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies extra zombies]] thanks to ExecutiveMeddling.
22	* ''Film/TheHouseByTheCemetery'', a MindScrew HauntedHouse film. Features a character named [[MeaningfulName Freudstein]] and [[AllPsychologyIsFreudian goes from there]].
23	* ''Film/TheNewYorkRipper'', a SerialKiller film widely decried as misogynistic and has a serial killer that sounds like ''WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck''.
24	* ''Film/{{Conquest}}'', Fulci's surreal contribution to the [[HeroicFantasy Sword and Sorcery]] craze of the 80's.
25	* ''Film/TheNewGladiators'', a sci-fi action film set in a dystopian future heavily inspired by ''Literature/TheRunningMan'' and ''Film/BladeRunner''. Suffers from some padding but has great action pieces, sets, and miniatures.
26	[[/index]]
27	* ''A Cat In The Brain'', an extremely meta horror film starring Fulci AsHimself -- a horror-film director who seeks psychiatric help when he begins seeing the world ThroughTheEyesOfMadness.
28
29	!!Other films he made include:
30	* ''Massacre Time'', one of three Spaghetti Westerns he directed.
31	* ''The Silver Saddle'', one of three Spaghetti Westerns he directed.
32	* ''Literature/WhiteFang'' (1973), a rare family film in his repertoire.
33	* ''Film/Zombi3D'', a "sequel" to his own ''Zombi 2'' that is one part ''Film/TheReturnOfTheLivingDead'', one part ''Film/DayOfTheDead1985'', and one part ''Film/TheCrazies1973'', telling the story of a conflict between scientists and the military following a zombie-inducing contamination and a group of survivors trying to get out of Dodge alive.

Context Creator / LucioFulci