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3 | ->''Fulci's attention to gruesome detail is so excessive it's ridiculous, approaching blood porn.'' |
4 | -->-- '''[=VideoHound=]'s Cult Flicks & Trash Pics''' |
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6 | Lucio Fulci (17 June 1927 – 13 March 1996) was an Italian screenwriter and director. |
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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. |
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10 | Compare Creator/DarioArgento and Creator/GeorgeARomero. |
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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. |
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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. |
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