Lucio Fulci
‘The Devil’s Honey’ is a Deranged, Steamy Classic [4K Ultra HD Review]
To start, I am a massive fan of sexually-charged thrillers. Admittedly maybe a little bit too much. Anyone who catches a glimpse of my TV screen at any given time, or sees what is on my watchlist, mig...
Five Horror Director Cameos You Probably Never Noticed
Many directors are fond of appearing in their own work in some capacity or another. Given there are plenty of people who aren’t entirely familiar with what their favorite directors look like, it...
Why Fulci’s Zombie is the Distilled Essence of Zombie Cinema
It’s a movie of many, many titles. Over thirty years, it’s been known as Zombi 2, Zombie Flesh Eaters, Zombie Dawn of the Dead and more, but the American title Zombie—while the mo...
Generations of Gore: Seven Movies Clearly Influenced by Fulci
Lucio Fulci left a lasting mark on fans and filmmakers alike. People are still talking about his work to this day. Movies like The Beyond and Zombie continue to see newly restored Blu-ray releases. Di...
Gore Monger: How Lucio Fulci Helped Redefine Italian Horror
To some degree Italian horror used to dictate the landscape of American horror. The Giallo films of yesteryear, for example, paved the way for the American slasher film. Directors like Dario Argento w...
How The House by the Cemetery Inverted the Zombie Genre
Lucio Fulci’s House by the Cemetery is, I’ll admit, my least favorite of the director’s “Gates of Hell” trilogy. But that doesn’t mean that the film is withou...
Fulci’s The Beyond is a Surrealist Masterpiece
Lucio Fulci was never a very linear director. His films—be they giallo, zombie or otherwise—rarely had anything resembling a straightforward plot. They worked despite these things, ...
Chronicling the Death of Italian Horror Cinema
There was a time, fondly remembered and not all that long ago, when Italy was the pinnacle of horror filmmaking. In the 1960’s Mario Bava helped define the giallo, a precursor to the American s...
How New York Ripper Stretched the Limits of Giallo
The New York Ripper is without a doubt one of Italian maestro Lucio Fulci’s most brutal, controversial films. It has the same structure and setup as a gialli, but is very different from what we...
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