Tag Archives: Lucio Fulci

I didn’t grow up on Westerns, despite how they were often shoved down my throat. I hated Roy Rogers and John Wayne. The idea of The Lone Ranger and Zorro was all right, but I preferred my masked vigilantes a ...

In 1969 a legit, Italian-produced giallo that takes place in San Francisco graced the screen, and the product is as curious as the situation sounds. Before Lucio Fulci went on to become one of the most well known film directors ...

In Italy, it was considered the ‘unofficial sequel’ to DAWN OF THE DEAD. In England, it was known as ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS and banned as obscene. In America, it was called ZOMBIE and advertised with the depraved tag line “WE ...

Last year, Eibon Press created waves throughout the horror community with their Zombie series, based on the iconic tale of terror of the same name from Italian horror icon, Lucio Fulci. With their innovative releases capturing the essence of yesteryear’s horror – while providing ...

Lucio Fulci’s The Beyond (L’aldilà, 1981) is a masterpiece. It was not always recognized as such and even now there are certainly those who argue the point, but it is. It’s a gory, Grand Guignol guided tour through Hell. A ...

In a scene from Mario Bava’s seminal 1964 film Blood and Black Lace (Sei donne per l’assassino) we witness a fashion model, Nicole (Ariana Gorini), as she is pursued through a cluttered antique store and then sadistically murdered with a ...

The zombie film is not only a staple of the horror genre but arguably one of the most diverse sub-genres within it. Relatively cheap to produce, easy to market and with few rules to adhere to it is no surprise ...

Even though it’s just shy of twenty years ago, I can remember — with alarming clarity — the day I saw my first Fulci film: Paura nella città dei morti viventi, (City of the Living Dead, 1980) in the summer ...

By the tail end of the 1970’s, the Americanization of Italian cinema had existed for quite some time. During the 1960’s, spaghetti westerns populated most of the commercial landscape, with filmmakers such as Sergio Leone spearheading the genre to profitable ...

For fans of European horror, the year 1971 was a prime vintage. The Italian giallo boom was at its peak, while a slew of films that married high (art) and low (exploitation) values reached its most prolific and hedonistic. A ...