Tag Archives: Lucio Fulci

When watching a giallo, the audience member wants one of two things--either to vicariously live through the upper class excess the characters experience on screen, or to see these rich fools die horrible deaths for the base, solipsistic, grotesque lifestyles they lead.

In five short years, Cadabra Records has established itself as perhaps the indispensable label for those possessing a predilection for unique, beguiling forays into aural darkness. Cadabra melds high-end, spoken word performances of classics by Lovecraft, Poe, Ligotti and more ...

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 ...