Lucio Fulci

Born:	June 17, 1927 Rome, Italy
Died:	March 13, 1996
Occupation:	Film Director, Screenwriter, Actor

German gore director Andreas Schnaas (left) and the late Lucio Fulci (right) at the 1994 Eurofest, London, England

Lucio Fulci (June 17, 1927 - March 13, 1996) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for his directorial work on some of the goriest horror films ever made, including Zombi II (1979) and The Beyond (1981), although he made films in genres as diverse as giallo, western, and comedy. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... June 17 is the 168th day of the year (169th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Nickname: Motto: SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC Government  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area  - City 1,285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban 5... March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Image File history File links Andreas Schnaas and Lucio Fulci File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Andreas Schnaas and Lucio Fulci File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Andreas Schnaas (l) and the late Lucio Fulci (r) Filmmaker Andreas Schnaas (Born April 1, 1968 in Hamburg, Germany) embraced cinema at a very young age. ... London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. ... June 17 is the 168th day of the year (169th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar). ... March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... DVD cover showing horror characters as depicted by Universal Studios. ... The best-known of Lucio Fulcis films, Zombi II (also known as Zombie Flesh Eaters) sparked an obsession with zombie films across Europe and made Fulci a horror icon. ... The Beyond (also known as E tu vivrai nel terrore - Laldilà or Seven Doors of Death) is a 1981 Italian horror movie directed by Lucio Fulci. ... S.S. Van Dines The Benson Murder Case, the first giallo ever published (1929). ... i like western films The Western is an American genre in literature and film. ... Airplane! is considered by some critics to be one of the funniest movies of all time. ...

Biography

Fulci was born in Rome. After studying medicine, he opted for a film career, working in a wide variety of genres in Italy. In the early 1970s he moved into the thriller arena, directing giallo films that were both commercially successful and controversial in their depiction of violence and religion. The first film to gain him notoriety in his native country, Non si sevizia un paperino (Don't Torture a Duckling) mixed scathing social commentary with the director's soon-to-be-trademark graphic violence to stunning, hallucinatory effect. Nickname: Motto: SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC Government  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area  - City 1,285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban 5... S.S. Van Dines The Benson Murder Case, the first giallo ever published (1929). ...

In 1979 he achieved his international breakthrough with Zombi II, an excessively bloody zombie film that was marketed in European territories as a sequel to George Romero's Dawn of the Dead (1978). He followed it up with several tales of horror and the supernatural, many also featuring zombies. His features during this time have been described by critics as the most violent and gory films ever made. City of the Living Dead (1980), The Beyond (1981), The House by the Cemetery (1981), and The New York Ripper (1982) were some of his biggest hits, all of which featured extreme levels of on-screen blood and cruelty. The best-known of Lucio Fulcis films, Zombi II (also known as Zombie Flesh Eaters) sparked an obsession with zombie films across Europe and made Fulci a horror icon. ... A group of actors portraying zombies in a film A zombie is an animated human body devoid of a soul. ... George Romero at the 2006 DragonCon George Andrew Romero (born February 4, 1940) is an American director, writer, editor and actor. ... For the remake, see Dawn of the Dead (2004 film) Dawn of the Dead (also known as Zombi) is a 1978 Italian/American independent zombie horror film. ... DVD cover showing horror characters as depicted by Universal Studios. ... Look up Supernatural in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... City of the Living Dead is an Italian zombie film from director Lucio Fulci. ... The Beyond (also known as E tu vivrai nel terrore - Laldilà or Seven Doors of Death) is a 1981 Italian horror movie directed by Lucio Fulci. ... The House by the Cemetery (originally titled Quella villa accanto al cimitero) is a 1981 horror film directed by the noted Italian cult film maker Lucio Fulci. ... The New York Ripper is a 1982 film directed and co-written by Lucio Fulci. ...

Several of Fulci's movies were censored by the film distributor to ensure an R rating (such as The Beyond, which was originally released in edited form as Seven Doors of Death) or were released unrated in order to avoid an X-rating (as with Zombi II and The House by the Cemetery), which would have greatly restricted the films' target audience to adults only. The unrated films often played worldwide in drive-ins and grindhouses to hordes of delighted teenagers and horror fanatics. In ancient Rome, censorship was the office or function of a censor. ... A Film distributor is an independent company, a subsidiary company or occasionally an individual, which acts as the final agent between a film production company or some intermediary agent, and a film exhibitor, to the end of securing placement of the producers film on the exhibitors screen. ... The MPAA film rating system is a system used in the United States and territories and instituted by the Motion Picture Association of America to rate a movie based on its content. ... The Beyond (also known as E tu vivrai nel terrore - Laldilà or Seven Doors of Death) is a 1981 Italian horror movie directed by Lucio Fulci. ... X-rated, X certificate, X classification or similar terms are labels for movies implying strong adult content, typically pornography or violence. ... Hulls Drive In Theatre, outside Lexington, Virginia A drive-in theater is a form of cinema structure consisting of a large screen, a projection booth, a concession stand and a large parking area for automobiles. ... Exploitation films is a loosely defined term to describe a film genre that typically sacrifice the traditional notions of artistic merit for a more sensationalistic display, often featuring excessive sex, violence, and gore. ...

Many of Fulci's movies were banned in Europe or released in heavily cut versions. Most of his movies became synonymous with video nasties in the 1980s. After viewing Fulci's New York Ripper, the British Board of Film classification not only refused the film a certificate but also ordered that all copies of the offending film be removed from the country. Video nasty was a term coined in the United Kingdom in the 1980s that originally applied to a number of films distributed on video that were held by some to be unfit for domestic viewing. ... The New York Ripper, original title Lo squartatore di New York, is a 1982 film directed and co-written by Lucio Fulci. ...

Some of Fulci's fans have retroactively argued that at his peak, Fulci's fame and popularity were on a par with that of Dario Argento, another famous Italian horror film director that Fulci had avoided working with and openly badmouthed. The two finally agreed to collaborate, but Fulci died before the project was finished and the film, M.D.C. - Maschera di Cera (The Wax Mask, 1997), was eventually directed by Sergio Stivaletti. Dario Argento (born September 7, 1940) is an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter. ...

Fulci's films remained generally ignored and/or dismissed by the mainstream critical establishment, who regarded his work as pure exploitation. However, genre fans appreciated his films as being stylish exercises in extreme grue, and later, some of his splatter films (notably The Beyond and House by the Cemetery) began receiving occasional positive critical retrospective notices outside of the Fulci cult. His earlier, lesser-known giallos (notably A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971) and Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)), as well as the western Four of the Apocalypse (1975), received some critical acclaim as they became more widely available around the world. Exploitation film is a loosely defined term to describe a film genre that typically sacrifices the traditional notions of artistic merit for a more sensationalistic display, often featuring excessive sex, violence, and gore. ... Look up genre in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Poster art for Blood Feast (1963) A splatter film or gore film is a type of horror film that deliberately focuses on graphic portrayals of gore and violence. ... S.S. Van Dines The Benson Murder Case, the first giallo ever published (1929). ... Lizard in a Womans Skin (a. ... i like western films The Western is an American genre in literature and film. ... Four of the Apocalypse ( aka I Quattro dellapocalisse) is a (1975) spaghetti western starring Fabio Testi and directed by horror film maestro Lucio Fulci. ...

After the mid-1980s, Fulci was far less successful. He began to suffer from personal and health problems, and marked a decline in the quality of his work. He died in Rome on March 13, 1996, allegedly by his not taking his insulin injection to treat his diabetes. March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Insulin (from Latin insula, island, as it is produced in the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas) is a polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism. ... This article is about the disease that features high blood sugar. ...

In 1998, Fulci's The Beyond was re-released to theaters by Quentin Tarantino, who has often cited the film, and Fulci himself, as a major source of inspiration. Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, actor, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter. ...

Fulci vs. Sacchetti

Fulci and screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti share many screen credits from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. Their relationship deteriorated over the 1987 film The Changeling 2. Luca M. Palmerini and Gaetano Mistretta's book Spaghetti Nightmares, publishes two full interviews, one with Fulci and one with Sacchetti, explaining the reasons for the fallout. Dardano Sacchetti (born 1944) is an Italian screenwriter most well-known for his work in the horror genre. ... The Changeling 2 (aka Per Sempre and Fino Alla Morte) is an unofficial sequel to Peter Medaks 1980 haunted house thriller The Changeling. ... Spaghetti Nightmares is a reference book on Italian horror films by Luca M. Palmerini and Gaetano Mistretta. ...

Fulci's version is as follows: "One day I told him the story of Evil Comes Back (later retitled The Changeling 2), a sequel on a fantastic note to The Postman Always Rings Twice and he proposed it several times over with my name on it as director and then, one day, he registered it with his name on it (laughs). I later found out that he'd sold it to a friend of mine - Martino, but, in view of our past friendship, I decided not to sue him, I just broke off all relations with him. He is, indeed, a very good scriptwriter." The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1934 crime novel by James M. Cain. ... Slave of the Cannibal God poster Sergio Martino (born 19 July 1938 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian film director, notable for his contributions to the giallo genre. ...

Sacchetti's version differs: "When I proposed him the treatment, which was nothing more than a sequel in fantasy style to The Postman Always Rings Twice, in which a dead man returns, he became really enthusiastic and had it read by a producer, who then commissioned me to write the script. Then, for various reasons, problems arose and the film wasn't made. Four years later, Bava used the script to make Per Sempre and Fulci, who wasn't working at the time got angry with me and started hurling these accusations. It's one thing to say that we were supposed to make this film together, but to claim that the story was his and that I stole it from him is pure science-fiction." Lamberto Bava (Born April 3, 1944) is an Italian film director who is the son of Mario Bava. ... The Changeling 2 (aka Per Sempre and Fino Alla Morte) is an unofficial sequel to Peter Medaks 1980 haunted house thriller The Changeling. ...

Filmography (as director)

• I ladri (1959)
• I ragazzi del juke box (1959)
• Urlatori alla sbarra (1960)
• Colpo gobbo all'italiana (1962)
• I due della legione (1962)
• Le massaggiatrici (1962)
• Uno strano tipo (1963)
• Gli imbroglioni (1963)
• I maniaci (The Maniacs, 1964)
• I due evasi di Sing Sing (1964)
• I due pericoli pubblici (1964)
• 002 agenti segretissimi (1964)
• Come inguaiammo l'esercito (1965)
• 002 operazione Luna (1965)
• I due parà (1965)
• Come svaligiammo la Banca d'Italia (1966)
• Le colte cantarono a morte e fu... tempo di massacro (Massacre Time, 1966)
• Come rubammo la bomba atomica (1967)
• Il lungo, il corto, il gatto (The Long, the short, and the Cat) (1967)
• Operazione San Pietro (1967)
• One on Top of the Other (1969)
• Beatrice Cenci (The Conspiracy of Torture, 1969)
• A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)
• All'onorevole piacciono le donne (Nonostante le apparenze e purché la Nazione non lo sappia...) (1972)
• Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
• White Fang (1973)
• The Challenge to White Fang (1974)
• Il cavaliere Costante Nicosia demoniaco... ovvero Dracula in Brianza (Young Dracula/Dracula in the Provinces (1975)
• The Four of the Apocalypse (1975)
• La pretora (1976)
• Seven Notes in Black (The Psychic, 1977)
• Silver Saddle (1978)
• Zombi II (also known as Zombie Flesh Eaters/Zombie, 1979)
• Contraband (1980)
• City of the Living Dead (also known as The Gates of Hell, 1980)
• The Black Cat (1981)
• The Beyond (Seven Doors of Death, 1981)
• The House by the Cemetery (1981)
• The New York Ripper (1982)
• Manhattan Baby (1982)
• Conquest (1983)
• I guerrieri dell'anno 2072 (The New Gladiators/Rome 2033 - The Fighter Centurions, 1984)
• Murder-Rock (1984)
• The Devil's Honey (1986)
• Aenigma (1987)
• Zombi III (1988)
• When Alice Broke the Mirror (also known as Touch of Death, 1988)
• Sodoma's Ghost (also known as The Ghosts of Sodom, 1988)
• The Sweet House of Horrors (1989, TV)
• The House of Clocks (1989, TV)
• Demonia (1990)
• A Cat in the Brain (Nightmare Concert, 1990)
• Voices From Beyond (1991)
• Door to Silence (1991)

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Bibliography

• Il terrorista dei generi, tutto il cinema di Lucio Fulci by Giacomo Cacciatore, Un mondo a parte, Rome (2004)
• Beyond Terror, the films of Lucio Fulci By Stephen Thrower - Fab press (1999)
• Spaghetti Nightmares by Luca M. Palmerini and Gaetano Mistretta, Fantasma Books, Key West, Florida, 1996.

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External links

• Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database
• Lucio Fulci at the Internet Movie Database
• Terrore Italiani: Detective Fiction and the Giallo (includes a discussion of Fulci's 'A Lizard in a Woman's Skin' and 'Don't Torture a Duckling')