Lucio Fulci
Italian filmmaker and "Godfather of Gore" Lucio Fulci is best known for his work in the giallo and horror genres. Fulci originally studied medicine before becoming an art critic, and finally decided to work in film as a screenwriter. He wrote his first screenplay for "L'uomo, la bestia e la virtu" in 1953. The film was directed by the prolific Steno and starred the legendary Orson Welles. Working mainly in the comedy genre early in his career, Fulci made his directorial debut in 1959, with "I ladri." He continued to direct comedies throughout the 1960s but turned to more controversial giallo thrillers in the 1970s, with films like "Lizard in a Woman's Skin" and "Challenge to White Fang." Fulci's films were as commercially successful as they were unsettling, often depicting mutilated animals and obscene religious imagery. Fulci's breakthrough in the horror genre came in 1979, with "Zombi II," a film which was marketed as a European sequel to George A. Romero's "Dawn of the Dead." Fulci made some of his most notable and goriest films during the 1980s, with the zombie thrillers "City of the Living Dead," "The Beyond," and the giallo thriller "The New York Ripper." All the films Fulci directed during the early 1980s were viewed as extremely violent and disturbing, and he had numerous creative battles with the films' censors. He continued to write and direct horror films up until his death at the age of 68.
Filmography
Movies
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Wax Mask | Writer | - | 1997 |
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Voices From Beyond | Director | - | 1991 |
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Demonia |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1990 |
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A Cat in the Brain (Un gatto nel cervello) (Nightmare Concert) |
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- | 1990 |
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Self, Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1990 |
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Director, Writer |
- | 1989 |
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The Sweet House of Horrors | Director | - | 1989 |
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Zombi 3 | Director | - | 1988 |
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Il Fantasma di Sodoma (Sodoma's Ghost) (The Ghosts of Sodom) | Director | - | 1988 |
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Quando Alice Ruppe lo Specchio (Touch of Death) (When Alice Broke the Mirror) | Director | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Aenigma | Director | - | 1987 |
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Aenigma | Director | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Devil's Honey | Director | - | 1986 |
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Conquest | Director | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder-Rock: Dancing Death | Director | - | 1984 |
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Murderock - uccide a passo di danza (Murder Rock - Dancing Death) | Director | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The New Gladiators |
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- | 1983 |
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Rome, 2072 A.D.: The New Gladiators |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1983 |
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Eye of the Evil Dead |
Dr. Forrester (Character), Director |
- | 1982 |
25% |
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The New York Ripper |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1982 |
68% |
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The Beyond |
Director, Screenwriter |
$123.8K | 1981 |
33% |
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The Black Cat | Director | - | 1981 |
40% |
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The House by the Cemetery |
Director, Writer |
- | 1981 |
44% |
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City of the Living Dead |
Director, Writer |
- | 1980 |
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Contraband |
Don Morrone's Assasin (Character), Director |
- | 1980 |
43% |
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Zombi 2 | Director | - | 1979 |
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They Died with Their Boots On | Director | - | 1978 |
100% |
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The Psychic |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1977 |
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Four of the Apocalypse | Director | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Challenge to White Fang |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1974 |
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The Senator Likes Women |
Director, Writer |
- | 1973 |
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White Fang | Director | - | 1973 |
83% |
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Don't Torture a Duckling |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1972 |
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100% |
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Lizard in a Woman's Skin | Director | - | 1971 |
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Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1969 |
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One on Top of the Other |
Director, Writer |
- | 1969 |
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Perversion Story |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Operation St. Peter's | Director | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Long, the Short, the Cat | Director | - | 1967 |
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The Brute and the Beast | Director | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I due della legione | Director | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Colpo gobbo all'italiana | Director | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita | Creator | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Letto a tre piazze | Writer | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Piccola posta | Writer | - | 1955 |
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An American in Rome | Writer | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | We Stole a Tram | Screenwriter | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Days of Pompeii | Assistant Director | - | 1950 |