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Born on June 17, 1927, in Rome, Italy, Fulci eventually divided his time
working as an art critic and going to med school. Later joining the
Experimental Film Studios and becoming a screenwriter, Fulci spent 15 years
working under Italian comic master, Steno. Originally planning to remain a
screenwriter, Fulci began directing in order to make more money after his
marriage. Fulci favored fantasy to comedy, anyway. Fulci then went on to
direct his three best and most famous films, ZOMBIE, THE BEYOND, and CITY OF
THE LIVING DEAD (aka Gates of Hell). The critics hated these films, but the
fans wanted more. Soon after, Fulci would make MANHATTAN BABY and his ties
with producer Fabrizio DeAngelis were severed. Later, Fulci would direct a
series of "I need to make money" films achieving mild success until his
return, in essence, to his roots with A CAT IN THE BRAIN. Fulci was often
criticized for the violence (often directed towards women) in his films but
always cited real life as much more horrifying than anything he could ever
film. As CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST director Ruggero Deodato has commented, you can
see far worse, real life horrors for free on your TV set. Fulci has stated he
is "mild, weak ... like all directors of frightening films" and was often
considered a tyrant on the set, often credited to his long history of bad
health and his wife's suicide. Other actors, like David Warbeck, and even
other Italian directors understand him and have nothing but praise for the
man.
Fulci was planning to make his return to horror with WAX MASK, a carbon copy
of HOUSE OF WAX staring Vincent Price. The film was going to be produced by
Dario Argento, but production was called off before even it got off of the
ground due to Fulci's death of a diabetic fit on Wednesday, March 13. The
funeral took place in Rome on March 16, and was attended mostly by his fans
and family as well as Umberto Lenzi, Dario and Fiore Argento. He was a
visionary, a legend, and most of all a hero for the world of horror. If I
could have met anyone in my life time I would have loved to meet this man. He
will be missed by all of his fans.
The Beyond
The cellar of an old hotel is built on top of the door to the beyond.
Bloody zombies roam there. A young woman who is heir of the hotel wants to restaurate it.
She is confronted with strange events. A painter has a lethal fall, the plumber vanishes
and her friend breaks his neck. When she escapes to the hospital of a friendly doctor she
doesn't know what a nightmare is waiting there...
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Zombie
A young woman named Anne (Tisa Farrow) joins forces with reporter Peter West (Ian Mc Culloch)
in a search for her missing father, who's abandoned yacht was the scene of a New York harbor patrolman’s
brutal murder. The search leads them to the remote Caribbean island Matul, where they are thrust into a
life threatening battle with an army of flesh-eating zombies.
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Gates Of Hell
In the small town of Dunwich, a priest commits suicide by hanging himself
in the church cemetary which somehow opens the gates of hell, allowing the dead to rise.
Peter, a New York City reporter, teams up with a young psychic named Mary to travel to
the town where they team up with another couple to find a way to close the gates before
All Saints Day or the dead all over the world will
rise up and kill the living.
[ view the trailer ]
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Filmography (Director)
1. Door to Silence (1992)
... aka Door Into Silence (1992)
... aka Doors to Silence, The (1992)
2. Voices from Beyond (1991)
... aka Voices from the Deep (1991)
3. Demonia (1990)
... aka Liza (1990)
4. Cat In the Brain, A (1990)
... aka Nightmare Concert (1990)
5. Hansel and Gretel (1989)
6. House of Clocks, The (1989)
7. Sweet House of Horrors, The (1989)
8. Sodoma's Ghost (1988)
9. Touch of Death (1988)
... aka When Alice Broke the Mirror (1988)
10. Zombie 3 (1988)
... aka Zombie Flesh Eaters 2 (1988)
11. Aneigma (1988)
12. Dangerous Obsession (1986)
... aka Devil's Honey (1986)
... aka Divine Obsession (1986)
13. Murder Rock - Dancing Death (1984)
... aka Slashdance (1984) Conquest (1983)
14. Fighting Centurions (1983)
... aka New Gladiators, The (1983)
... aka Rome, 2072 A.D. (1983)
... aka Warriors of the Year 2072 (1983)
15. Manhattan Baby (1982)
... aka Evil Eye (1982)
... aka Eye of the Evil Dead (1982)
... aka Possessed, The (1982)
16. New York Ripper, The (1982)
... aka Psycho Ripper (1982)
... aka Ripper, The (1982)
17. House Outside the Cemetery, The (1981)
... aka House by the Cemetery (1981)
18. And You Will Live in Terror: The Afterlife (1981)
... aka Beyond, The (1981)
... aka Seven Doors of Death (1981)
19. Black Cat, The (1980)
20. Contraband (1980)
... aka Naples Connections, The (1980)
... aka Smuggler, The (1980)
21. City of the Living Dead (1980)
... aka Fear in the City of the Living Dead (1980)
... aka Fear, The (1980/II)
... aka Gates of Hell, The (1981) (USA)
... aka Twilight of the Dead (1980)
22. Zombi 2 (1979)
... aka Island of the Flesh-Eaters (1979)
... aka Island of the Living Dead (1979)
... aka Zombie (1980) (USA)
... aka Zombie 2: The Dead Are Among Us (1979)
... aka Zombie Flesh-Eaters (1979) (UK)
... aka Zombies 2 (1979)
23. Man in the Silver Saddle, The (1978)
... aka Silver Saddle (1978)
... aka They Died with Their Boots On (1978) (USA)
24. Murder to the Tune of the Seven Black Notes (1977)
... aka Psychic, The (1979) (USA)
... aka Seven Notes in Black (1977)
25. Pretora (1976)
26. Dracula in the Provinces (1975)
... aka Young Dracula (1975)
27. Four Gunmen of the Apocalypse (1975)
... aka Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1975)
... aka Four of the Apocalypse (1975)
28. Challenge to White Fang (1974)
29. Eroticist, The (1972)
... aka Senator Likes Women (1972) (USA)
30. Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
... aka Don't Torture the Duckling (1972)
31. White Fang (1972)
32. Lizard in a Woman's Skin, A (1971)
... aka Schizoid (1973)
33. Perversion Story (1969/III) (UK)
34. One on Top of the Other (1969)
... aka Perversion Story (1969/II)
35. Operation St. Peter's (1968)
36. How We Stole the Atomic Bomb (1967)
37. Tall, the Short, the Cat, The (1967)
38. Come svaligiammo la banca d'Italia (1966)
39. Two Parachutists, The (1966)
40. Brute and the Beast, The (1966)
... aka Colt Concert (1966)
... aka Massacre Time (1966)
41. 002 Operation Moon (1965)
42. Due pericoli pubblici (1965)
43. 00-2 Most Secret Agents (1964)
... aka Oh! Those Most Secret Agents (1966) (USA)
... aka Worst Secret Agents (1964)
44. Come inguaiamo l'esercito (1964)
45. Beautiful Eyes (1964)
... aka Maniacs, The (1964)
46. Due evasi di sing sing (1964)
47. Masseuses, The (1963)
48. Strange Type, The (1963)
49. Swindlers, The (1963)
50. Due della legione, I (1962)
51. Colp gobbo all'italiana (1960)
52. The Thieves (1959)
53. Howlers of the Dock (1959) (USA)
54. The Jukebox Kids (1959)
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