Lucio Fulci

[ohgr]

I've recently had the pleasure of watching some Italian horror.

Zombie, The Beyond and Demons etc.

I was wondering what other films by Lucio Fulci and Dario Argenta are good watching?

Your advice is appreciated.

[DarkwingMantis]

Not Argento or Fulci, but check out twitch of the death nerve by Mario Bava. Kind of the grand daddy to the slasher films

[Ritualistic]

I strongly suggest The New York Ripper, and suspiria

[Dreaming Girl]

There's also The Gates Of Hell by Fulci.

And by Argento: Suspiria, Phenomena, Tenebrae, and Inferno are my favorites.

[zwoti]

how about the original and definitive giallo film,

bava's blood and black lace

i'm also partial to michele soavi, especially stagefright and the church

[kpropain]

Originally posted by ohgr
I've recently had the pleasure of watching some Italian horror.

Zombie, The Beyond and Demons etc.

I was wondering what other films by Lucio Fulci and Dario Argenta are good watching?

Your advice is appreciated.

Demons was Dario Argento dude, but a great film nontheless.

[Killer Clown#1]

Originally posted by Dreaming Girl
There's also The Gates Of Hell by Fulci.
. I think he asked for good watching:rolleyes:

[Ritualistic]

Originally posted by Killer Clown#1
I think he asked for good watching:rolleyes: Man That Gates of Hell AKA the city of the living dead is one of his best films......

[ohgr]

Originally posted by kpropain
Demons was Dario Argento dude, but a great film nontheless.

I can't recall saying it wasn't :D

I have Demon's on DVd and I loved it. And I do know it's by Dario Argenta :D

[zwoti]

demons and demons 2 are by lamberto bava, dario argento co-wrote and produced them.

[Dreaming Girl]

Originally posted by Killer Clown#1
I think he asked for good watching:rolleyes:

Good can mean unintentionally funny to, you know. Seriously, I've seen few horror movies that amused me as much as The Gates Of Hell...

[SFF]

Actualy, my favorite Fulci film is The House by The Cemetary. I first seen it when I was about 12. Nice and bloody. It just popped in my head last night and I searched for it on Netflix and there it was!!! Needless to say, I put it on my rental list. So, I recomend it

[in the woods...]

New York Ripper
Suspiria

[Ritualistic]

Originally posted by in the woods...
New York Ripper
Suspiria My choices as well

[Ritualistic]

Originally posted by SFF
Actualy, my favorite Fulci film is The House by The Cemetary. I first seen it when I was about 12. Nice and bloody. It just popped in my head last night and I searched for it on Netflix and there it was!!! Needless to say, I put it on my rental list. So, I recomend it House by the Cemetary is not all that bloody... But it is still a good movie...

[zwoti]

city of the living dead aka Gates of Hell, you got to love john morghen meeting the drill.

and then there is always nightmare concert aka cat in the brain..

[SFF]

Originally posted by Ritualistic
House by the Cemetary is not all that bloody... But it is still a good movie...

Well, since I haven't seen it in over ten years, I can't remember all of it, but the scene which sticks out in my mind is where this old woman goes into the people's house who have the monster in the basement, they are not home, but the monster is and he takes something which looked like a fire poker and first stabbed her in the belly, then the chest which made a terrible cracking noise and then in the neck which hit the juggular vein and blood started squirting everywhere. Anyway, I thought it was pretty bloody back then.

[Ritualistic]

Originally posted by SFF
Well, since I haven't seen it in over ten years, I can't remember all of it, but the scene which sticks out in my mind is where this old woman goes into the people's house who have the monster in the basement, they are not home, but the monster is and he takes something which looked like a fire poker and first stabbed her in the belly, then the chest which made a terrible cracking noise and then in the neck which hit the juggular vein and blood started squirting everywhere. Anyway, I thought it was pretty bloody back then. Oh yeah that is a badass scene.. and then there is always nightmare concert aka cat in the brain..



and then there is always nightmare concert aka cat in the brain..

Great gory movie..

[radio667]

Remember : For an Italian Zombie film ..Bad does not mean its bad sometimes bad is good ;) LOL - if you were going to throw a Fulci Fest you need to bring City of the Livng Dead aka Gates of Hell , and The Beyond to the party :D

[Ritualistic]

Originally posted by radio667
Remember : For an Italian Zombie film ..Bad does not mean its bad sometimes bad is good ;) LOL - if you were going to throw a Fulci Fest you need to bring City of the Livng Dead aka Gates of Hell , and The Beyond to the party :D Great choices... :D

[zwoti]

Originally posted by radio667
Remember : For an Italian Zombie film ..Bad does not mean its bad sometimes bad is good ;)

does that explain why burial ground (aka nights of terror) got made?

but i enjoyed zombie holocaust (aka dr butcher MD) nice use of an outboard motor.

[radio667]

Originally posted by Ritualistic
Great choices... :D Thank You :D !!

[radio667]

Originally posted by zwoti
does that explain why burial ground (aka nights of terror) got made?

but i enjoyed zombie holocaust (aka dr butcher MD) nice use of an outboard motor. OMG - Burial Ground is an Amazing piece of .....work ;) i knew this movie was going to be good when i saw that the actor who played the 13 - 14 year old son of a groping couple was ( im almost 100% on this ) a midget actor - who actually looked older than his "mom" - truely a " leave your brain at the door " kinda movie ;) - btw Zombie Holocaust is still a blast to watch !!

[SFF]

I watched House by the Cemetery last night, which I haven't seen in a LOOONG time. Needless to say, it was one of the few movies which is even BETTER than I remembered it!!! And that rarely happens. Most of the time, movies which I once idolized when I was a kid, hold little charms for me as an adult. This IS NOT one of those movies. OMG I got so nauseated while watching it, I could not even finish my slice of Domino's pizza which I ordered just for the occasion. My rugrat's appetite seemed unaffected by the gore, no surprise.

[Ritualistic]

Originally posted by SFF
I watched House by the Cemetery last night, which I haven't seen in a LOOONG time. Needless to say, it was one of the few movies which is even BETTER than I remembered it!!! And that rarely happens. Most of the time, movies which I once idolized when I was a kid, hold little charms for me as an adult. This IS NOT one of those movies. OMG I got so nauseated while watching it, I could not even finish my slice of Domino's pizza which I ordered just for the occasion. My rugrat's appetite seemed unaffected by the gore, no surprise. LOL fucking awesome... watch new york ripper , the eyeball slicing scene is great... :D

[SFF]

Originally posted by Ritualistic
LOL fucking awesome... watch new york ripper , the eyeball slicing scene is great... :D

LOL I have yet to see that one. Sounds great!

[Ritualistic]

Originally posted by SFF
LOL I have yet to see that one. Sounds great! yea I recommend it.. it is funny and fucking gory.. I wont give any secrets away BUT all I have to say is QUACK QUACK!!! :D

[zwoti]

been a while since i saw this one (yeah shame on me), can only remember a couple of gore scenes...now if you're talking fulci gore, you have to be talking about nightmare concert (almost a greatest hits movie)

[Ritualistic]

Originally posted by zwoti
been a while since i saw this one (yeah shame on me), can only remember a couple of gore scenes...now if you're talking fulci gore, you have to be talking about nightmare concert (almost a greatest hits movie) I dont like New York Ripper for the gore, just for the whole concept. Fulci stars in this one too, just a small part though. Nightmare concert is awesome too, great gore.... :D

[ohiotrespassers]

suspiria is one of the best films ever made.

[Khafka]

I really enjoyed Tenebrae thought that it was a little slow at some moment but overall really good with an unexpected ending.

[zwoti]

so we've jumped from fulci to argento now, fair enough. well i'm watching phenomena at the moment. not his best but at 2.99 who can argue for an uncut widescreen dvd.

[Ritualistic]

Originally posted by zwoti
so we've jumped from fulci to argento now, fair enough. . for some reason this happens a lot on this board when we are talking about Italian horror .. :p

[zwoti]

Originally posted by Ritualistic
for some reason this happens a lot on this board when we are talking about Italian horror .. :p

now if we get it to switch to bava...

[Ritualistic]

Originally posted by zwoti
now if we get it to switch to bava... Yeah LOL

[damien]

is deep red good. i loveeeeeeeeeeeeeee the beyond.

[Ann Bowman]

Originally posted by zwoti
so we've jumped from fulci to argento now, fair enough. well i'm watching phenomena at the moment. not his best but at 2.99 who can argue for an uncut widescreen dvd. Oh contraire, Phenomena is one of Argento's very best films. And where the hell did you get this DVD for 3 bucks?! Is it the Anchor Bay one? I shelled out $26 for that thing, and it always skipped and paused frequently during the ending. Thankfully, I acquired myself another copy of the film 110 uncut on VHS- so I can watch it as many times as I want without damn freezing.

[Ann Bowman]

Mario Bava was the original master of Italian horror, he made two really EXCELLENT films- Black Sunday and Twitch of the Death Nerve. Most of his other films were decent, but the man wasn't immune to flops. Blood and Black Lace is overrated.

Lucio Fulci is a hack- was a hack- is a hack. My opinions on him are very well versed and well known. And quite controversial, to my surprise. I wasn't aware that to be a horror fan, I had to be a robot and like everything certain people tell me to. That's the way it's been on other boards...

The Beyond and Don't Torture a Duckling weren't terrible films- but pretty much everything else he touched was. The New York Ripper is a dispicable, miserable excuse for a movie. It's gore was used to cover up the fact that the movie is blatantly misogynistic, and disgusting at that. But since I haven't had any luck so far in appealing to the intelligence of Fulci fans, I digress. Zombie is hugely overrated.

I know that there is a real scale of badness, that it's often an abstract concept. And I know the difference between good-bad and bad-bad. And Fulci was just bad-bad-bad...

Dario Argento on the other hand has been the most consistent, innovative, brilliant, and ambitious of the 3. Even his lowest film, by any standard, would be fascinating!

[zwoti]

Originally posted by Ann Bowman
Oh contraire, Phenomena is one of Argento's very best films. And where the hell did you get this DVD for 3 bucks?!

the joys of ebay. i was willing to shell out even though it wasn't widescreen but the joys i had when i put it on and found it was.

phenomena is one of his best? i must have been watching his films wrong then..

[Ann Bowman]

Originally posted by zwoti
phenomena is one of his best? i must have been watching his films wrong then... Yes many fans dispute this, but some are smart enough to see the obvious talent and energy and care that went into Phenomena. What bugs me the most is how people complain about the metal soundtrack. Yet, they don't seem to mind Opera much... I ignore the music unless it really adds or detracts from the film. And Phenomena's soundtrack was touching when it needed to be, and irreverent when it was appropriate.

Many of the set-pieces involve the actual plot and characters of the movie. This is not always typical for Argento, and thus many fans aren't used to it. But if you appreciate Argento at all, you give him the space to try something different. And Phenomena is fascinating, compelling, bizzare, and beautiful. It aspired to be something more than most of Argento's films. And as an experiment, this worked out much better than many of Argento's films that just retread his giallo formula. The result is very worthwhile.


Also, very happy to hear about your DVD. Is it in good shape, quality-wise?

[zwoti]

well as i giallo fan, i admit i find his early films a real treat. phenomena is a good film, not his best but certainly not his worst (phantom of the opera gets that "honour")

[Ann Bowman]

Originally posted by zwoti
phenomena is a good film, not his best but certainly not his worst I have yet to see his '98 Phantom remake. But you're right about Phenomena, it's not his worst. It's not even close to being his worst. His best film was Suspiria, hands down. I feel his best giallo is Deep Red.

[zwoti]

Originally posted by Ann Bowman
His best film was Suspiria, hands down. I feel his best giallo is Deep Red.
no arguments there.

[damien]

i got to see this deep red movie............. but i didnt like suspiria. but ive been told if i dont like that one i won't like any of his other film's.

[MichaelMyers]

The fat kid avatar...what movie is that from.

[zwoti]

Originally posted by MichaelMyers
The fat kid avatar...what movie is that from.

it isn't from a movie, just found the picture on the net and edited it.

[Ann Bowman]

Originally posted by damien
i didnt like suspiria. but ive been told if i dont like that one i won't like any of his other film's. It depends on what you didn't like about Suspiria. It's possible you'll like his other movies, at least one of them. I always recommend Tenebre, almost every horror fan thoroughly enjoys that one.

[MichaelMyers]

Originally posted by zwoti
it isn't from a movie, just found the picture on the net and edited it.

Thanks.

[zwoti]

Originally posted by Ann Bowman
It depends on what you didn't like about Suspiria. It's possible you'll like his other movies, at least one of them. I always recommend Tenebre, almost every horror fan thoroughly enjoys that one.
tenebrae is a good film

[cybopath]

I've seen a few of his films I recently bought city of the living dead on DVD and thats the biggest mistake I've ever made god the film made no sence had bad acting bad speceil effects it was utter crap. The best film he's made was Zombie AKA Zombie flesh eaters and that still wasn't that good (Had a good score thoe).

[jay o2 waster]

I got Seven Doors of Death (the beyond) for only .99 at Meijers on DVD

[zwoti]

Originally posted by jay o2 waster
I got Seven Doors of Death (the beyond) for only .99 at Meijers on DVD

as long as it's a decent version, that's a bargain.

[Ritualistic]

Originally posted by Ann Bowman
Mario Bava was the original master of Italian horror, he made two really EXCELLENT films- Black Sunday and Twitch of the Death Nerve. Most of his other films were decent, but the man wasn't immune to flops. Blood and Black Lace is overrated.

Lucio Fulci is a hack- was a hack- is a hack. My opinions on him are very well versed and well known. And quite controversial, to my surprise. I wasn't aware that to be a horror fan, I had to be a robot and like everything certain people tell me to. That's the way it's been on other boards...

The Beyond and Don't Torture a Duckling weren't terrible films- but pretty much everything else he touched was. The New York Ripper is a dispicable, miserable excuse for a movie. It's gore was used to cover up the fact that the movie is blatantly misogynistic, and disgusting at that. But since I haven't had any luck so far in appealing to the intelligence of Fulci fans, I digress. Zombie is hugely overrated.

I know that there is a real scale of badness, that it's often an abstract concept. And I know the difference between good-bad and bad-bad. And Fulci was just bad-bad-bad...

Dario Argento on the other hand has been the most consistent, innovative, brilliant, and ambitious of the 3. Even his lowest film, by any standard, would be fascinating! yeah whatever....

[Hate_Breeder]

Originally posted by jay o2 waster
I got Seven Doors of Death (the beyond) for only .99 at Meijers on DVD

Your an asshole Jay :p

[KRUGERKID13]

Originally posted by jay o2 waster
I got Seven Doors of Death (the beyond) for only .99 at Meijers on DVD


dont get it its bad quality and edited

[Hate_Breeder]

Originally posted by KRUGERKID13
dont get it its bad quality and edited

That sucks

[KRUGERKID13]

yeah seven doors of death is the title for the u.s.edited version plus ive bought some of those dvds and the qualitys not good. Its a good enough movie that you should just spend the extra 20.00 and get a good copy

[Count Dracula]

Originally posted by DarkwingMantis
Not Argento or Fulci, but check out twitch of the death nerve by Mario Bava. Kind of the grand daddy to the slasher films

What the fuck, not Argento not Fulci, the two greatest italian directors ever!
You better check out these two directors, the best of Italy.
films you'd better check out by Fulci and Argento:
Lucio Fulci
The Beyond
City of the Living Dead
House by the Cemetery
Zombie Flesh Eaters
Don't Torture A Duckling
The Black Cat

Dario Argento
Suspiria
Inferno
Tenebre
Cat O`nine Tails

You'd better check out Michele Soavi, that made films like Stagefright and Dellamorte Dellamore (known as Cemetery Man in the US)

[zwoti]

Originally posted by Count Dracula
What the fuck, not Argento not Fulci, the two greatest italian directors ever!
You better check out these two directors, the best of Italy.


you're kidding right?

[Ritualistic]

Originally posted by KRUGERKID13
dont get it its bad quality and edited Yeah it is best to just go ahead and buy the uncut version of "The Beyond"

[IDrinkYourBlood]

my favorite (and i dont care what anyone else says) is ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS -AKA- ZOMBIE. It was a zombie movie with an actual good story (besised dead trilogy and biohazardous) its one of my top five zombie faves. i think fulcie is a genious.

[Vampenguin]

Stupid Parents....


I was at Wal-Mart yesterday, and they had House by the Cemetary for $5!!!!


But, my parents dont want me buying anymore movies this summer.....and itz "R" so I cant get it without them.....:mad: :( :mad:

[IDrinkYourBlood]

Dude thats totally got to suck, i feel your pain.
and for 5 buxx what a bargin. Im just glad that were i live you can be any age and get any movie you want.

[Ritualistic]

Originally posted by Vampenguin
Stupid Parents....


I was at Wal-Mart yesterday, and they had House by the Cemetary for $5!!!!


But, my parents dont want me buying anymore movies this summer.....and itz "R" so I cant get it without them.....:mad: :( :mad: yeah that does suck

[Hate_Breeder]

Originally posted by Vampenguin
Stupid Parents....


I was at Wal-Mart yesterday, and they had House by the Cemetary for $5!!!!


But, my parents dont want me buying anymore movies this summer.....and itz "R" so I cant get it without them.....:mad: :( :mad:

bummer

[kpropain]

Originally posted by Vampenguin
Stupid Parents....


I was at Wal-Mart yesterday, and they had House by the Cemetary for $5!!!!


But, my parents dont want me buying anymore movies this summer.....and itz "R" so I cant get it without them.....:mad: :( :mad:

LMFAO HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[theslowwizard]

Fulci:

The Beyond
Zombi 2
City Of The Living Dead
House By The Cemetery
Don't Torture A Duckling

Argento:

Everything except his version of Phantom Of The Opera

and I haven't seen his newest (Card Player).

[Vodstok]

Originally posted by kpropain
LMFAO HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA you are a bastard kpro :)


I love being in my 20s :)

[kpropain]

Originally posted by Vodstok
you are a bastard kpro :)



Damn you are just now figuring this out????:p

[Vodstok]

Im a little slow sometimes....:p


you bastard......

[MrShape]

Originally posted by Ann Bowman
Mario Bava was the original master of Italian horror, he made two really EXCELLENT films- Black Sunday and Twitch of the Death Nerve. Most of his other films were decent, but the man wasn't immune to flops. Blood and Black Lace is overrated.

Lucio Fulci is a hack- was a hack- is a hack. My opinions on him are very well versed and well known. And quite controversial, to my surprise. I wasn't aware that to be a horror fan, I had to be a robot and like everything certain people tell me to. That's the way it's been on other boards...

The Beyond and Don't Torture a Duckling weren't terrible films- but pretty much everything else he touched was. The New York Ripper is a dispicable, miserable excuse for a movie. It's gore was used to cover up the fact that the movie is blatantly misogynistic, and disgusting at that. But since I haven't had any luck so far in appealing to the intelligence of Fulci fans, I digress. Zombie is hugely overrated.

I know that there is a real scale of badness, that it's often an abstract concept. And I know the difference between good-bad and bad-bad. And Fulci was just bad-bad-bad...

Dario Argento on the other hand has been the most consistent, innovative, brilliant, and ambitious of the 3. Even his lowest film, by any standard, would be fascinating! At least Fulci didn't make the same fuck'n movie over and over again for thirty years.

[MrShape]

Originally posted by jay o2 waster
I got Seven Doors of Death (the beyond) for only .99 at Meijers on DVD You've probably got the fucked up cut version. Check out Anchor Bay's DVD instead.

[MrShape]

Another really fun Fulci film to check out is "Contraband". It's a full on gore gangster pic. It's a whole lotta fun. Blue Underground has a DVD out.