Lucio Fulci
 

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.

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

I strongly suggest The New York Ripper, and suspiria

There's also The Gates Of Hell by Fulci.

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

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

Re: Lucio Fulci
 

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

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......

Re: Re: Lucio Fulci
 

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

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

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...

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

New York Ripper
Suspiria

My choices as well

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

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..

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..

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

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.

Thank You :D !!

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 !!

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

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

new york ripper
 

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)

Re: new york ripper
 

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

suspiria is one of the best films ever made.

Tenebrae
 

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

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.

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...

Yeah LOL

is deep red good. i loveeeeeeeeeeeeeee the beyond.

Jumping to Argento
 

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.

Italian Horror Filmmakers
 

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!

Re: Jumping to Argento
 

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..

Wrong Watch
 

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?