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Old 4th October 2017, 04:36 AM
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10 Essential Lucio Fulci Movies Every Horror Fan Should See | Taste of Cinema - Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists

Films discussed:

10. The House by the Cemetery
9. Perversion Story
8. Lizard in a Woman’s Skin
7. Four of the Apocalypse
6. Zombi 2 (Zombie Flesh Eaters)
5. The New York Ripper
4. The Psychic
3. Don’t Torture a Duckling
2. The Beyond
1. City of the Living Dead
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I've always considered Zombie Flesh Eaters overrated, and The House by the Cemetery is just okay, but it's at least better than the odious atrocity that is The New York Ripper. Other than that, this is a good read overall, and is a solid enough list as an introduction to the work of Lucio Fulci. City of the living Dead is very good, and The Beyond is easily his greatest horror film. Perversion Story, Lizard in a Woman's Skin, The Psychic, and Don't Torture a Duckling are some of the very finest gialli I've ever seen. That latter title there is probably Fulci's masterpiece.
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Sorry but when did Perversion Story become a horror staple? Must have missed that meeting....
Will defend NYR .... a sour reposte to his critics imho. And it's not quite as repellent as say, Disclosure. Now that was an 'odious' film imo.

Shocks ... have you seen his Beatrice Cenci? A film that doesn't seem to be represented in the poll ahem. Duckling is up there but to me this is his best work.
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Sorry but when did Perversion Story become a horror staple? Must have missed that meeting....
Yeah it's not horror, it's a giallo that isn't even gory either. Giallo is a genre itself, with elements that influenced the slasher sub-genre of the horror film, and has much fandom amongst horror fans. I guess that's why it's been included on this list along with Lucio Fulci's other gialli.

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Shocks ... have you seen his Beatrice Cenci? A film that doesn't seem to be represented in the poll ahem. Duckling is up there but to me this is his best work.
I was quite late to seeing Beatrice Cenci, and it's a great piece of filmmaking. I've only seen it once, so time will tell with more viewings, but right now, I would say Duckling is Fulci's best work, followed very closely by The Beyond , with Lizard in a Woman's Skin rounding off my top 3.
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After all this time, it's still Lizard for me.
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Well it's nice that they have so many handy pointers nowadays .... In my day you had to do your own detective work. I look forward to a deluge of reissues in Cex then.
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Watching The New York Ripper (1982)

To the uninitiated ... a right load of quackingly violent tosh .... but to enthusiasts it is a panapoly of miasmic archetypes (strokes beard so vigourously ... it catches fire).

AHEM.

Word weary detective tracks psycho in the beeg shitty. Well this apple is somewhat sour. Peopled by opportunist vermin of all shades, these streets really do need a real rain etc
Our torporous hero shuffles upon the truth ... but nae afore there's some reekingly apparent (to modern eyes stunted by CGI) graphic FX along the way. A nasty but not totally black in tone film imo.
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Watching The New York Ripper (1982)

To the uninitiated ... a right load of quackingly violent tosh .... but to enthusiasts it is a panapoly of miasmic archetypes (strokes beard so vigourously ... it catches fire)
But the uninitiated wouldn't get the 'quackingly violent tosh' remark!
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I was wondering if Beyond Terror is in colour?


That's what i found disappointing about the Jess Franco book. The lack of colour photos. Fulci like Franco is a visually stunning director and to be honest black and white photos just won't do in my opinion.
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