Which Fulci film started it all for you?
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mulholland_empire — 14 years ago(November 12, 2011 08:52 AM)
zombi
dont torture a duckling
house by the cemetery
city of the living dead
devils honey
perversion story
eroticist
murder rock
lizard in a womans skin
door into silence
manhattan baby
ny ripper
cat in the brain
the beyond
conspiracy of torture
the psychic
touch of death
i think lizard in a womans skin or zombi was the first one, the rest is history -
GeneticSugarKane — 14 years ago(November 23, 2011 06:20 PM)
ZOMBIE
When I first saw it I thought it was decent but it didn't blow me away. However, re-watching a couple 5b4of years later I fell in love and began tracking down a bunch of his other stuff. I've been a big fan for about 5 years now. -
Icons1976 — 14 years ago(January 30, 2012 09:54 AM)
For me everything started with his Gialli's! I loved "A Lizard in a Woman Skin"(1971), "Don't Torture a Duckling"(1972) and "One on the Top of the Other"(1969).
Their plots,twists, cast, and use of sets and cinematography, and of the immense Morricone's scores,haunted me for the rest of my life of cinephile.
For me he's always been way superior, way more stylish, and somewhat more curious/surprising to watch, than Argento!
Argento had bigger budgets,mainstream cast and crews,but some of his films, especially,those after "Suspiria", had always somewhat disappointed me,especially for their lack of a personal style,and for a visual flatness,so way too typical of the 1980's mainstream.
Goi1c84ng back to Fulci: after having watched all of his different genres,and,of course,all Horrors(was ecstatic by the on set SFX's, for me, even today, some of the best.. and never aged) I just got hooked to his amazing eye for one of the most significant,innovative filmmaking that distinguished him always in the B underground cinema and that,i believe, he owed and kept almost intact, even when making lurid films on commission,with budgets that would have not permitted others,like Argento,let's say(but many Americans,too,especially!) to make anything even merely watchable.
My opinion! -
hnow — 14 years ago(March 31, 2012 05:59 PM)
Yeah, Zombie it was for me. My sister's boyfriend wanted to go see this late-night movie and I went with them. My sister was grossed out and went over to watch something else at the same theater. But I stayed and loved it, although I thought the music was somehow a bit inappropriate. The movie haunted me and disturbed me for a while afterwords.
Didn't know much about Fulci apart from the occasional Fangoria magazine article. But eventually I went to see more like Gates of Hell and House By The Cemetery which was the last Fulci film I saw in a theater. -
shotgun_mcguffin — 14 years ago(March 24, 2012 09:15 AM)
Same with me, City of the Living Dead. Just 'cause I heard that it was gory.
My collection does'nt come near yours though. I just got the Gates of Hell Trilogy: City of the Living Dead, The Beyond and House by the Cemery. Besides that I've seen Zombi and the New York Ripper. But hopefully soon I am the happy owner of Lizard in a Woman's Skin -
Hey_Sweden — 13 years ago(June 17, 2012 02:28 PM)
For me it was "Zombi 2". I've since seen "Don't Torture a Duckling", "The Psychic", "City of the Living Dead", "The House by the Cemetery", "The Beyond", and "The New York Ripper", and enjoyed each.
What do you think this is, a signature? It's a way of life! -
dan-bgb — 13 years ago(June 20, 2012 06:02 PM)
Definitely Zombi 2 It is by far my favorite zombie movie of all time and probably my favorite movie. I have a huge collection of pre-1990 zombie films. Among the Fulci films I have:
Zombi 2
City of the living Dead
House by the Cemetery
The Beyond
Lizard in a Womans Skin
Zombi 3
Cat ONine Tails
Demonia
Ive seen Dont Torture a Duckling, Manhattan Baby, and New York Ripper -
dawndeadromero — 12 years ago(May 28, 2013 06:41 AM)
It was Zombie for me. I got my dad to rent it for me when I was 9. I wanted to watch it just because of the cover alone. I enjoyed it and ended up renting The Gates Of Hell (City Of The Living Dead)a few years later since it was also directed by Fulci. That film scared me like no other film has.
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dumm-y — 12 years ago(September 18, 2013 11:21 AM)
The first one was City Of The Living Dead, under the title The Gates Of Hell. I rented it years ago, 1983-84? After that I searched him out. I was limited at the time to what I could find, but I never stopped. He remains a favorite of mine to this day, and I'm 43.
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Aylmer — 11 years ago(February 17, 2015 12:57 PM)
ZOMBI 2 was my intro too, coming right off DAWN OF THE DEAD and hungry for more Zombie action! ZOMBI 2 did not disappoint, and I was blown away by how realistic and over the top the gore was. It totally got me hooked on Italian movies in general.
Afterward I was quite disappointed by CITY OF THE LIVING 2000DEAD and even more-so by HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY. THE BEYOND I found a lot more watchable but not until the end did I see much zombie action I had come for.
Once I grew to appreciate his style, I watched CONTRABAND, NEW YORK RIPPER, and CONQUEST all tremendously entertaining films and proudly displayed in my library. DON'T TORTURE A DUCKLING and MASSACRE TIME were good too.
However, after getting burned watching too many of his late 80's efforts, I stopped bothering to seek out any more of his work. CAT IN THE BRAIN especially was quite torturous. This was all in the mid-to-late 90's when it was very hard to locate these films. -
Horrorfan — 10 years ago(June 04, 2015 03:30 AM)
The first one I saw was one of ones legally available here in Germany, I think it was
Demonia
on VHS and I wasnt impressed. Later I bought Zombi 2 on VHS and this started my interest. Didnt hurt that I was still in my "the gorier the better" phase and that
The Beyond
,
City of the living dead
and
New York Ripper
are banned in their uncut versions here.
Now I own:
Zombi 2 (Bluray/DVD/VHS)
The Beyond (Bluray/DVD)
City of the living dead (Bluray/DVD)
House by the cemetery (Bluray/DVD)
Zombi 3 (DVD/VHS)
New York Ripper (DVD/VHS)
Dont torture a duckling (DVD)
The Psychic (DVD)
Cat in the brain/Nightmare Concert (DVD)
Contraband (DVD)
New Gladiators (DVD)
Manhattan Baby (VHS)
Aenigma (VHS)
and Ive seen:
Conquest
Murder Rock
Touch of Death
Demonia