Fear is an inherent emotion in every human being. Even though one may put up a strong facade in the face of the unknown, there will still be that one thing that still scares you even if you are old enough to know that fear only exists in the mind. The most common fears of man include heights and a certain fear of clowns, yet there are also those that are less known of and are even very ridiculous like the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth, better known as arachibutyrophobia.
This inherent fear of fear has made horror films quite productive in the film industry. Nobody can resist the urge to sit down to a good old scare fest, even if you know you will be shouting yourself hoarse from all the macabre scenes. This genre is where Lucio Fulci is well known for, and the book Beyond Terror by Stephen Edward Thrower celebrates the ingenuity that made Fulci one of a kind.
Fulci is well known Italian director, actor, and screenwriter. He is known to fans as the Godfather of the Gore due to his graphic rich films at the pinnacle of his directing success. He is also one of the very few horror directors that has successfully made use of zombies in a horror film that has incited terror from millions of audiences all over the world.
It is easy to assume, based on his perfectly made horror films, that he has started very early off on the road to macabre. Contrary to popular belief, Fulci was actually once a med student when he was at the university. He just employed the knowledge that he had gained about the human anatomy to give a new hair rising definition to the word torture.
After his critiquing gig he opted to launch his career in to the world of movies as a screenwriter and moved later on to becoming a director. He initially worked with comedy flicks and got to direct 18 comedies that starred famous Italian comedy teams. These did not reach a wider extent, however, because they were not available in English.
The film that jumpstarted his successful career in the horror genre is Dont Torture A Duckling. The motion picture has scathing social commentary. It also featured the early signs of his trademark graphic violence that his fans has grown to adore. It was viewed to be severely anti Catholic because of his use of Church figures as an instrument of evil.
He is also a director that uses a certain character inherent in horror genres, the zombie. He loved the idea of using the walking dead in his flicks so much that one in particular, Zombi 2, was the one responsible for his rise to stardom in the international movie scene. This was originally marketed as a sort of sequel to another one that was also famous to horror fans.
Most of his films are given an R rating by distributors due to the intense graphic scenes that it features. He has become a master of injury to the eye scenes, wherein the human eyeball is either pierced or pulled out of its socket. When he went into a partnership with another famous Italian screenwriter, Fulci has managed to make the most violent and gory films in the history of movies, which made him the favorite of horror fans until today.
The book by Stephen E. Thrower explains and analyzes, in full detail, some of his most unforgettable works. The book even has posters and other related stuff as a freebie. It also features a word of introduction by Antonella, daughter of Fulci himself.
This inherent fear of fear has made horror films quite productive in the film industry. Nobody can resist the urge to sit down to a good old scare fest, even if you know you will be shouting yourself hoarse from all the macabre scenes. This genre is where Lucio Fulci is well known for, and the book Beyond Terror by Stephen Edward Thrower celebrates the ingenuity that made Fulci one of a kind.
Fulci is well known Italian director, actor, and screenwriter. He is known to fans as the Godfather of the Gore due to his graphic rich films at the pinnacle of his directing success. He is also one of the very few horror directors that has successfully made use of zombies in a horror film that has incited terror from millions of audiences all over the world.
It is easy to assume, based on his perfectly made horror films, that he has started very early off on the road to macabre. Contrary to popular belief, Fulci was actually once a med student when he was at the university. He just employed the knowledge that he had gained about the human anatomy to give a new hair rising definition to the word torture.
After his critiquing gig he opted to launch his career in to the world of movies as a screenwriter and moved later on to becoming a director. He initially worked with comedy flicks and got to direct 18 comedies that starred famous Italian comedy teams. These did not reach a wider extent, however, because they were not available in English.
The film that jumpstarted his successful career in the horror genre is Dont Torture A Duckling. The motion picture has scathing social commentary. It also featured the early signs of his trademark graphic violence that his fans has grown to adore. It was viewed to be severely anti Catholic because of his use of Church figures as an instrument of evil.
He is also a director that uses a certain character inherent in horror genres, the zombie. He loved the idea of using the walking dead in his flicks so much that one in particular, Zombi 2, was the one responsible for his rise to stardom in the international movie scene. This was originally marketed as a sort of sequel to another one that was also famous to horror fans.
Most of his films are given an R rating by distributors due to the intense graphic scenes that it features. He has become a master of injury to the eye scenes, wherein the human eyeball is either pierced or pulled out of its socket. When he went into a partnership with another famous Italian screenwriter, Fulci has managed to make the most violent and gory films in the history of movies, which made him the favorite of horror fans until today.
The book by Stephen E. Thrower explains and analyzes, in full detail, some of his most unforgettable works. The book even has posters and other related stuff as a freebie. It also features a word of introduction by Antonella, daughter of Fulci himself.
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