Lucio Fulci
Lucio Fulci was an Italian filmmaker known for his versatility across multiple genres, including giallo, horror, and crime films. He became particularly renowned for his influential horror works in the 1970s and 1980s, such as 'Zombi 2' (1979) and 'The Beyond' (1981), which featured striking visual style and atmospheric cinematography. Fulci's work significantly impacted the Italian horror tradition and influenced generations of filmmakers with his distinctive approach to suspense and surrealism.
Defining films
In their own words
Fulci's films, especially The Beyond and Zombie Flesh Eaters, showed me that you don't need a huge budget to create truly terrifying and disturbing imagery. It's all about the atmosphere and how you make the audience feel it.
The slow, dreamy, nightmarish quality he had, like in The Beyond especially, was a big one for me.
The Beyond fascinates me because it is a film that is almost pure dream, pure nightmare. It's about imagery, atmosphere.
Films by decade
