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Films directed by Lucio Fulci

reelscum lists 9 films directed or co-directed by Lucio Fulci. They were released between 1971 and 1983. The subgenres that appear most often are Giallo (4 films), Video nasty (4 films) and Zombie (3 films).

They are credited to Italy (9), France (1) and Mexico (1). Most were released in the 1970s (5) and 1980s (4).

Entries include Conquest (1983), Four of the Apocalypse (1975) and The Psychic (1977). Each links to its own page with a verdict, rating axes and where to watch.

Poster for Conquest

Conquest

1983 · Spain/Italy · 90m

Fulci does Conan through so much fog you can barely see the gore. Somehow that helps.

Poster for Four of the Apocalypse

Four of the Apocalypse

1975 · Italy · 104m

Fulci does a bleak, hallucinatory western. Four outcasts cross a hostile frontier. Most do not make it.

Poster for The Psychic

The Psychic

1977 · Italy · 102m

Fulci does a clockwork giallo. A woman's vision of a murder turns out to be her own future.

Poster for A Lizard in a Woman's Skin

A Lizard in a Woman's Skin

1971 · Italy/France · 103m

Fulci does psychedelia. The dog scene got him prosecuted.

Poster for The New York Ripper

The New York Ripper

1982 · Italy · 87m

Genuinely nasty and hard to defend. The killer quacks. It doesn't help.

Poster for Don't Torture a Duckling

Don't Torture a Duckling

1972 · Italy · 102m

Fulci's best film and his angriest. A giallo about mob justice in a village.

Poster for City of the Living Dead

City of the Living Dead

1980 · Italy · 93m

The drill scene. Otherwise thin, but the atmosphere is thick.

Poster for The Beyond

The Beyond

1981 · Italy · 88m

Makes no sense whatsoever and is Fulci's best film. Dream logic, fully committed.

Poster for Zombi 2

Zombi 2

1979 · Italy · 88m

A zombie fights a shark. Fulci's splinter shot is still the worst thing here.