Four of the Apocalypse
Four of the Apocalypse is a 1975 film from Italy, directed by Lucio Fulci, running 104 minutes. reelscum files it under spaghetti western.
- Year
- 1975 · 1970s films
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Director
- Lucio Fulci
- Updated
- 10 Aug 2026
- Obscurity
- cult (37/100)
- Also known as
- Four of the Apocalypse
Defined in the glossary: Spaghetti western
Fulci does a bleak, hallucinatory western. Four outcasts cross a hostile frontier. Most do not make it.
Lucio Fulci's spaghetti western, adapted from Bret Harte, following four petty criminals, a gambler, a pregnant prostitute, a drunk and a madman, who survive a massacre and cross a brutal frontier together. It is grim, strange and unexpectedly moving, with a sadistic bandit named Chaco who is pure Fulci cruelty.
It sits at the melancholy, hallucinatory end of the cycle, closer to a road film than a shootout picture, and the fates of its outcasts are affecting. A late, underrated entry from a director better known for gore.
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