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.
The Italian guy is a well known director and screenwriter of most horror films. He is known for his uncanny storytelling that will really leave an imprint inside your head long after you have finished his film. Each graphically detailed skin will really leave you cringing and jumpy.
Before he got lost in the mesmerizing world of film making, Fulci was once a medical student during his college years. Later on he realized that he will never be good in the medical field because his heart simply was not in it. So he ventured out to the art world, where he found a job as an art critic, which he has served for quite a while.
When he finally stopped med school, he was, for a time, employed as an art critic. This job helped him gain a better understanding of art and what really defines beauty, which is incorporated in his most brilliant masterpieces. When he had finally gotten round to the world of film, young and eager Fulci went on to be a comedy screenwriter. His ambitious nature landed him a directing job, working closely with the most brightest and most successful comedians of the day. But even so, he has not acquired fame and the movies he made were only so so.
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 master of zombie films that are favorites of fans up until the present time. Zombi 2 has helped him gain international fame. This violent film with a serious overdose of the walking dead has been marketed in some countries as a sort of sequel to another equally famous zombie film.
Most film distributors give his pictures an R rating. This is mainly due to the very close up shots depicting torture and pain. Eye injuries seem to be one of his personal favorites, as most of his motion pictures have sequences wherein a character loses sight due to piercing of the eyeballs and even by pulling it out of its socket.
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.
The Italian guy is a well known director and screenwriter of most horror films. He is known for his uncanny storytelling that will really leave an imprint inside your head long after you have finished his film. Each graphically detailed skin will really leave you cringing and jumpy.
Before he got lost in the mesmerizing world of film making, Fulci was once a medical student during his college years. Later on he realized that he will never be good in the medical field because his heart simply was not in it. So he ventured out to the art world, where he found a job as an art critic, which he has served for quite a while.
When he finally stopped med school, he was, for a time, employed as an art critic. This job helped him gain a better understanding of art and what really defines beauty, which is incorporated in his most brilliant masterpieces. When he had finally gotten round to the world of film, young and eager Fulci went on to be a comedy screenwriter. His ambitious nature landed him a directing job, working closely with the most brightest and most successful comedians of the day. But even so, he has not acquired fame and the movies he made were only so so.
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 master of zombie films that are favorites of fans up until the present time. Zombi 2 has helped him gain international fame. This violent film with a serious overdose of the walking dead has been marketed in some countries as a sort of sequel to another equally famous zombie film.
Most film distributors give his pictures an R rating. This is mainly due to the very close up shots depicting torture and pain. Eye injuries seem to be one of his personal favorites, as most of his motion pictures have sequences wherein a character loses sight due to piercing of the eyeballs and even by pulling it out of its socket.
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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