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Ghostdude
07-Oct-2010, 11:38 AM
Lucio Fulci's trio of his US & UK based films, released together for the 1st time ever in this must-have "Godfather of Gore" definitive collector's set.

Titles Comprise:

New York Ripper: Do you like your horror films nice 'n' nasty? Then brace yourself for this notorious 1982 gem of depravity that is every bit as vile and stylishly shocking as you've been led to believe.

Directed by the old scalp-ripper himself, Lucio Fulci, he's in full flesh tearing form as the cops of New York hunt down a psychopath with a penchant for slicing his victims to the bone but not before he has his fun with them first... "Quack! Quack! Quack!"

If you've recently revisited old video nasties only to be disappointed then this is the ultimate sex 'n' slash fest to test your nerve with a realistic sadistic streak that will have you begging for mercy!

Manhattan Baby: From Lucio Fulci, the director of New York Ripper, comes his utterly bizarre descent into a surreal world of creepy kids, Egyptology, flesh tearing birds, walls that bleed, creepy tombs and much more!

A succinct plot synopsis is frankly near impossible but here goes: There's a possessed Egyptian amulet, what looks like a gate to hell and rip-off moments from a variety of classic genre films including The Exorcist, The Awakening, The Birds, The Omen and most notably Rosemary's Baby.

Despite the dubious plotting Fulci was at the height of his powers when he made this highly atmospheric and stunningly shot horror film that makes up in classic set pieces and pierced eyeballs what it lacks in coherence!

Black Cat: We all know director Lucio Fulci for his depraved nasties like New York Ripper, but if you're wondering why in France he's held in the same esteem as Hitchcock, then the deliciously eerie The Black Cat is a great place to start.

Inspired by the Edgar Allen Poe tale, this black cat is a malevolent moggy that stalks through a sleepy English town appearing to fulfil the murderous wishes of its owner, the sinister psychic medium Professor Miles (Patrick Magee in fine deranged form). What Professor Miles has not reckoned on is his cat turning him into the next mouse to slowly kill!

High on gothic atmospheric thanks to the moody cinematography of Sergio Salvati, this unusual Fulci tale of claustrophobic terror is a little seen gem that compares to the best output of the Hammer and Amicus studios.



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Suitable for 18 years and over.
* Containing a booklet adapted by Stephen Thrower from his definitive, highly acclaimed book, "Beyond Terror - The Films Of Lucio Fulci
* Each DVD with Reversible Sleeve featuring original artwork
* The artwork of this limited edition set has been exclusively created for Shameless by top British film poster artist Graham Humphrey
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DVD Release Date: 25 Oct 2010

AcesandEights
08-Oct-2010, 04:21 PM
I'd have liked the title "Triumvirate of Terror" better.

MinionZombie
08-Oct-2010, 04:44 PM
I wonder if New York Ripper is uncut...

I've got it on a Vipco VHS and it's cut, not only that but the VHS is woefully pan & scanned. It's literally horrendous how badly the film has been pan & scanned (originally shot in 2.35:1) ... last time I saw a NYR DVD in a UK shop it was cut (kind of them to clarify that on the box for a change at least).

Weirdly, between the 2002 and 2007 releases, the film has gotten longer in the UK - but more cut. :confused:

If they're using either the 2002 or 2007 release for this box set, then it'll be cut ... the BBFC would have had information up by now about a 2010 release if there was going to be an attempt to get it uncut for this set, so it seems that it'll probably be cut again.

Purge
09-Oct-2010, 03:06 AM
I really like some of Fulci's work, but that doesn't incluse those three films. New York Ripper has some good murder scenes (especially the razor blade scene with Daiella Doria), but otherwise a flop.

JDFP
09-Oct-2010, 03:34 AM
Whatever happened to Fulci Fan?

He'd be jizzing all over this thread if he was here.

As far as my opinion on Sir Lucio, I think his stuff is generally crap -- even though I do give kudos to his fantastic gore. He was called "The Godfather of Gore" for a reason. The man had some type of Freudian infatuation with eyeballs though.

:)

j.p.

MoonSylver
09-Oct-2010, 04:46 AM
Whatever happened to Fulci Fan?

He'd be jizzing all over this thread if he was here.

As far as my opinion on Sir Lucio, I think his stuff is generally crap -- even though I do give kudos to his fantastic gore. He was called "The Godfather of Gore" for a reason. The man had some type of Freudian infatuation with eyeballs though.

:)

j.p.

FF was the 1st person I thought of.:D

I'm a fan myself, but got tired of having to explain/defend Fulci all the time, so I rarely mention it anymore.:|

As for the eyes, IIRC the quote from Fulci was (paraphrased) "The eyes are the window to the soul. They witness all the horror, all the terror." So there you go.:)

MinionZombie
09-Oct-2010, 10:59 AM
I think Fulci Fan is away from the keyboard at the moment busy working on a project.

Of those three movies in the boxset I've only see New York Ripper, which I still think is a pretty decent grotty slasher flick ... I'd like to see it in it's Original Aspect Ratio one day, because the Pan & Scan version looks utterly dreadful.

Mr.G
09-Oct-2010, 01:18 PM
As far as my opinion on Sir Lucio, I think his stuff is generally crap -- even though I do give kudos to his fantastic gore. He was called "The Godfather of Gore" for a reason.

j.p.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't like his movies. Different strokes for different folks but man, the following of this guy amazes me. Kind of like Justin Bieber.

AcesandEights
09-Oct-2010, 04:02 PM
Whatever happened to Fulci Fan?

Fulci Fan has been an on/off poster for a while, so I agree with MZ that he is probably keeping busy afk.

Andy
09-Oct-2010, 07:15 PM
I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't like his movies. Different strokes for different folks but man, the following of this guy amazes me. Kind of like Justin Bieber.

Fulci is very hit and miss for me, ZFE is one of my favourite films which i would say is equal, if not better than, alot of romeros work. Some of his other films though like city of the living dead or even the beyond are almost unwatchable to me.

bassman
09-Oct-2010, 07:17 PM
Add another name to the anti-fulci list. Overrated, imo.

MoonSylver
09-Oct-2010, 07:26 PM
Always love how these threads turn into "Yeah, I hate Fulci too, he's an overated hack!". Never fails.:deadhorse:

triste realtà
09-Oct-2010, 10:37 PM
He took that eye violence from Bava (see Black Sunday).

I just saw Beatrice Cenzi and there's a spike to the eye scene and that was 1969.

Andy
09-Oct-2010, 10:57 PM
Always love how these threads turn into "Yeah, I hate Fulci too, he's an overated hack!". Never fails.:deadhorse:

Well now to be fair, i never said i hated fulci, in fact i think his movies can be better than romeros in many ways. ZFE especially.

MoonSylver
10-Oct-2010, 12:40 AM
Well now to be fair, i never said i hated fulci, in fact i think his movies can be better than romeros in many ways. ZFE especially.

True. It's just that most threads that invoke his name go south rather quickly. I realize his movies aren't for everyone, & most of the italian/euro horror films in general are somewhat of an aquired taste & employ a whole differnt storytelling style, but it gets frustrating sometimes. :(

MinionZombie
10-Oct-2010, 06:43 PM
I'm not Fulci fanatic by any means, and I've certainly not seen all his movies, but I have seen a bunch of them.

I really dig Zombi 2, although after the first viewing (at which point I loved it) I came to resent it quite a bit as a soul-less cash-in (the Zombi 2 title business really), but then after not seeing it for ages and finally getting to see it totally uncut I really enjoyed it again. It's a great sleazy euro-zombi flick.

I quite enjoy New York Ripper, even though it's fairly messy and really grotty ... you've gotta be in that exploitation movie vibe to watch some of Fulci's flicks I think.

I recently saw City of the Living Dead for the first time, and to be honest it was a bit of a boring affair for most of the running time. Sometimes it was really cool with some kick ass sequences, but other times it was deathly dull and what's more it didn't make a lick of sense. At least with Zombi 2 there's a plot that makes sense, but CityOTLD barely makes a jot of sense.

I saw House by the Cemetery uncut for the first time a few weeks ago too. I've got it (cut, and not in the O.A.R.) on DVD and didn't enjoy it an awful lot, but seeing it uncut and in its OAR made it more enjoyable ... although that weird-looking blonde kid (who was also in A Blade in the Dark) is annoying as all get-out, especially his English voice dubber. That high-pitched whine throughout the whole damn movie is piss-annoying. House by the Cemetery, again, doesn't make an awful lot of sense, but there are some awesome horror sequences in that, and again it's full of style - like a lot of Italian horror flicks (City of the Living Dead was very, very stylish and good looking).

I quite like The Beyond, I enjoyed that from the first viewing. Zombi 3 is a shoddy affair though. It's enjoyably camp and 'so bad it's kinda good' ... but yeah, what an utter load of cobblers that is, it's absolutely all over the place. :lol:

I want to see Cat in the Brain sometime, come to think of it.

So in short, I'm in favour of Fulci's flicks, and once I realised a while back that there's just a particular way that Italian horror flicks are made and play out, I came to enjoy them more than I had been before. However, I've got to be in the right mood for a Fulci flick.

fulci fan
14-Nov-2010, 08:12 PM
Yeah,yeah,yeah. I'm here. I haven't been on in a while because I was in California doing some shit. And I went through a bad break up in August, But I am back And I am here to tell all the Fulci haters to fuck off :).

xoxo