Fulci is one of my favourite director, i love this director so much that I graduated with a thesis on him at the film university in Rome. Anyway this is my top list of his movies: 1. The Beyond 2. City of the Living Dead 3. Don't Torture a Duckling 4. Perversion Story 5. Beatrice Cenci 6. The New York Ripper 7. A Lizard in a Woman's Skin 8. House by the Cemetery 9. My Sister in Law 10. Massacre Time
Lucio Fulci Rules 👍👍 My top list 1. The Beyond 2. City of the living Dead 3. Zombie Flesh Eaters 4. Massacre Time 5. New York Ripper 6 Don't Torture a Ducking 7. The Four of the Apocalypse 8. House by the Cemetery
Obviously his zombie trilogy is great and personally, I love House by the Cemetery because of the unique atmosphere which stands out from all of his other films.
Okay, I'll do a Top 5 (w/comments) for now, and maybe later come back and add in 6-10, sans the yappin'. 1. ZOMBIE (Chris said it best..."the power of simplicity!) And that splinter scene is not overhyped! Totally iconic. This is the one Fulci you can pull out for "normal" horror fans on a Friday night. You know, without the typical scoffing at post production dubbing, etc. Feh... so annoying. Anyway, "ZOMBIE" is not only a linear, wholly effective classic (feat. the very best "Zombie rising from the worm laden dirt" moment in all of horror) but hey, it was my first ever Fulci too, so as Pete said... 😍 2. THE BEYOND (for me, it's always come off as Fulci's true epic) and it was a genuinely frightening watch back in the later 80s, when I first saw it. Most esp. the scene where Joe "comes back" still chained up behind the wall. That scene was very scary & effective back then, still is. And who can forget that final surreal shot of Dave and Cat's stunned realization. Indelible imagery. *I also remember renting it as "7 Doors to Death" and although sadly cut, I do kinda remember it's score being different...and good. Right? I think so anyway. At the least, a cool/interesting audio alternative. 3. GATES OF HELL (City of The Living Dead) I had a very similar experience with this one, Pete. 2nd ever Fulci I saw, and those death scenes...marone! Most esp the power drill to the temple of Gio Radice, and obviously, the "infamous innards," to the shock and awe of Michele Soavi. All the scalp squeezing/squished brains comes in far behind those two stunning and intense scenes. *I also first saw it as "Gates of Hell," so that's why I refer to this one as such. And....I first looked at it that same way, as a VHS 📼...w/the classic GOH artwork (box), the warning ⚠️ Haha. Halcyon days for the horror fan. 4. NEW YORK RIPPER (I fucking LOVE "The New York Ripper!") And honestly, I love that sleazy bar scene too! Partly because of Alex Delli Colli (an actresses who, for me, nearly defines late 70s GAOP), but also because that scene gives you something we almost never got in other films of this ilk, so effectively filthy anyway. And that is a truly palpable cinematic connection to the gritty, sexualized 1970s New York City. And here, the distinct 42nd St. sleaze of that mid to late 70s and early 80s NYC just oozes out of this whole movie, but most esp. that one scene! "70s New York" (where my Dad ran a scrap metal business in Manhattan) was soooooo different from the coffee shop-hipster-metrosexual place that it started becoming in the mid to later 80s. There was nothing like 1970s New York, and the way it matched up with cult cinema and Rock 'n Roll was special. And this movie, (violence and perversion aside), whether you wanted it to or not, took you to "that lustful, dirty side of the city" like no other. Many other cult/horror films did a decent job of it, some very decent, but none to this "particular level" of salacious nihilism. And man, this particular movie theater/bar scene made you feel like, I dunno... you might get arrested for just watching it -- sorry about the foot though, Craig! Anyway, yeah, Alexandra Delli Colli... Mama Lucia! Casting her in this movie was as good as casting Robert Shaw in JAWS. 5. DON'T TORTURE A DUCKLING (or as I like to say it, in a Lugosi type voice of course, "Do Not Tor-ture de Duckling...de Duckling will not be tor-tured") So, I was initially gonna say "House By The Cemetery" ⚰️ for #5, and then I thought, "Lizard" 🦎. But then it hit me. DTTD not only gives you a very raw and visceral Florinda Bolkan, but Barbara Bouchet as well! And that scene of Barb disrobing and relentlessly teasing the young boy is so worth the price of admission! All of us Fulci fans of the "male persuasion".... that's the fantasy, right? Like Craig said, "where were these lascivious, seductive women when I was 12" *btw, out of sincere interest... are there any "female" Lucio Fulci fans? Gotta be some, right? If so, I'd want to know ya (at least for a few nights at a time anyway. I mean, you'd have to be messed up in the head, so...) Seriously though, genuine female Fulci fans? That's gotta be similar to finding female Rush fans in the 70s and 80s. Okay, at'll do'er for now. Might come back and do 6-10. So again... 1. ZOMBIE 🦈 2. THE BEYOND 🔧 🕷️ 3. GATES OF HELL 🧠 4. NEW YORK RIPPER 👣🌮 5. DON'T TORTURE THE DUCKLING 🦆💃 ..and why not, here's one for half-assed "Aenigma" too --> 🐌
For any Christopher George fans out there, I can highly recommend his short-lived sci-fi/action TV show The Immortal (1970-71) based on the 1969 TV movie.
All you guys have the same top three in a different order and it’s also my top three. City of the Living Dead tops my list. In addition to all the great gory scenes, I dig the atmosphere and the soundtrack. That movie blows me away. I enjoy The Black Cat, I consider it Fulci’s Hammer film. I even kind of liked the bizarreness of Conquest, blurry film stock aside. New York Ripper I watched the same day as Cannibal Holocaust this past October, you wanna talk about needing a shower? I think the final stench from that double feature should be off three weeks from now. Thanks for a great show everyone, would love to see a similar Bava episode.
My TOP-10 ------- 01. ...E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldilà / The Beyond (1981) 02. Zombi 2 / Zombie (1979) 03. Paura nella città dei morti viventi / City of the Living Dead (1980) 04. Luca il Contrabbandiere / Contraband (1980) 05. Non si sevizia un paperino / Don't Torture a Duckling (1972) 06. Lo Squartatore di New York / The New York Ripper (1982) 07. Sette note in nero / Murder to the Tune of the Seven Black Notes (1977) 08. Quella villa accanto al cimitero / The House by the Cemetery (1981) 09. Tempo di massacro / Massacre Time (1966) 10. Quando Alice ruppe lo specchio / Touch of Death (1988)
10. Murder Rock 9. Massacre Time (not horror) 8. A Lizard In A Woman Skin 7. The Psychic 6. Dont Torture A Duckling 5. The New York Ripper 4. House By The Cemetery 3. Zombie Flesh Eaters 2. City Of The Living Dead 1. The Beyond Have probarbly just watch 12-13 Fulci films. So need too check out more.
Mine is Conquest from '83. Fulci jumping on the sword and sorcery bandwagon, following the huge success of Conan. Cool spooky synth-driven soundtrack by Simonetti too.
Love Fulci! 1. Don't torture a duckling 2. Zombie 3. The Beyond 4. NY Ripper 5. House by the Cemetery 6. City of the living dead 7. Perversion story 8. The Psychic 9. Massacre time 10. Lizard in a woman's skin
@ Chris Alo: As per IMDB, New York Ripper had a brief NYC run with 21st Century Film Corporation in 84. They didn't censor Nightmare (1981) or Lenzi's City of the Walking Dead (1980), so maybe this was unedited as well, unlike Seven Doors. Great lists as usual fellas, special shoutout for Massacre Time (1966) and Four of the Apocalypse (1975), underrated Westerns that feature Fulci kicking ass after the Giallo masterworks but before his Zombie Gore classics.
I have read internet rumors that NY Ripper played in NYC. However, I have never seen a poster or a newspaper ad from then to verify that, so I am skeptical, but it's possible. It took me 20 years, but I did find a US theatrical one sheet for Gates of Hell released as "Twilight of the Dead", so it's could be!
Craig is rocking a cool Roadhouse T there I see 🤟 Fulci is a major dude. My top 10: 10. Four of the Apocalypse 9. The Beyond 8. The Psychic 7. House by the Cemetery 6. Perversion Story 5. Zombie 4. Don't Torture a Duckling 3. A Lizard in a Woman's Skin 2. City of the Living Dead 1. New York Ripper I also dig Contraband which is finally getting a blu release this year.
@Craig Kaminski - Haha. "I ain't got 20 bucks!" Where's the 4K of that work of cinematic art? I'd happily spend 40 bucks on that bad boy, even if I live in the UK!
God-damn, Pete! I'm actually impressed with how spot on our passions are in each field of art. But especially horror. If you ever need an extra man for this or comics, I'm your man! And while I'm here, I'll say The Psychic and The Beyond are tied for my favorite Fulci.
My top Fulci movies (along with honorable mentions) include: 1) Zombie (1979) 2) The Beyond (1981) 3) City of the Living Dead (1980) 4) Four of the Apocalypse (1975) 5) The Black Cat (1981) 6) Contraband (1980) 7) The House by the Cemetery (1981) 8) Lizard in a Woman’s Skin (1971) 9) Don’t Torture a Duckling (1972) 10) The Psychic (1977) Honorable mentions: 1) Murder Rock (1984) 2) New York Ripper (1982) 3) Manhattan Baby (1982)
My favorite weekly show. I wanted to reduce my online time a while ago, so I canceled most of my youtube-subscriptions and I'm planning to reduce it even more. The Monsters Den is the only show I'm sure I will keep on watching. Please keep up the amazing Work Pete (& Chris as my favorite Co-captain). On this episodes topic: I loved Fulci Movies as a teen, but I haven't seen any of his movies in 20 years... Maybe I should revisit some of them, but I fear that they didn't age well on me.
My sister's boyfriend, at the time, introduced me to dodgy VHS pirate copies of many horror films and Lucio Fulci's ''Zombie'' was one of them and apart from 'Dawn of the Dead '' is my Favourite zombie film and therefore my fav. Fulci movie. Thank you lads for another very entertaining Monster's Den.
If you're interested in "Euro-Trash", especially Spanish horror, you should do a show about the great Spanish horror actor, writer, director Jacinto Molina aka Paul Naschy! ("City of the Living Dead" aka "Gates of Hell" is my favorite Fulci film.)
@@chrisalo2989 Awesome! I'm a HUGE Naschy fan. I was lucky enough to meet him twice before he passed. Seen probably 90% of his films. Been a collector and fan of his stuff for years.
Great show guys. Tonite on talking pictures channel we have a double feature of lesser known horror movies introduced by Caroline Munro. Dr bloods coffin 1961, starring Hazel court. Followed by The bloody judge 1970 starring Christopher lee. Havnt seen either. Wondered if you have heard of them.
Early on in broadcast you guys mentioned maggots. I remember watching City of the Dead with my mom and when the "maggot storm" scene came on and she actually vomited lol. this one was also my very first Fulci film and though there are several others I like this one will always be my favourite. Great show guys! I watch faithfully every Thursday before heading into my night shift!
I saw Don't Torture a Duckling at the end of a triple feature, after What Have You Done to Solange? and Blood and Black Lace, and I remember not really caring for it. I might have to revisit it.
1) Don't Torture a Duckling 2) Four of the Apocalypse 3) Zombie 4) A Lizard in a Woman's Skin 5) The Beyond 6) New York Ripper 7) Murder Rock 8) Perversion Story 9) City of the Living Dead 10)Contraband
You gotta do a Romero episode and a 70's era horror oriented episode. Maybe a best zombie movie episode....or a best Italian Exorcist ripoffs oriented episode etc...
Great show! Fyi, there is a great documentary called " All the colors of giallo"...a great history of Giallo. On the arrow channel now along with a great selection of Giallo films.
Just saw my first Fulci - Zombie Flesh Eaters, aka Zombie (1979). This was great, a quasi sequel to Dawn of the Dead of sorts. His direction is so gorey and blunt with so little humor as Chris mentions it’s really quite wonderfully appalling. Now to get to some of these others that are equally regarded…Thanks for this guys, I’m a Fulci convert already!
Idea for a topic: I'd like to see a "best giallo films" episode. Obviously Argento and Bava would probably dominate your lists, so perhaps exclude them. There's plenty of good ones out there from lesser-known directors so would be nice to show them some love....
It was an adult woman who did the infamous dubbing for Bob. I don't think his performance was bad but it was just ruined by the dub. But the actor takes the whole thing with good humour.
Surprised you guys didn't mention the dog vivisection scene in "A Lizard in a Woman's Skin." One of the biggest WTF moments ever. It looked so real Fulci almost went to prison! My list: 1. The Beyond 2. City of the Living Dead 3. Zombi 2 4. Don't Torture a Duckling 5. A Lizard in a Woman's Skin 6. New York Ripper 7. The House by the Cemetery 8. One on Top of the Other 9. Psychic 10. Contraband
I tend to steer clear from any animal violence if possible also staged stuff, just difficult to avoid sometimes with favorite Italian or Spanish movies.
True, Lucio Fulci and Carlo Rambaldi (creator of E.T. and creator of the dogs in that scene), had to prove in the Court that those dogs were fake and that they didn't used real animals for that scene.
Great topic as a big Fulci fan was wrapped to see this one. One bit of trivia is the unbelievably annoying Bob's voice in HBTC was a female putting on a young boys voice (unsuccessfully) on the blu I have the actor apologises saying it wasn't his voice in it.
Here's my rakings of the films I have seen so far: 1. Zombi 2. The Beyond 3. New York Ripper (yeah, I agree with Craig, the foot job in the bar scene was a total wtf moment, along with the live sex show scene too, probably thrown into the film cause why not haha) 4. Gates of Hell On my to watch list: 1. Don't Torture a Duckling 2. The Black Cat 3. House by the Cemetery 4. Lizard in a Woman's Skin Love what I've seen from Fulci so far, and am looking forward to exploring the rest of his catalogue!
I literally can’t believe that Craig brought the toe fucking scene. I saw that movie years ago and still an traumatized and nauseated. Thought I was the only one who was completely repulsed by that.
NEW YORK RIPPER seems to be based on the Times Square 42nd Street hooker slashings circa 1980. Refer to new Netflix doco. Wasn't the shark in ZOMBI pregnant too?
The Beyond Zombie Cirty of the Living Dead The House by the Cemetery The Black Cat The Psychic Manhattan Baby Door to Silence Silver Saddle Murder Rock
I have to be the only person who actually likes Bob from House by the Cemetery. He's hilarious! Him and Yogi! Gates of Hell/City of the Living Dead is also my fav Fulci. That drill to the head really disturbed me when I first saw it as a teen.
Silver Saddle (1978) is nice too, one of the last spaghetti westerns made and stars Geoffrey Lewis, Giuliano Gemma and the ever lovely Cinzia Monreale.
Just thought I'd give mention to "The Devil's Honey". Wall to wall kink and nudity delivered in Fulci's never subtle style. You got the top three right, whatever order you put them in.
The only Fulci film I've seen over and over is House By The Cemetery. Bob! Hilarious and... annoying. Ok mostly annoying. I have Prime and looked up The New York Ripper and was pleasantly surprised to find it on AMC plus! I'm totally watching it when I'm done watching your top 10 Fulci films. I paused it just so I could comment. Lol.
It is funny how certain artists, either in film, music, or painting, are not given their due respect until they are either dead or past their prime. I will cite the French painter, Pierre Bonnard. If you ever want to experience how a master uses color, check out his paintings. Picasso, probably through professional jealousy, badmouthed him as being "late impressionist" back in the day, so art history neglected this genius painter forever. Only recently has his inventive and extremely progressive understanding of color been recognized and celebrated.
Cat in the brain is bonkers but total garbage. Fulci as the main actor has gotta be one of the most cringe acting of all times. Seems like he even included scenes from movies he didn't even directed because those guys had ripped him off.
Fulci is one of my favourite director, i love this director so much that I graduated with a thesis on him at the film university in Rome.
Anyway this is my top list of his movies:
1. The Beyond
2. City of the Living Dead
3. Don't Torture a Duckling
4. Perversion Story
5. Beatrice Cenci
6. The New York Ripper
7. A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
8. House by the Cemetery
9. My Sister in Law
10. Massacre Time
Lucio Fulci Rules 👍👍
My top list
1. The Beyond
2. City of the living Dead
3. Zombie Flesh Eaters
4. Massacre Time
5. New York Ripper
6 Don't Torture a Ducking
7. The Four of the Apocalypse
8. House by the Cemetery
Obviously his zombie trilogy is great and personally, I love House by the Cemetery because of the unique atmosphere which stands out from all of his other films.
Great show as always Pete. And of course it’s always a good show when The King is involved. SOT is the best channel on UA-cam!
Craig seems like a good dude. Seen him a couple of times now.
Thanks Peter ! 🤘
House By The Cemetery and The Beyond were my favourite Fulci movies. First saw them at a foggy, deserted drive-in on a double feature............
Okay, I'll do a Top 5 (w/comments) for now, and maybe later come back and add in 6-10, sans the yappin'.
1. ZOMBIE (Chris said it best..."the power of simplicity!) And that splinter scene is not overhyped! Totally iconic. This is the one Fulci you can pull out for "normal" horror fans on a Friday night. You know, without the typical scoffing at post production dubbing, etc. Feh... so annoying. Anyway, "ZOMBIE" is not only a linear, wholly effective classic (feat. the very best "Zombie rising from the worm laden dirt" moment in all of horror) but hey, it was my first ever Fulci too, so as Pete said... 😍
2. THE BEYOND (for me, it's always come off as Fulci's true epic) and it was a genuinely frightening watch back in the later 80s, when I first saw it. Most esp. the scene where Joe "comes back" still chained up behind the wall. That scene was very scary & effective back then, still is. And who can forget that final surreal shot of Dave and Cat's stunned realization. Indelible imagery.
*I also remember renting it as "7 Doors to Death" and although sadly cut, I do kinda remember it's score being different...and good. Right? I think so anyway. At the least, a cool/interesting audio alternative.
3. GATES OF HELL (City of The Living Dead) I had a very similar experience with this one, Pete. 2nd ever Fulci I saw, and those death scenes...marone! Most esp the power drill to the temple of Gio Radice, and obviously, the "infamous innards," to the shock and awe of Michele Soavi. All the scalp squeezing/squished brains comes in far behind those two stunning and intense scenes.
*I also first saw it as "Gates of Hell," so that's why I refer to this one as such. And....I first looked at it that same way, as a VHS 📼...w/the classic GOH artwork (box), the warning ⚠️ Haha. Halcyon days for the horror fan.
4. NEW YORK RIPPER (I fucking LOVE "The New York Ripper!") And honestly, I love that sleazy bar scene too! Partly because of Alex Delli Colli (an actresses who, for me, nearly defines late 70s GAOP), but also because that scene gives you something we almost never got in other films of this ilk, so effectively filthy anyway. And that is a truly palpable cinematic connection to the gritty, sexualized 1970s New York City. And here, the distinct 42nd St. sleaze of that mid to late 70s and early 80s NYC just oozes out of this whole movie, but most esp. that one scene!
"70s New York" (where my Dad ran a scrap metal business in Manhattan) was soooooo different from the coffee shop-hipster-metrosexual place that it started becoming in the mid to later 80s. There was nothing like 1970s New York, and the way it matched up with cult cinema and Rock 'n Roll was special. And this movie, (violence and perversion aside), whether you wanted it to or not, took you to "that lustful, dirty side of the city" like no other. Many other cult/horror films did a decent job of it, some very decent, but none to this "particular level" of salacious nihilism.
And man, this particular movie theater/bar scene made you feel like, I dunno... you might get arrested for just watching it -- sorry about the foot though, Craig! Anyway, yeah, Alexandra Delli Colli... Mama Lucia! Casting her in this movie was as good as casting Robert Shaw in JAWS.
5. DON'T TORTURE A DUCKLING (or as I like to say it, in a Lugosi type voice of course, "Do Not Tor-ture de Duckling...de Duckling will not be tor-tured")
So, I was initially gonna say "House By The Cemetery" ⚰️ for #5, and then I thought, "Lizard" 🦎. But then it hit me. DTTD not only gives you a very raw and visceral Florinda Bolkan, but Barbara Bouchet as well! And that scene of Barb disrobing and relentlessly teasing the young boy is so worth the price of admission! All of us Fulci fans of the "male persuasion".... that's the fantasy, right? Like Craig said, "where were these lascivious, seductive women when I was 12"
*btw, out of sincere interest... are there any "female" Lucio Fulci fans? Gotta be some, right? If so, I'd want to know ya (at least for a few nights at a time anyway. I mean, you'd have to be messed up in the head, so...) Seriously though, genuine female Fulci fans? That's gotta be similar to finding female Rush fans in the 70s and 80s.
Okay, at'll do'er for now. Might come back and do 6-10. So again...
1. ZOMBIE 🦈
2. THE BEYOND 🔧 🕷️
3. GATES OF HELL 🧠
4. NEW YORK RIPPER 👣🌮
5. DON'T TORTURE THE DUCKLING 🦆💃
..and why not, here's one for half-assed "Aenigma" too --> 🐌
For any Christopher George fans out there, I can highly recommend his short-lived sci-fi/action TV show The Immortal (1970-71) based on the 1969 TV movie.
All you guys have the same top three in a different order and it’s also my top three. City of the Living Dead tops my list. In addition to all the great gory scenes, I dig the atmosphere and the soundtrack. That movie blows me away.
I enjoy The Black Cat, I consider it Fulci’s Hammer film. I even kind of liked the bizarreness of Conquest, blurry film stock aside. New York Ripper I watched the same day as Cannibal Holocaust this past October, you wanna talk about needing a shower? I think the final stench from that double feature should be off three weeks from now. Thanks for a great show everyone, would love to see a similar Bava episode.
Damn, you’d need two showers after that double feature! And a Bava ranking would be cool too 👍
My TOP-10
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01. ...E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldilà / The Beyond (1981)
02. Zombi 2 / Zombie (1979)
03. Paura nella città dei morti viventi / City of the Living Dead (1980)
04. Luca il Contrabbandiere / Contraband (1980)
05. Non si sevizia un paperino / Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
06. Lo Squartatore di New York / The New York Ripper (1982)
07. Sette note in nero / Murder to the Tune of the Seven Black Notes (1977)
08. Quella villa accanto al cimitero / The House by the Cemetery (1981)
09. Tempo di massacro / Massacre Time (1966)
10. Quando Alice ruppe lo specchio / Touch of Death (1988)
Cozzi... Cozzi?
Good show fellas, sounds like I have some homework to catch up on. Haven't seen most of these!
Thank you so much for the shout-out Chris 🙏🙏 Exilent episode guys 🙌🙌
Contraband did get an American DVD release from Blue Underground, I have it somewhere around here.
That's the one I have too.
Chris Alo king of horror movies, and extreme metal.
10. Murder Rock
9. Massacre Time (not horror)
8. A Lizard In A Woman Skin
7. The Psychic
6. Dont Torture A Duckling
5. The New York Ripper
4. House By The Cemetery
3. Zombie Flesh Eaters
2. City Of The Living Dead
1. The Beyond
Have probarbly just watch 12-13 Fulci films. So need too check out more.
Mine is Conquest from '83. Fulci jumping on the sword and sorcery bandwagon, following the huge success of Conan. Cool spooky synth-driven soundtrack by Simonetti too.
Love Fulci!
1. Don't torture a duckling
2. Zombie
3. The Beyond
4. NY Ripper
5. House by the Cemetery
6. City of the living dead
7. Perversion story
8. The Psychic
9. Massacre time
10. Lizard in a woman's skin
I waited all week to see this show, and once again I was not disappointed, and I think that's the best shirt the Monsters Den put out yet...
@ Chris Alo: As per IMDB, New York Ripper had a brief NYC run with 21st Century Film Corporation in 84. They didn't censor Nightmare (1981) or Lenzi's City of the Walking Dead (1980), so maybe this was unedited as well, unlike Seven Doors.
Great lists as usual fellas, special shoutout for Massacre Time (1966) and Four of the Apocalypse (1975), underrated Westerns that feature Fulci kicking ass after the Giallo masterworks but before his Zombie Gore classics.
Sounds to me like they dubbed British actor Jack Hedley in The New York Ripper, maybe he couldn't do the US/NY accent they needed.
I have read internet rumors that NY Ripper played in NYC. However, I have never seen a poster or a newspaper ad from then to verify that, so I am skeptical, but it's possible. It took me 20 years, but I did find a US theatrical one sheet for Gates of Hell released as "Twilight of the Dead", so it's could be!
great video.Contraband is a must see super brutal and gory crime flick.
That blowtorch scene, ouch... 😱
Craig is rocking a cool Roadhouse T there I see 🤟
Fulci is a major dude. My top 10:
10. Four of the Apocalypse
9. The Beyond
8. The Psychic
7. House by the Cemetery
6. Perversion Story
5. Zombie
4. Don't Torture a Duckling
3. A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
2. City of the Living Dead
1. New York Ripper
I also dig Contraband which is finally getting a blu release this year.
Thanks Matty! Gotta love the Double Deuce 🤘
@ Craig Kaminski - any joint with Jeff Healey as the house band is the place to be 🍻
@@mattymac1399 “Elvis! Play something with balls!!” 👍
@Craig Kaminski - Haha. "I ain't got 20 bucks!" Where's the 4K of that work of cinematic art? I'd happily spend 40 bucks on that bad boy, even if I live in the UK!
God-damn, Pete! I'm actually impressed with how spot on our passions are in each field of art. But especially horror. If you ever need an extra man for this or comics, I'm your man!
And while I'm here, I'll say The Psychic and The Beyond are tied for my favorite Fulci.
I don't even like horror movies . So the fact that I watch monsters den is a testimony of how good you guys are! Good work 👍
Well, thanks!
Fulci is an inspiration!
Fulci is life! 🤟
My top Fulci movies (along with honorable mentions) include:
1) Zombie (1979)
2) The Beyond (1981)
3) City of the Living Dead (1980)
4) Four of the Apocalypse (1975)
5) The Black Cat (1981)
6) Contraband (1980)
7) The House by the Cemetery (1981)
8) Lizard in a Woman’s Skin (1971)
9) Don’t Torture a Duckling (1972)
10) The Psychic (1977)
Honorable mentions:
1) Murder Rock (1984)
2) New York Ripper (1982)
3) Manhattan Baby (1982)
My favorite weekly show. I wanted to reduce my online time a while ago, so I canceled most of my youtube-subscriptions and I'm planning to reduce it even more. The Monsters Den is the only show I'm sure I will keep on watching. Please keep up the amazing Work Pete (& Chris as my favorite Co-captain). On this episodes topic: I loved Fulci Movies as a teen, but I haven't seen any of his movies in 20 years... Maybe I should revisit some of them, but I fear that they didn't age well on me.
Blue Underground released Contraband on DVD in the States.Good film.I love Fabio Testi.
My sister's boyfriend, at the time, introduced me to dodgy VHS pirate copies of many horror films and Lucio Fulci's ''Zombie'' was one of them and apart from 'Dawn of the Dead '' is my Favourite zombie film and therefore my fav. Fulci movie. Thank you lads for another very entertaining Monster's Den.
I don't think I'll ever forget the ending scene of "New York Ripper". That and the scene with the razor blade.
Never seen a Fulci movie and probably never will, but I never miss an episode of "The Monster's Den", no matter what the subject!
I'm the same, in fact I've little interest in horror but absolutely love The Monsters Den!
Thanks!!!
@@keith.tdublin3268 While mainly a fan of classic horror, I'll watch the occasional Bava, or Argento film. (There's always room for Giallo!)
Pete with the quote of the day!
“Someone just kill this kid!” 😆
‘House By the Cemetery’ is cheesy horror goodness.
If you're interested in "Euro-Trash", especially Spanish horror, you should do a show about the great Spanish horror actor, writer, director Jacinto Molina aka Paul Naschy!
("City of the Living Dead" aka "Gates of Hell" is my favorite Fulci film.)
Oh yeah, we have talked about Naschy in the past and yeah, we will do a show on him at some point for sure.
@@chrisalo2989 Awesome! I'm a HUGE Naschy fan. I was lucky enough to meet him twice before he passed. Seen probably 90% of his films. Been a collector and fan of his stuff for years.
@@robertkramer2271 That's awesome!! I met him only once at a Fangoria convention in New York City.
Great show guys. Tonite on talking pictures channel we have a double feature of lesser known horror movies introduced by Caroline Munro. Dr bloods coffin 1961, starring Hazel court. Followed by The bloody judge 1970 starring Christopher lee. Havnt seen either. Wondered if you have heard of them.
Early on in broadcast you guys mentioned maggots. I remember watching City of the Dead with my mom and when the "maggot storm" scene came on and she actually vomited lol.
this one was also my very first Fulci film and though there are several others I like this one will always be my favourite.
Great show guys! I watch faithfully every Thursday before heading into my night shift!
YES!! The maggot storm in City is totally gross...crawling all over the phone...yuck!!!
Great show! I admit I like The Devil's Honey way more than I probably should. Where it goes you don't see it coming at all.
I saw Don't Torture a Duckling at the end of a triple feature, after What Have You Done to Solange? and Blood and Black Lace, and I remember not really caring for it. I might have to revisit it.
1) Don't Torture a Duckling
2) Four of the Apocalypse
3) Zombie
4) A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
5) The Beyond
6) New York Ripper
7) Murder Rock
8) Perversion Story
9) City of the Living Dead
10)Contraband
You gotta do a Romero episode and a 70's era horror oriented episode. Maybe a best zombie movie episode....or a best Italian Exorcist ripoffs oriented episode etc...
Great show! Fyi, there is a great documentary called " All the colors of giallo"...a great history of Giallo. On the arrow channel now along with a great selection of Giallo films.
It’s also in my gigantic Tubi list of things to watch ! 👍
Just saw my first Fulci - Zombie Flesh Eaters, aka Zombie (1979). This was great, a quasi sequel to Dawn of the Dead of sorts. His direction is so gorey and blunt with so little humor as Chris mentions it’s really quite wonderfully appalling. Now to get to some of these others that are equally regarded…Thanks for this guys, I’m a Fulci convert already!
House of clocks.
Lucio fulci most underrated film.
There is a brutal death metal band called Mortician, that using sample in some of the songs
Great show. Thanks guys.
Idea for a topic: I'd like to see a "best giallo films" episode. Obviously Argento and Bava would probably dominate your lists, so perhaps exclude them. There's plenty of good ones out there from lesser-known directors so would be nice to show them some love....
It was an adult woman who did the infamous dubbing for Bob. I don't think his performance was bad but it was just ruined by the dub. But the actor takes the whole thing with good humour.
Surprised you guys didn't mention the dog vivisection scene in "A Lizard in a Woman's Skin." One of the biggest WTF moments ever. It looked so real Fulci almost went to prison!
My list:
1. The Beyond
2. City of the Living Dead
3. Zombi 2
4. Don't Torture a Duckling
5. A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
6. New York Ripper
7. The House by the Cemetery
8. One on Top of the Other
9. Psychic
10. Contraband
I tend to steer clear from any animal violence if possible also staged stuff, just difficult to avoid sometimes with favorite Italian or Spanish movies.
True, Lucio Fulci and Carlo Rambaldi (creator of E.T. and creator of the dogs in that scene), had to prove in the Court that those dogs were fake and that they didn't used real animals for that scene.
Great topic as a big Fulci fan was wrapped to see this one. One bit of trivia is the unbelievably annoying Bob's voice in HBTC was a female putting on a young boys voice (unsuccessfully) on the blu I have the actor apologises saying it wasn't his voice in it.
Have you listened to the death metal
Band Fulci?
Awesome appreciation of the splatter king
Here's my rakings of the films I have seen so far:
1. Zombi
2. The Beyond
3. New York Ripper (yeah, I agree with Craig, the foot job in the bar scene was a total wtf moment, along with the live sex show scene too, probably thrown into the film cause why not haha)
4. Gates of Hell
On my to watch list:
1. Don't Torture a Duckling
2. The Black Cat
3. House by the Cemetery
4. Lizard in a Woman's Skin
Love what I've seen from Fulci so far, and am looking forward to exploring the rest of his catalogue!
i can't believe you guys like New York Ripper more than House By The Cemetery!! Despite Bob, it's still my favorite Fulci film.
I love how the guys mention how attractive the female actresses are...so few movie channels even mention this! Gen x and y have ZERO libido!
Aww! I have that zombie tattooed on my arm!
I literally can’t believe that Craig brought the toe fucking scene. I saw that movie years ago and still an traumatized and nauseated. Thought I was the only one who was completely repulsed by that.
NEW YORK RIPPER seems to be based on the Times Square 42nd Street hooker slashings circa 1980. Refer to new Netflix doco. Wasn't the shark in ZOMBI pregnant too?
The Beyond
Zombie
Cirty of the Living Dead
The House by the Cemetery
The Black Cat
The Psychic
Manhattan Baby
Door to Silence
Silver Saddle
Murder Rock
A few dishonorable mentions: Sweet house of horrors and Sodoma's Ghost!
Those later TV movies are quite good, less gory for sure but thick on atmosphere and old Fulci stars like Al Cliver and Cinzia Monreale appear.
I like House of clocks and Door To silence but not these two.
Fulci left the set and the production of Sodoma's Ghost in the middle of the shooting, the film was completed by Mario Bianchi, I don't even count it.
I have to be the only person who actually likes Bob from House by the Cemetery. He's hilarious! Him and Yogi!
Gates of Hell/City of the Living Dead is also my fav Fulci. That drill to the head really disturbed me when I first saw it as a teen.
@Lane Lust Bob's a top lad, clearly misunderstood, haha
I believe a woman dubbed the Bob voice.
@Larry Fleetwood - nothing wrong with that, who doesn't dig their Bob with a lady tonsil?
"Mom says you're not really dead. Is that true?" That line cracked me up when I heard it in the theater,
Yes, Bob is very misunderstood! He's a hero! Well, that's a joke. But seriously. I think he's underrated.
4 of the apocalypse is a cool western he did
Silver Saddle (1978) is nice too, one of the last spaghetti westerns made and stars Geoffrey Lewis, Giuliano Gemma and the ever lovely Cinzia Monreale.
You guys don't like Bob?!!
I love Bob!
The same actor is also in A Blade In The Dark.
Oh, yeah!!!
Just thought I'd give mention to "The Devil's Honey". Wall to wall kink and nudity delivered in Fulci's never subtle style. You got the top three right, whatever order you put them in.
@ Robert Saul Very entertaining movie, and ultra sleazy for sure!
@Bookhouse Boy - What's wrong with being saxy?
The only Fulci film I've seen over and over is House By The Cemetery. Bob! Hilarious and... annoying. Ok mostly annoying. I have Prime and looked up The New York Ripper and was pleasantly surprised to find it on AMC plus! I'm totally watching it when I'm done watching your top 10 Fulci films. I paused it just so I could comment. Lol.
favorite Fulci western Four of the Apocalypse
favorite Fulci that is not horror or western Don't Torture The Duckling
i hope the Monsters Den shirt is available in fat guy (4X) size 😏
It is funny how certain artists, either in film, music, or painting, are not given their due respect until they are either dead or past their prime. I will cite the French painter, Pierre Bonnard. If you ever want to experience how a master uses color, check out his paintings. Picasso, probably through professional jealousy, badmouthed him as being "late impressionist" back in the day, so art history neglected this genius painter forever. Only recently has his inventive and extremely progressive understanding of color been recognized and celebrated.
Cat in the brain for me.
Patrick Still Lives is great, some of the best killing scenes and nudity ever.
you guys should do a show about slasher movues were the characters are so annoying or unlikable you can't wait for em to get killed
Si what the hell is happening with Rich Catino? Busy guy I guess?
Rich is ok,alot of work and taking care of his family Pete said a few wks ago
He should be on next week I believe
@@sotdude7 / awesome 👏👍💯
Argento > Fulci
Cat in the brain is bonkers but total garbage. Fulci as the main actor has gotta be one of the most cringe acting of all times. Seems like he even included scenes from movies he didn't even directed because those guys had ripped him off.