czwartek, 26 czerwca 2014

The Best Of Horror Movies Beyond Terror

By Sherry Gross


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.

Fear is also being capitalized on in the world of movies and films, and the horror genre is one that never goes out of style. This genre is where Lucio Fulci, the Godfather of Gore, is best at. He is the proponent of gory films that depict so much violence Beyond Terror that his films are often accessed underground.

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.

He did not really start off on the path to film making during the early years of his life. In fact, he was once a medical student in a university back in his native country. However, the love for art has always been in Fulci that he has finally decided to quit med school. He was then employed for a time as an art critic.

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.

It was only when he decided to go into the horror genre that he gained the fame that was due to him. He became an instant hot shot in his own country with the well made horror classic Dont Torture A Duckling. It was viewed as an anti catholic film that has gotten loads of scathing reviews from people, but that only served to make the movie even more famous.

Fulci also extensively uses the zombie theme is most of his films. As a matter of fact, he shot to fame on an international level with Zombi 2, the first of many zombie films to come. In most European countries, people were made to believe that the movie was the sequel to another zombie flick that aired before. This amped up the sales and made Fulci a household name.

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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