Saturday, June 28, 2014

Horror Films That Are Beyond Terror

By Sherry Gross


Everyone has a certain fear over something or someone. It is a very normal feeling. No matter how strong a person always seems to be, there will always be some things that will scare him or her. Sometimes a fear can be very real and as tangible as the person next to you is, but most experts agree that fear is fed by the mind. The only way for one to triumph over it is to face it yourself, be it as weird as a very uncommon phobia for mirrors also known as spectrophobia.

The horror genre is also undoubtedly one of the most successful ones in the world of movie productions. Most horror films have an underlying element of gore in them, and it is no surprise to horror fans to see mutilated bodies and whatnot in the course of the film. Whenever one mentions gore and all things Beyond Terror, the first person that comes to mind is always Lucio Fulci.

Fulci was born on the 17th of June in the year 1927. He was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor all in one. He is known at present as the Godfather Of Gore for all his masterpieces that paved the way for zombie movies and other subgenres of the classic horror film.

It is easy to assume, based on his perfectly made horror films, that he has started very early off on the road to macabre. Contrary to popular belief, Fulci was actually once a med student when he was at the university. He just employed the knowledge that he had gained about the human anatomy to give a new hair rising definition to the word torture.

When he entered the movie industry, he first ventured into the comedy genre, starting off as a young and eager screenwriter. He inevitably became a director in the same genre, working with famous comedy stars of the day. In fact, he has completed 18 flicks though they did not really earn much nor were they known outside of Italy.

It is still quite a mystery to the fans how he had decided to transfer to the horror department, but it was a very wise decision on his part. He gained much respect from fellow Italians with his controversial film Dont Torture A Duckling. The film itself bravely tackled sensitive issues that earned the tag as anti Catholic, which only heightened its popularity.

He is also a director that uses a certain character inherent in horror genres, the zombie. He loved the idea of using the walking dead in his flicks so much that one in particular, Zombi 2, was the one responsible for his rise to stardom in the international movie scene. This was originally marketed as a sort of sequel to another one that was also famous to horror fans.

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.

You can come to learn more about this director by a book by one of his most devoted fans, Stephen Thrower. The copy also features an introduction by the daughter, Antonella. It is deemed by many to be the greatest testament to the Grandfather of Gore.




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