Fulci, although he did plenty of other movies, is closely associated with Italian zombie films and gory ones at that. So much so he's been called the Godfather of Gore. Although Herschell Gordon Lewis had previously been named that. Maybe Fulci should be known as the Godfather II of Gore, which many people consider superior to the original. Just don't mention the Godfather III of Gore, Lloyd Kaufman. He would have been better with Winona Rider. Fulci is also known for eye trauma. His zombies are not a fan of the fact that you have eyes and they aim to rectify the situation.
Nineteen eighty-one is seen as a banner year for horror movies. You got The Evil Dead, Dead & Buried, Friday the 13th Part 2, Happy Birthday to Me, Cannibal Ferox, The Burning, My Bloody Valentine, the werewolf trifecta of An American Werewolf in London/The Howling/Wolfen and some of my favorite bad movies: Final Exam, Don't Go in the Woods, Mystics in Bali and Bloody Birthday. There's also The Beyond, a movie Quentin Tarantino re-released in theaters for the love of it. I always mention Tarantino and his association with some of the movies we watch to give the movie some gravitas. But a lot of people hate him. Are you more or less inclined to see a movie Tarantino has celebrated?
Zombie is a pretty important horror movie but I've been putting it off since I showed it at a birthday party a few years ago. It was supposed to play in the background while the crowd actually talked to people but it kinda got watched. In the invite I talked about the complicated history of the Zombie sequels. It's known as Zombi 2 (roughly translated from the Italian it means Zombie 2) in Italy because Zombi was what Dawn of the Dead was called there. Happily, and predictably, there's a Wikipedia page to keep it all straight. Oddly, there's a Microsoft commercial on right now that uses footage from Zombie. It's been pulled from YouTube because, you know, you wouldn't want people watching your commmercial.
Here's what happened last week (one of my favorite scenes in all of BMNdom):
But one of my favorite moments is the voice at the end of this clip:
Although the guy with inexplicable robot voice is good too.
last week's BMN was AWESOME! quite possibly my favorite BMN EVER. i feel bad for all the people who missed it.
ReplyDeletethanks for the heads-up about the eye trauma. i like to be prepared.
I've been watching that last clip every day and it makes me so happy.
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