Overview (4)

Mini Bio (1)

Spouse (1)

Maria Fulci (March 1958 - 1969) ( her death) ( 3 children)

Trade Mark (8)

His films are excessively gory and bloody. Supposedly the goriest filmmaker ever.



Makes cameo appearances in his horror films usually playing a doctor, policeman or newspaper man.



Lead male characters are usually a doctor, reporter (two of his former professions) or a policeman.



Close-ups of actors eyes during frightening or tense scenes.



Lots of zoom-ins, especially on gore.



The opening credits of his films are typically in lowercase, for example Lucio Fulci becomes "lucio fulci".



Cats and dogs feature frequently in his films.



Employs dark cinematography.



Trivia (7)

Used to be a medical student and an art critic before his career in film.





Before his untimely death, was to direct a remake of the 1933 classic Das Geheimnis des Wachsfigurenkabinetts (1933).



Italian exploitation director Umberto Lenzi reportedly attended his funeral.

Was an orthodox Marxist, although leftist critics frequently slated his movies.



A Canadian Indie cannibal movie, Urban Flesh (1999) was made in memory of Lucio Fulci, because Fulci died during filming of Urban Flesh.



Personal Quotes (6)

Cinema is everything to me. I live and breathe films -- I even eat them!



The budgets are the only difference between Dario Argento and myself. We are doing the same stuff.



Violence is Italian art!





[on actress Daniela Doria ] Doria was one of my favorite actresses. I killed her so many times.

I feel that Zombie is an authentic zombie film. I wanted to send them back to their origins. That is why we shot the film in Santa Domingo. My inspiration came from Jacques Tourneur, not George Romero.



I am not a criminal because I make horror films. A lot of Italian genre directors are animal lovers. Mario Bava loved cats, Riccardo Freda loves horses, and Dario Argento loves himself.

