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Lucio Fulci

Lucio Fulci

Director, writer, actor and producer · Died March 13, 1996, aged 68 · Rome, Italy

Lucio Fulci (17 June 1927 – 13 March 1996) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Although he worked in a wide array of genres through a career spanning nearly five decades, including comedy, Spaghetti Western, adventure, science fiction and erotica, he garnered an international cult following for his giallo and horror films. Because of the high level of visceral graphic violence present in many of his films, especially Zombi 2 and The Beyond, Fulci is frequently referred to as "The Godfather of Gore", a title also given to Herschell Gordon Lewis. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 17, 1927
Died
March 13, 1996 (aged 68)
From
Rome, Italy
Works as
Director, writer, actor and producer
Titles
39 on MovieCove · 93 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 7% in 30 days

What are Lucio Fulci's films like?

Across their 39 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Horror12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 44th percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Action7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 35th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 36th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
32%
Survival
21%
Self
16%
Bonds
12%
Power
8%
Ideas
6%
Society
5%
Survival8 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice8 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge8 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds8 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 39 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 10 · Serious 8 · Dark 21

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 5 · Stylized 21 · Heightened 13

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 5 · Charged 12 · Intense 22

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 9 · Shifting 24 · Whiplash 6

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 27 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 6

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 29 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 15 · Engaged 19 · Full focus 5

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 14 · Affecting 13 · Heavy 12

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 26 · Open-ended 10 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
30
Dread
17
Melancholic
12
Absurd
8
Thrilling
8
Other
26

How their films linger

Unsettling18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 13 with a twist

  • Happy10
  • Bittersweet16
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous9

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Lucio Fulci's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 25 of their 39 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (17).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Lucio Fulci's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

93 credits, 39 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Lucio Fulci Trailer Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director

  • Demon Mind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Thanks

  • The Wax Mask(1997)

    Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Sick-o-pathics (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Thanks · as Self

  • Door Into Silence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Director · Writer

  • Voices from Beyond (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Director · Screenplay · Story · as Pathologist

  • Demonia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Director · Screenplay · Story · as Inspector Carter (uncredited)

  • A Cat in the Brain(1990)

    Director · Screenplay · Story · as Dr. Lucio Fulci

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Massacre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Co-Producer

  • The Red Monks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Producer

  • The House of Clocks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Director · Story

  • NightClub (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Story

  • The Sweet House of Horrors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Director · Story

  • Touch of Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Director · Screenplay · Story

  • Zombie 3(1988)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Sodoma's Ghost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Director · Screenplay

  • The Murder Secret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Producer · Production Supervisor

  • Aenigma(1987)

    Director · Screenplay · Special Effects · Story · as Police Inspector (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Curse(1987)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • The Devil's Honey(1986)

    Director · Screenplay · Story · as Venditore di braccialetti

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Collector's Item(1985)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Murder-Rock: Dancing Death(1984)

    Director · Screenplay · Story · as Phil, the Agent (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Warriors of the Year 2072(1984)

    Director · Screenplay · Actor

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Conquest(1983)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Manhattan Baby(1982)

    Director · as Dr. Forrester

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • The New York Ripper(1982)

    Director · Screenplay · Story · as Chief of Police

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The House by the Cemetery(1981)

    Director · Screenplay · as Professor Muller (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Beyond(1981)

    Director · Screenplay · as Town Clerk (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Black Cat(1981)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • City of the Living Dead(1980)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay · Story · as Dr. Joe Thompson

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Contraband(1980)

    Director · Writer · as Old Boss (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Zombie(1979)

    Director · as Newspaper Editor (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Silver Saddle(1978)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • The Psychic(1977)

    Director · Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • My Sister in Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Director · as Second gas station attendant

  • Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Director

  • Four of the Apocalypse(1975)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Challenge to White Fang(1974)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • White Fang(1973)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Don't Torture a Duckling(1972)

    Director · Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Eroticist(1972)

    Director · Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Hector the Mighty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Screenplay

  • A Lizard in a Woman's Skin(1971)

    Director · Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Conspiracy of Torture(1969)

    Director · Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • One on Top of the Other(1969)

    Director · Screenplay · Story · as Graphologist

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Double Face (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Story

  • I due Crociati (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Screenplay

  • Operazione San Pietro(1967)

    Director · Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Two R-R-Ringos from Texas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as (uncredited)

  • The Tall, The Short, The Cat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Director

  • A Few Bullets More(1967)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • How We Stole the Atomic Bomb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Director · Actor

  • Massacre Time(1966)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • How We Robbed the Bank of Italy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Director · Screenplay

  • The Two Parachutists (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Director

  • 002 Operation Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Director

  • How We Got Into Trouble with the Army (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Director

  • Two Public Enemies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Director · Screenplay · Story

  • Oh! Those Most Secret Agents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Two Escape from Sing Sing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Director · Screenplay

  • The Maniacs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Director · Screenplay

  • The Swindlers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Director · Screenplay · Story

  • The Strange Type (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Director · Screenplay

  • The Masseuses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Director

  • Those Two in the Legion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Getting Away with It the Italian Way (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Director

  • Totò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Story

  • Letto a tre piazze(1960)

    Co-Writer · Story

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Howlers of the Dock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Director · Screenplay · Story

  • The Last Days of Pompeii(1959)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • The Jukebox Kids (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Director · Screenplay · Story · as Salomone (uncredited)

  • The Thieves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Director · Screenplay · Story

  • Totò in the Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Story

  • I Giovani e il Lavoro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Director

  • Maid, Thief and Guard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Screenplay

  • Female Three Times (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    First Assistant Director

  • Nero's Mistress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    First Assistant Director

  • La ragazza di Via Veneto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Screenplay

  • Piccola posta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    First Assistant Director · Screenplay · Story

  • Totò all'inferno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Screenplay

  • Sins of Casanova(1955)

    First Assistant Director · Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Io sono la Primula Rossa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Screenplay

  • An American in Rome(1954)

    First Assistant Director · Screenplay · Story · as Boy listening to music

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Where Is Freedom?(1954)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • A Day in Court(1954)

    First Assistant Director · Idea · Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Cinema of yesteryear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    First Assistant Director

  • Ci troviamo in galleria(1953)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Man, Beast and Virtue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    First Assistant Director · Screenplay

  • Pittori di provincia (I Macchiaioli) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Director · Writer

  • Totò e le donne(1952)

    First Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Toto and the Kings of Rome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    First Assistant Director

  • Totó in color (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    First Assistant Director

  • The Dream of Icarus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 93 titles from 1948 to 2017.

Biggest box office

The Curse (1987)

$1.9M worldwide

Highest rated

Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)

Midcredits 83rd

Most popular right now

The Beyond (1981)

Film career

Top draw in 1 MovieCove title.

  • 1954Screen debut· An American in Rome
  • 1990First top-billed film· A Cat in the Brain
  • 1990Career best· A Cat in the Brain

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting20 of 93: 1 only acting, 19 with another role · typical Midcredits score54thDirecting58 of 93: 16 only directing, 42 with another role · typical Midcredits score47thWriting58 of 93: 15 only writing, 43 with another role · typical Midcredits score37thProducing6 of 93: 4 only producing, 2 with another roleOther crew16 of 93: 9 only other crew, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score65th

93 titles, 48 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 38 of them.

By decade

1940s1 · crew1950s23 · 2 acting · 23 crew1960s26 · 3 acting · 25 crew1970s12 · 2 acting · 12 crew1980s23 · 10 acting · 23 crew1990s6 · 3 acting · 6 crew2010s2 · crew

Billing

usually 15th · top billed in 6% of 17 roles
5484

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Lucio Fulci's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 43rd percentile, the median of all 39; across their 39 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 39

Approval · how many liked their films

36thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 39

Reach · how many have seen their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 39

Midcredits score across 39 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th12
  • Below 25th9

Shape of the crowd

17 of their 39 titles are Mixed.

  • Crowd Pleaser16
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed17

Most divisive · director

Conquest (1983)

54th percentile spread · 34% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, writer

Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)

Midcredits 83rd · 70% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 65/100 and the pacing 40/100 in their films, across 33 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Lucio Fulci's work okay for kids?

Across up to 19 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore13 titles73–100 · median 90 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity19 titles6–76 · median 57 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity7 titles19–55 · median 35 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs8 titles25–45 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense9 titles67–93 · median 91 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Lucio Fulci work with?

People who share at least 2 of Lucio Fulci's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Vincenzo Tomassi shares the most, 14.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers