Zombie – Flesh Eaters (1979)
Jan 11, 2003Italian Zombie Splatter
Italian film conceived as a quickie copy of George Romero's Dawn of the Dead with the focus on gore scenes. This made the name of cult Italian splatter director Luci Fulci.
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The Beyond (1981)
Mar 6, 2010Italian Zombie Film/Gateway to Hell
One of the key films of cult Italian director Lucio Fulci, a gore-drenched but plotlessly incoherent mishmash about zombies emerging as the gates of Hell are opened
2020: Texas Gladiators (1983)
Aug 16, 2023Post-Holocaust Action
One of the numerous Mad Max imitators made in Italy. Directed by notorious adult director Joe D’Amato who pushes the material further than the other entries do
Rome 2072 (1983)
Apr 23, 2026Future Gladiatorial Combat
Lucio Fulci was a cult Italian horror director. This was the only occasion that Fulci visited the SF film, a low-budget ripoff of Rollerball by way of Mad Max featuring futuristic gladiatorial games
Hearts and Armour (1983)
Dec 6, 2002Chivalry and Sorcery
Italian-made entry in the early 80s fantasy fad, a sometimes well made, sometimes sprawling Mediaeval saga about love between opposing sides of the conflict
Endgame (1983)
Nov 18, 2020Post-Holocaust Action
Joe D'Amato directs one of the numerous 80s Italian Mad Max 2 copies. One of the very first films to depict televised human bloodsports later popularised by the likes of The Running Man and The Hunger Games