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The Fulci I've seen other than the big 4 (Zombie, City of the living dead, The Beyond and House by the Cemetery) are:
New York Ripper- Not really my bag. I enjoy some of the gore and the duck voice killer is good for a couple of quizzical laughs. The seedy NYC milieu is impressively conveyed, but I felt it to be a little listless overall.
Aenigma- I was pretty drunk when I watched this, but I remember it having a great deal more of the old school Fulci visual sensibility than most of his other latter work. Very dark and mysterious film. The snail scene is excruciating!
Manhattan Baby- Great opening, then right down the toilet. Nonsensical, goreless and featuring more Giovanni Frezza than I could handle.
Conquest- Sub-par but very amusing Conan knock off. One of his worst looking films. It's so gauzy I would almost belive the whole thing was shot with a thin veneer of silk over the camera.
The Psychic- This is a masterfully executed little mystery film. It's the first time Fulci collaborated with screenwriter Dardano Sachetti and cinematographer Sergio Salvati, the duo who would go on to contribute so much to his golden era.
The Black Cat- Well shot, cool movie. No amazing gore really, but full of atmosphere and a really bizarre performance from the dude Alex beat up in A Clockwork Orange. Really fun stuff. Great cat filming!
House of Clocks- El cheapo TV garbage with Al Cliver. Kind of interesting, but not really.
Cat in the Brain-Sleazy, disjointed and plagiaristic(even of himself!). A lot of gorehounds act like this is some brilliant dissertation on Fulci the artist, I just think he was a crabby, sick old man trying to scrape together a movie with footage from older ones. Still fun though.
I own Perversion story and Duckling, but haven't watched them yet.
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