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Film Details
95 min / 1.85:1 / ["Color"] / Region A
English Mono
Cast and Creators
Lucio Fulci
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About the Film
Lucio Fulci entered the ‘80s Italian Sci-Fi arena armed with full-throttle visuals, hard chrome nihilism and mad blasts of il maestro’s signature grisly mayhem: In a future dominated by ultra-violent TV entertainment, the top-rated global sport Kill-Bike drafts two condemned gladiators – Jared Martin of DALLAS and Fred Williamson of THE INGLORIOUS BASTARDS – for a ‘Battle Of The Damned’ in the Roman Coliseum. Howard Ross (NEW YORK RIPPER), Al Cliver (ENDGAME) and Donald O’Brien (DR. BUTCHER M.D.) co-star in this “wheelie-poppin’ good time” (Comeuppance Reviews) from a script co-written by Fulci, Dardano Sacchetti (THE BEYOND) & Elisa Briganti (ZOMBIE) and featuring a pounding synth score by two-time Oscar® nominee Riz Ortolani, now scanned in 4K (UHD version) from an IP print for the first time in America.
DVD Special Features:
- Trailer
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[2-Disc Blu-ray - 2k Version] Special Features:
- The Fulci Tapes: Conversations Between Lucio Fulci and Michele Romagnoli
- Unloved: Interview With Screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti
- The Nicest Villain: Interview With 'Raven' Howard Ross
- The Good-Hearted Gladiator: Interview With Actor Al Cliver
- My Father, The Hero: Interview With Antonella Fulci
- Photographing the Future: Interview With Cinematographer Giuseppe Pinori
- Four Times Lucio: Interview With Actress Cinzia Monreale
- Audio Commentary With Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson and Troy Howarth, Author Of Splintered Visions – Lucio Fulci & His Films
- Trailer
- Bonus: CD Soundtrack
- Reversible Artwork
Press Quotes
Thank you, Maestro Fulci... The legendary Italo-exploitation maven delivers a world defined by exciting editing, inspired shooting, fun action and trademark gore bits.
—Offscreen.com
I f*cking love this movie... Lucio takes his own spin on what comes after the end of the world. It's basically ROLLERBALL with Fulci's penchant for blood.
—B&S About Movies
Over the top action... A funky time capsule of mad concepts, crazy '80s Italian styling and sweet motorcycle mayhem.
—Cool Target
Fulci cuts loose... 'The Battle of The Damned' is the flick's price-of-admission highlight - competitors get gouged, set on fire, decapitated and generally abused.
—Exploitation Retrospect
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About the Director
Lucio Fulci (1927–1996) spent almost twenty years making comedies, westerns, and giallo thrillers. After George Romero's Dawn of the Dead became a huge international hit and was released in Italy with Argento's help, producers asked Fulci to make an unofficial sequel. That film, Zombi 2 (1979), quickly made Fulci known as a horror director, thanks to its famous shark-versus-zombie scene and practical gore effects which amazed fans of the genre.
After that, Fulci made a series of surreal horror films such as City of the Living Dead, The Beyond, and The House by the Cemetery, which arguably abandoned traditional plots in favor of memorable scenes of violence and a sense of cosmic dread. The Beyond, which centers on a portal to hell hidden in a Louisiana hotel, is recognized as an example of just how abstract a horror film can be while still delivering a strong impact.
During his lifetime, mainstream critics dismissed Fulci's films while censorship boards in the UK and other countries targeted them. Now his work is regarded as among the most creative horror movies of that time. Fulci used gore not just to shock but to tell stories visually. For collectors, he stands for Italian horror at its boldest and most influential.
