Friday, September 30, 2011

Lucio Fulci's Manhattan Baby


Ok so this one is not for everyone. I actually enjoyed it quite a bit, but its an acquired taste for sure. Ya see I love Fulci's zombie films, several times a year I re-visit Zombie, City Of The Living Dead, House By The Cemetery, The Beyond & Zombie 3.  Every time I watch his other films I find my self hoping for zombies to pop out.. I still like stuff like The New York Ripper & Cat In The Brain , but I dont love those films like his gothic trilogy. So I sort of slept on Fulci after going threw his zombie films. But after reading somewhere that many people bracket Manhattan Baby with his gothic films, I ran right to Movie Madness and rented it. What you get is kind of a Fulci stew, with plenty of steamy chunks of what could be deleted scenes from The Beyond... except with no zombies of course..although one could make the case that the reanimated flesh eating taxidermy birds count as zombies. In short, its worth a watch if your a Fulci dork.