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Lucio Fulci(June 17, 1927 - March 13, 1996) Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for his directorial work on some of the goriest horror films ever made, including Zombie (1979) and The Beyond (1981). Fulci was born in Rome. After studying medicine, he opted for a film career. Several of Fulci's movies contained so much graphic content that they were censored by the distributors to ensure an R rating (such as The Beyond, which was originally released in edited form as Seven Doors of Death) or were released unrated in order to avoid an X-rating (as with Zombie and The House by the Cemetery), which would have greatly restricted the films' target audience to adults only. The unrated films often played worldwide in drive-ins and grindhouses to hordes of delighted teenagers and horror fanatics.Many of Fulci's movies were banned in Europe or released in heavily cut versions. He began to suffer from personal and health problems, He died in Rome on March 13, 1996, allegedly by his not taking his insulin injection to treat his diabetes. The Italian film community and horror fans aboard were shocked by the sudden loss. Fulci was three weeks away from going into production on WAX HOUSE, a collaboration with Dario Argento. He will always be remembered!