Lucio Fulci | Director | Neil Marshall | Scotland | Asia

Dog Soldiers
(Artisan, 2002)

You may have seen British director Neil Marshall's latest epic, The Descent, about six mountain climbers being stalked by nasty creatures underground. Its predecessor is this adrenaline-charged thriller in which six British soldiers are hunted down by werewolves in Scotland while barricaded in a rural house. This low-budget lycanthropy fest features towering creatures and tense action sequences, and it easily outshines bigger Hollywood efforts.

The House of Clocks (Shriek Show, 1989)

Italian gore maestro Lucio Fulci toned down his bloodlust and intensified the suspense in this creepy tale of three delinquents who rob and kill a sinister elderly couple in a house filled with clocks. Then, when Dobermans keep the trio trapped inside and time starts turning backward, their plans of escape go horribly awry. While this made-for-TV movie has some dramatic flaws, it's an original concept amplified by dark and twisted imagery, making it a guilty pleasure for horror hounds.



Phone
(Tartan Asia Extreme, 2002)