Fulci Lives! Two-Fer – Contraband/Conquest (DVD)

CONTRABAND: Gore maestro Fulci's sole foray into the crime thriller genre centers around feuding gangsters, and retains blood-and-violence factor at which the director excels. Underworld boss Luca Di Angelo (Fabio Testi) has worked his way up from the ghettos of Naples to become the city's top cigarette smuggler.

A rival emerges from the shadowy underworld in the form of The Margliese (Marcel Bozzuffi), a drug kingpin who wants Luca's territory for his own. He applies ever-mounting pressure to this end, but when that fails to break the essentially ethical Luca's resolve, The Margliese kills his brother and kidnaps his wife. This sends Luca on a rampage that sets off a killing spree, giving full reign to Fulci's stomach-churning talents. Euro-sex superstar Ajita Wilson also appears.CONQUEST: Fulci's trademark gore is applied to a new genre, and strange dabbling in fantasy is a rambling, eccentric sword-and-sorcery extravaganza. The demon sorceress Ocron has shadowed the sun with the strength of her will, and the once peaceful Land of Cronos lies in darkness. Only two warriors, Ilias (Andrea Occhipinti) and Maxz (Jorge Rivero), can save the world from her evil sorcery. Fulci is joined by the equally revered composer Claudio Simonetti, best known for his scoring of Dario Argento's films with his band, Goblin.