10 Most Violent Westerns Ever Made

Described as “Unrelenting in its Mournful and Mesmerizing Moodiness,” Four Of the Apocalypse is not a light hearted family romp but a brutal Western set in the Utah Badlands. Directed by the “Godfather of Gore”, Lucio Fulci, the film lives up to all expectations. Fulci doesn’t disappoint and brings along the kind of bloodiness and savagery that features in his classic films such as The Beyond and Zombie, and went on to inspire the likes of Quentin Tarantino.

Four of the Apocalypse follows four criminals travelling across the Badlands in order to flee an attack on their frontier town. The group is made up of a gambler, an alcoholic, a prostitute and a gravedigger, 3 men and a woman who are met by the sadistic Chaco, who attempts to join the group.

On the surface, Four of the Apocalypse is a violence-ridden redemption story, but digging deeper shows a love of literature and the story of personal growth. Fulci’s horror roots encompass the entire film with mournfulness and the director loads it with metaphor and blood splatter to equal measure. The film plays with both psychedelia and horror featuring the kind of scenes you’ll never forget.