Gambler, Pregnant Prostitute, Drunk, and Insane get together, bump into some Mormons, crazy murderous Mexican bandit. The drunk dies, the Insane feeds the dead drunk to the gambler and prostitute. Insane is left behind in the ghost town. The prostitute gives birth in a cold male only mining town. The town adopts the baby. The Gambler gets vengeance on the Mexican bandit.This movie is different. The main ingredient is Fulci. There are some serious kills and gore. There is emotion.It is a bit slow moving. Worst part was the music. The story was fine. Great opening scene with the town people vigilantly, killing the gamblers and drunks in town. The ending was a bit rushed. But it all works well. All the actors did well, even Fabio Testi. I hated Testi's performance in What Have You Done with Solange, and I hate that movie. But here Testi does well. The dubbing is what it is, not great. But the emotion of the film comes through.This is not the best Fulci. But it's worth checking out. Some great moments.Rating is C, or 5 stars.

It's not really saying something, but this features some of Lucio Fulci's best direction. His work here is quite good. It's the story of four disparate criminals driven out of town by a crooked sheriff. They run into some holy rollers, some brutal outlaws and lunatic sharpshooter Tomas Milian. Fabio Testi is a gambler, Lynne Frederick is a whore, Michael J. Pollard is a drunk and Harry Baird is a ghost seeing nut. It's a brutal, uncompromising spaghetti western, with so-so dubbing and some fine acting by Testi, Fredrick and the great Milian. As with many films of this ilk, the action is marred by some silly pop songs played at various intervals. Not bad.

Quattro dell'apocalisse (original title) is a bloody Spaghetti Western with usual Mexican desperado Tomas Milian who steals the show as a merciless bandit and filmed , of course , in Almeria . An Italian production full of action , exaggerated characters, shootouts and lots of violence . For money, for pleasure, for revenge, he doesn't care why he kills or how ¡ ... A group of misfit characters are taken prisoners by the Utah Sheriff (Donald O'Brien) but later they are freed . Four petty criminals, three men , a card player named Stubby Preston (Fabio Testi) , a drunk (Michael J. Pollard) , a crazy African-American (Harry Baird) obsessed with the dead and a pregnant prostitute (Lynne Frederick) , wander through the trackless terrain of the Wild West and are hounded by a hearless outlaw who rapes , slashes, ravages and murders each person involved in his attacks . The quartet looking for food, water is submitted a tempestuous trap by evil Mexican bandit and receive violent knocks, punches, kicks and wounds . The group sees the atrocity over a Mormon family and Stubby Preston executes a single-handedly revenge . He is relentless in his vendetta , deadly in his violence. The conflict is a simple one between avenger , swindler Stubby and oppressors, nasty bandits commanded by cruel outlaw named Chaco . It's an exciting and tragic western with breathtaking showdown between the protagonist Fabio Testi against the sadistic Tomas Milian and his hoodlums . In the film premiere attained bit success , nowadays is best valued and I think it turns out to be a good Spaghetti Western. The Cuban Tomas Milian as a cruelly baddie role is terrific , he is fine, he cries, ravages the screen , shoots, hit and run and kills . The film packs violence, gore, gun-play , high body-count and it's fast moving and quite entertaining . There is plenty of action in the movie , guaranteeing some shootouts or stunts every few minutes . Appears S. W. usual support cast as Bruno Corazzari , Charles Borromel , Donald O'Brien , Lorenzo Robledo , all of them turn up in multiple Italian/Spanish Western productions . There are many fine technicians and nice assistants as Goffredo Unger, also secondary , habitual master of arms in numerous Spaghetti Western. Good production design creating an excellent scenario with luminous outdoors, dirty and rocky landscapes under a glimmer sun and a fine set on Austria , Desierto de Tabernas, Almería, Andalucía, Spain and Elios Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy (studio) . The soundtrack is full of sensible songs and sad ballads , furthermore haunting musical leitmotif . Striking cinematography in Eastmancolor by Sergio Salvati , Fulci's ordinary .The motion picture is realized by one of the most controversial filmmakers of terror movies , Lucio Fulci in his usual style with some flaws a but is professionally made because he is a skilled craftsman . He creates a strange Western that manages to be both scary , tragic and skilfully made . Reviewers are divided over booth the morals and talents of Fulci (1927-1996) who sometimes directed under the alias ¨Louis Fuller¨. For some critics many of his movies are gore-feasts that tried to be disguised itself under many other titles , were cruel and shockingly violent, yet their gory surface often conceals religious, social commentaries or intelligent issues. Whether he should be viewed as a cheap sensationalist or just a genius Fulci has a loyal fan base and undeniably has an important and unique influence on the terror genre , creating great works on a low budget and deserving its cult status such as proved in ¨ The black cat ¨, ¨Manhattan baby¨, ¨Gates of Hell¨, ¨Island of the living dead¨, ¨New York ripper¨ , among them. ¨Four of Apocalypse¨ is one of his more imaginative Western , Fulci also directed another Spaghetti as ¨white Fang¨, ¨Challenge of White Fang¨, and ¨Massacre time¨. It's just one passable Western and acceptable budget movie that still packs a punch for those who like to be entertained out their wits . This peculiar Western will appeal to Lucio Fulci aficionados .

I was expecting a lot from this film. On the back cover of the DVD is stated that "I Quatro dell Apocalisse" was the most violent western ever made, and as the film was directed by Lucio Fulci, I believed the hype. But it's not for the violent scenes alone that I picked up this film in the DVD rental store. What I like in many spaghetti westerns is their gritty and disenchanted atmosphere, mixed sometimes with a bizarre humor. The best spaghettis are dynamic - travellings, hand-held cameras, fast and good editing, and a haunting and/or ironic soundtrack give these films their unique flavour. But "I Quatro dell'Apocalisse" fell short of my expectations.In "I Quatro dell'Apocalisse" the camera is static. The camera is there to register the conversations of the characters and then there's some action, followed by another chatty scene. The acting is just average (when a film is more on the chatty side, the acting should be good), the dialogues are slightly witty and ribald (nothing remarkable about them), and the violence is nothing to boast about (anyway I've only watched half of the film). And here comes the question: Would you see an indifferent film just because of some violent scenes?In the DVD rental store I had picked up two spaghetti westerns: "I am Sartana, Trade your Guns for a Coffin" and "Four of the Apocalypse". The first that I watched was "I am Sartana...." and I liked it immensely. I was still under the spell of Sartana when I inserted the "Four of the Apocalypse" in the DVD player. I thought that as "The Four of the Apocalypse" had Lucio Fulci's signature, it would be even better than Sartana. Boy, was I mistaken! So I decided to write this comment. Well, you've been warned.