City of the Living Dead

City of the Living Dead (Italian title: Paura nella città dei morti viventi) is an Italian zombie film from director Lucio Fulci. It has numerous alternate titles, such as Gates of Hell. It is the first installment of the unofficial Gates of Hell trilogy which also includes The Beyond and The House by the Cemetery. Fulci makes an uncredited cameo as Dr. Joe Thompson in the film.

Plot

After Father William Thomas (Fabrizio Jovine) hangs himself in a cemetery, the gates of hell are opened. Zombies with abilities of super strength, teleportation and levitation appear and start killing off people in town. Investigating reporter Peter Bell (Christopher George) along with psychic Mary Woodhouse (Catriona MacColl) travel to Dunwich, New England, and from the Book of Eibon learn that they must close the portal to hell before All Saints Day, or the dead will overtake the earth. During the movie, actress Daniela Doria actually vomited sheep entrails during the intestine purging scene.

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6 Responses to “City of the Living Dead”

  1. Cptn. Corpse says:

    If you’re a fan of the older zombie flicks, Fulci delivers an amazing view into the world of undead macabre. I have enjoyed many of his movies! For me it’s quite a toss up between Fulci and Romero on who’s the best.

  2. coby says:

    That is a bold statement…

  3. JACOB says:

    Romero NO DOUBT

  4. Kinder Murder says:

    This film is sooo boring. Ive watched it twise to confirm the boringness of it. Alot like the “Demons” films. Absolutly painfull to watch. BUT none the less, its a Zombie Movie so I recommend it to everyone.

  5. ZombieFreak5000 says:

    bummer,no english…

  6. John says:

    I “liked” this movie but in my opinion it is not as good Zombie (in fact I do not think anything else I have seen by Lucio Fulci was as good as “Zombie”). I cannot say that this movie is a really bad zombie movie especially when it is compared to “Zombie Nation” or “Zombie Lake” but there are so many leaps in logic that it was even hard for me to accept the the zombies. I gave up trying to have any kind of suspension of disbelief in the movie when the zombies teleported.


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