Paura nella città dei morti viventi (1980) YTS

Reviewed by Wuchak 5 / 10

**_Not the same-old, same-old Zombies in this gory

**_Not the same-old, same-old Zombies in this gory flick from Lucio Fulci_** In the village of Dunwich, a minister hangs himself and inadvertently opens the gates of the Underworld with recently dead people manifesting and causing havoc. A journalist and a woman who has visions from the Big Apple (Christopher George and Catriona MacColl) travel to the village and meet up with a psychiatrist and his patient (Carlo De Mejo and Janet Agren) to tackle the supernatural situation. "City of the Living Dead" (1980) is also known as “The Gates of Hell” with the original Italian title being “Fear in the City of the Living Dead” (translated). It’s a combination of the “Blind Dead” tetralogy, Romero’s zombie movies, “Kill, Baby… Kill!” and “The Fog,” which came out over six months earlier. Fulci is known as "The Godfather of Gore" or “The Poet of the Macabre” and so you can expect shocking scenes that are for shock’s sake and inorganic to the story, such as a woman’s eye being gouged out by splintered wood in “Zombie” from the year prior, aka “Zombi 2.” Here there’s a sequence that comes out of nowhere involving a drill going through a teenager’s head; yet it could be argued that the father was frustrated about his daughter’s issues and he (unjustly) takes it out on this kid. There’s another sequence where intestines gush out of a woman’s mouth (actually tripe in real life) as her eyes curiously bleed. I could care less about such scenes, but I’m sure gorehounds will appreciate them. And who can deny that they’re horrific? (Although I busted out laughing at one or two bits that were too over-the-top, the very opposite reaction intended). Nevertheless, the buried-alive sequence is well done (I guess it’s a good thing Mary wasn’t embalmed, huh?); and there’s a creepy Gothic atmosphere with quality locations/sets. The story feels nonsensical, which I’m sure is due to the low budget (or is it just Fulci’s unique style?), but everything makes sense for the most part if you put the pieces of the puzzle together (except for the bewildering ending). However, I liked the imaginative take on the living dead. Let’s just say: Don’t expect the Romero variety of zombies. Brunette Antonella Interlenghi is notable on the feminine front as Emily, the psychiatrist’s assistant and girlfriend, but not enough is done with her before, um, you’ll see. The film comes across too slapdash for my tastes, but there are enough positives for those wanting a movie akin to the ones noted. This just ranks with the least of ’em IMHO. It runs 1 hours, 32 minutes, and was shot in New York City and Savannah, Georgia, as well as Rome for studio work. GRADE: C/C+

Reviewed by ma-cortes 6 / 10

Fulci's splatter film inspired on H.P. Lovecraft about the dead coming back to life at Dunwich

This is a genuinely frightening story with correct utilization of images-shock , skill edition and eerie images . Lucio Fulci's main great success along with ¨Zombie 2¨ , is compelling directed with startling gory visual content . It's a creepy horror film plenty of brutal frames and gory events. Fulci's horror film about the dead coming back to life on a small location of Dunwich with inspiration on famous novelist H.P. Lovecraft . A journalist named Peter Bell (Christopher George), a psychiatrist (Carlo De Mejo) and a psychic named Mary Woodhouse (Catriona MacColl , Fulci's fetish actress) race to close the Gates of Hell after the suicide by hanging of a priest caused them to open , allowing the zombies to rise from the tombs . Gory, gruesome , pretty repellent , and ghastly gory-feast in which the stumbling flesh-eating stiffs are relived by an ancient curse .Chilling Italian terror flick full of screams, shocks, chills, thrills and lots of blood and guts . Astonishing , mesmerizing , very repellent , and scary mess in which the living dead are reanimated and committing horrible murders . This is a classic excruciatingly terror film in which the intrigue,tension, suspense, horror appears threatening and lurking in every room, corridors , cellar , morgue, streets, cemetery and many other places . Watch for the great highlights as the alive burying and the pick-axe coming dangerously close to her head ; as when a drill punctures the face an unfortunate young -a Fulci's mark who repeats ad nauseam - and clergyman's mesmerizing stares making eyeballs bleed . And as always brief appearance of Lucio Fulci, in Alfred Hitchcock cameo style , as Police Inspector and a young future director of terror movies , Michele Soavi as hapless victim . Good make-up and special effects by makeup artist named Rufini replacing the usual maestro Gianetto De Rossi. Produced on a tight budget by Giovanni Masini and the same Fulci . Moody photography Sergio Salvati on location in Fort Lee, New Jersey, New York City, Savannah, Georgia, USA . Eerie musical score composed and conducted by Fabio Frizzi in Goblin style. The motion picture is realized by one of the most controversial filmmakers of terror movies ,Lucio Fulci , in his ordinary style with flaws and gaps but is professionally made because being a skilled craftsman . 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 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 such as proved in ¨The Beyond¨, ¨Manhattan baby¨, ¨Gates of Hell¨, ¨Island of the living dead¨, ¨New York ripper¨ , among them . This is one more imaginative , though imperfect horror/splatter picture in which the camera stalks in sinister style . It's just one long unrelenting guts-feast and passable budget horror movie that still packs a punch for those who appeal to be terrorized out their wits . This gore-feast that tried to disguised itself under many other titles as ¨City of living dead¨ will enjoy to Lucio Fulci aficionados.

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Paura nella città dei morti viventi

1980 [ITALIAN]

Action / Horror

Paura nella città dei morti viventi

1980 [ITALIAN]

Action / Horror

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**_Not the same-old, same-old Zombies in this gory

Fulci's splatter film inspired on H.P. Lovecraft about the dead coming back to life at Dunwich

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