City of the Living Dead (1980 film)
City of the Living Dead, AKA The Gates of Hell, Twilight of the Dead, and Paura nella città dei morti viventi (1980 film)
Summary
In this gory Lucio Fulci splatter film, a reporter and a psychic race to Dunwich to close the Gates of Hell after the suicide of a clergyman caused them to open, allowing the dead to rise from the grave.
Details
- Release Date: 1980
- Country/Language: Italian, dubbed in English
- Genres/Technical: Horror (gore/zombie/splatter)
- Runtime: 1 hr 33 min
- Starring: Christopher George, Catriona MacColl, etc.
- Director: Lucio Fulci
- Writer: Lucio Fulci, Dardano Sacchetti
- View Trailer: (link)
Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: (unrated) (rates at least an "R" for extremely gross gore and graphic violence)
Tentacle Ratings
A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
- S____ (One Tentacle: Debateably Lovecraftian; has almost no direct connection to Lovecraft's work)
Supposedly a VERY loose adaptation of The Dunwich Horror (fiction), it would be difficult at best to detect this ancestry in the final film. Dunwich does appear in the film, and there is horror, and a priest who opens the gates to hell, but that seems to be the limit of any resemblance.
Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.
Reviews
Review Links:
- BadMovieMarathon "Summer of Lovecraft", (link) - "...Really nasty, without any redeeming quality...."
Synopsis
In this gory Lucio Fulci splatter film, a reporter and a psychic race to Dunwich to close the Gates of Hell after the suicide of a clergyman caused them to open, allowing the dead to rise from the grave.
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