City of the Living Dead
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| City of the Living Dead | |
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 Anchor Bay DVD cover. |
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| Directed by | Lucio Fulci |
| Produced by | Giovanni Masini Robert E. Warner |
| Written by | Lucio Fulci Dardano Sacchetti |
| Starring | Christopher George Catriona MacColl Carlo De Mejo Antonella Interlenghi Giovanni Lombardo Radice Daniela Doria Fabrizio Jovine Luca Venantini Michele Soavi |
| Music by | Fabio Frizzi |
| Cinematography | Sergio Salvati |
| Editing by | Vincenzo Tomassi |
| Distributed by | Anchor Bay Entertainment (DVD) |
| Release date(s) | August 11, 1980 |
| Running time | 92 min |
| Language | Italian |
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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.
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[edit] 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 Enoch learn that they must close the portal to hell before All Saints Day, or the dead will overtake the earth.
[edit] German Release Status
To date all German versions of the film have been banned since its initial release over twenty years ago.
- First release - Ein Zombie hing am Glockenseil in 1982, banned in 1986.
- Second release - Ein Toter hing am Glockenseil with cuts, banned in 1988
- Third release - Eine Leiche hing am Glockenseil with numerous cuts, removing nearly all gore scenes. Banned in 2001
There was thought to be a fourth version titled Ein Kadaver hing am Glockenseil with further cuts in the event Leiche was banned, but nothing has appeared to support this. There is no FSK-16-Version (comparable to PG-13) that has all the gore missing which is available in every store.
[edit] Trivia
- Actress Daniela Doria actually vomited sheep entrails during the intestine purging scene.[verification needed]
- Actor Michele Soavi would go on to appear in Demoni, aka Demons, and would later produce and direct Dellamorte Dellamore, aka Cemetery Man.
- Director Lucio Fulci has an uncredited cameo as Dr. Joe Thompson.
