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City of the Living Dead

Horror · Fantasy

City of the Living Dead

From the bowels of the Earth they came...To collect the living!

6.5(449) 8/11/1980 1h 33m
HorrorFantasyMystery

A psychic seemingly dies of fright during a séance where she sees a vision of a Dunwich priest hanging himself in a church cemetery. New York City reporter Peter Bell investigates and learns that the priest's suicide has somehow opened a portal to Hell that must be sealed by All Saints Day, or else the dead will overtake humanity.

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Top Cast

Christopher George

Christopher George

Peter Bell

Catriona MacColl

Catriona MacColl

Mary Woodhouse

Carlo De Mejo

Carlo De Mejo

Gerry

Giovanni Lombardo Radice

Giovanni Lombardo Radice

Bob

Janet Ågren

Janet Ågren

Sandra

Antonella Interlenghi

Antonella Interlenghi

Emily Robbins

Daniela Doria

Daniela Doria

Rosie Kelvin

Fabrizio Jovine

Fabrizio Jovine

Father William Thomas

Directed by

Lucio Fulci

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Wuchak

5/10

9/19/2025

**_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. Fu

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