Christopher George, Catriona MacColl, Fabrizio Jovine
A reporter and a psychic race to close the Gates of Hell after the suicide of a clergyman caused them to open, allowing the dead to rise from the grave.
DVD Release Date: May 23, 2000
Stats: 444 reviews
Dissappointing movie; the artwork looked so freaky and cool I bought it. Not really a zombie movie, just a series of gorey small encounters with mysterious forces of evil. The plot consists of loosely tied horrific incidents in the village of Dunwich, caused when a priest presuma...( read more)
The first work in the Fulci 'Trilogia della Morte' (which also includes 'The Beyond' and 'The House by the Cemetery') is surely the most extreme and disturbing among the three.
A tale of curse and living dead, with Catholic connotations, which takes its inspiration from Lovecra...( read more)
Lucio Fulci is a horror icon. He may not be as well known to many film goers in North America as his iconic status was cemented some twenty years ago, but if you like films by Wes Craven and M. Night Shyamalan and even David Fincher, then you can look at Fulci and say that his wo...( read more)
City of the living dead, one word described this movie AAMZING, good gore feast and spooky
Fulci goes cool, violent, gory, scary and wild again. He really knows how to make SCARY HORROR films and this is just another fine example. It is not his best film (The Beyond [1981] and Zombi 2 (1979) are better zombie/horror films) but this will surely entertain and please hard...( read more)
When a priest hangs himself the gates of hell are opened letting Fulci go wild w/ the gory visuals including skull drilling, maggot blizzards, bleeding eyes, the living dead & someone literally puking their guts out. A brain smooshing good time!
Good gore, decent scares, neat makeup, and fun atmosphere. Other than that, it's nothing special.
It's not easy to create a movie that's both gory AND creepy but COTLD does it very convincingly.
if those gates are left open, it could mean the end of humanity. We've got to get them shut again. At midnight on Monday, we go into All Saint's Day. The night of the dead begins. If the portholes of hell aren't shut before, no dead body will ever rest in peace. The dead will rise up all over the world and take over the Earth! You must get to Dunwich, Mr. Bell. You must reclose those gates!
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