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MCT:August 4, 2008Sometimes you run across a film that despite not being a very well made film, there is a magical quality to it. Nightmare City is just that kind of film. With the perfect amount of cheesiness, mixed with great gore, nudity, a certain ineptitude in front of and behind the camera that is endlessly entertaining, but also enough skill in certain areas so that it's not too horribly painful to watch, and a deadly seriousness that becomes unintentionally hilarious. You honestly couldn't set out to make a film like this and make it work this well; many have tried and many have failed. You can't force your way into the label cult-classic, you sort of have to stumble your way in, and director Umberto Lunzi and crew tripped right into a masterpiece.
The film starts with reports of a nuclear accident; meanwhile our dashing-news-reporter-hero Dean Miller is at the airport where he's supposed to interview the scientist in charge of the power plant. Once the plane lands, a horde of zombies disembark with axes-swinging, knives-a-stabbing, and guns-a-blazing. Yes, guns. These aren't your typical zombies, they're quite proficient in using a number of weapons. Well, they're not technically zombies either; they're radiated and mutated humans, with zombie like qualities; rotting flesh, cannibalistic tendencies, and quick transfer of infection. They messily dispatch the rescue team sent to their plane, while Dean and his cameraman happily watch the blood-letting, only when one of the zombies (I'll continue to call them zombies for simplicities sake.) gets too close for comfort do they decide to run for it.
Dean rushes back to his TV studio and tries to interrupt his channels "disco show" for an emergency announcement; this was released in 1980 towards the end of the disco movement, this scene is painful to watch now, but the dancer get what's coming to 'em; he is unfortunately overruled by the military, who wants to pretend that everything is hunky-dory as the city is overtaken by the ever growing number of living-dead. When the zombies show up and start munching on all the dancers, Dean decides to escape the city, but first must find his wife who's an emergency room doctor. Where of course, the dead and infected are being rushed to in waves. Dean battles his way through the zombies, to save her and drive off into the country; where they're unable to find peace, as the military is hopelessly inept at stopping the radiation-infection from rapidly taking over the world.
The zombies, or seriously-pissed-off-radiated-humans are just too cool. Instead of trying to make them look like they've freshly risen from the grave, they're supposed to look mutated, which is achieved by basically slopping a bunch of green-crusty-goo on everybody's face; which ranges from slightly dis-nerving to hysterically inept. I love their use of weapons, instead of biting at people's hard skulls, they gouge them with knives and suck at the blood. They also have a tendency to rip girls shirts open, none who bother to wear bras; I mean if you're mutated and angry at the world, you might as well get some cheap thrills while your at it.
The acting is painfully bad; which isn't helped by the fact that it's all been dubbed. I never understood these Italian horror films, where half the time they seem to be speaking in Italian, the other half English, whatever the actors native language is; and the entire thing is then dubbed over, it's an extremely odd effect. The dialogue is deadly serious; it's supposed to be some great warning against the use of nuclear power, but it's delivered in such a ham-fisted way, that it's hilarious. The gore and blood come in great waves, with breasts ripped off and eyes torn asunder. The photography is nothing special, but you can see what's going on, and it's not bad enough to be distracting. The movie moves along at a good pace; there is constantly something gross, funny or both to be watching. Nightmare City is endlessly entertaining for anyone with an appreciation for fine cheese.
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MCT:July 22, 2008Not only is this movie crap, it's dubbed crap. There are one or two well done death scenes but the basic saving grace here is some stupid shit and there's darn little of that. Zombies created by radioactivity (I have no idea how either) begin taking over some city full of people I don't really care about. At least the movie is interesting in that the zombies move quickly and use weapons, heck they're more intelligent than the humans as well. Although informed by superiors to shoot living dead through the brain we see very little implementation, soldiers spray bullets ineffectively into swarms of advancing zombies. And who lives through this entire mess? Not the soldiers or police - it's a damn reporter and his wife, the two least armed people! Further horror is garnered from the fact that we find the entire movie was just a dream but it begins coming true!
and One of my favorite schlock movies of all time. Bad dubbing, bad acting, dumb story, lame ending, this movie has everything I look for. My favorite moments were the exploding TV set, the scene where the soldiers were told to shoot the monsters in the head, only to later shoot them in every place but, and one of my all time faves, the scene where the two survivors discuss coffee (I guess they forgot they were being chased).
I'd recommend this piece of crap to anyone who enjoys all out schlock. Cleveland steamer monsters are cool.
so if ur a blockbuster one day dont pick this moive up cuz it SUCKS REALLY BAD!!!
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MCT:April 10, 2008
this is thefirst zombie movie that i've ever seen that has fast zombies in it. as far as zombie flicks go, it's definitely closer to the bottom of the barrel, however, it gets a place on my list because it was the first of its kind.
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MCT:January 24, 2008
In this film zombies seems to be smart,fast & carry weapons.Lots of cheesy effects & the zombies are funny looking with burned faces.The death scenes doesn't put this one above other better films of this genre but the film hold some interest for being fast pace & not boring.
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MCT:January 19, 2008Ahhh... I love this film. I've never seen such a silly, sensless and downright stupid "zombie"(theyre mutants)movie such as this... And I love it! This is one of those movies that is so bad, you can't resist it. Have seen it dozens of times, but still falls out of the couch with laughter. the ghouls runs, drives cars, communicates (but never speaks), wields anything from blades to submachine guns, and kicks the stupid humainty's butts! The militairy is downright stupid in every scene (like the one when they brings in a dead mutant in the conference room while discussing how awfully high the risk of being contaminated by them are ), and the news reporter and even the ghouls are better with guns (heck, even the scalpel-throwing doctor put up a better fight than them). Overall, great fun, and the plot was over after 5 minutes and replaced by endless action the catchy soundtrack on repeat.
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MCT:November 2, 2007
One of the first examples of running zombies, plus these zombies are flat out insane. They use weapons and fighting moves, which makes them worthy adversaries for our hero, a block of wood. See our hero watch calmly as zombies terrorize the hospital, then watch him stare calmly as the zombies destroy everything he loves, then watch him run calmly as he is chased by the terrifying zombies! He truly is a hero in every sense of the word.
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MCT:October 3, 2007
I kind of liked this one. Kind of. It had some good action and I liked the make up, but you could still tell it was a foreign film.
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MCT:September 11, 2007
The superfun inspiration for Robert Rodriguez's PLANET TERROR. A lot of fun, though it's definitely one of the cheesier Italian zombie flicks I've seen. It doesn't have the over-the-top serious gore of most Fulci, but it has the intensity unlike most Italian zomb flicks. Fun stuff, definite inspiration on a great deal of the new breed of undead movies.
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MCT:August 8, 2007
Sit down and watch 80s Italian horror with me and I'll be your best friend. How could you hate something so blissfully inept and campy? I mean, unless you're a terrible person.
The zombies look like someone shat all over their faces, but the only people really getting shat on are those expecting good acting, a logical script, or coherence in general. This one is utterly brainless popcorn fun and I want to watch it every day. -
MCT:June 28, 2007
Great movie, I love how the zombies were so aggressive. They don't just bite people, they stab, beat and mutilate them with weapons. The acting and make-up were pretty bad but this is still one of the more entertaining zombie films i've seen.
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MCT:May 24, 2007
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MCT:January 30, 2007
Happiness. Soundtrack, gore fx, zombies with machetes and machine guns that can fly planes and hide behind things to surprise their victims. They drank blood like vampires though... I don't think that is in the zombie movie rulebook
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MCT:January 26, 2007
Very strange zombie movie. This one has running, jumping, agile zombies who know how to fly helicopters, drive cars, and shoot guns. Not great, but okay for zombie fans.
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MCT:September 10, 2006
This movie is watchable, nothing more. At least it's entertaining enough to keep you from falling asleep.
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MCT:July 31, 2006
I am going to have to watch this one again i kind of dozed in and out. A lot of killing in this. It seemed kind of boring . I am going to give it another shot.
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MCT:June 5, 2006
This precursor to 28 Days Later combines gutmunching with aerobics in one incredible scene. Only in Italy...
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