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65% Critic Match
City of the Living Dead
“From the bowels of the Earth they came...To collect the living!”
6.5 / 10• 1980• 1h 33m•NR• Italian
HorrorFantasyMystery
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Christopher George
Peter Bell
Lead
Catriona MacColl
Mary Woodhouse
Carlo De Mejo
Gerry
Giovanni Lombardo Radice
Bob
Janet Ågren
Sandra
Antonella Interlenghi
Emily Robbins
Daniela Doria
Rosie Kelvin
Fabrizio Jovine
Father William Thomas
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Lucio Fulci's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. City of the Living Dead is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
