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.
City of the Living Dead has generally received mixed reviews.
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Review of City of the Living Dead (1980)
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Review of City of the Living Dead (1980)
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Review of City of the Living Dead (1980)
Review of City of the Living Dead (1980)
Review of City of the Living Dead (1980)
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City of the Living Dead was released in 1980 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 252 reviews, giving City of the Living Dead (1980) an average rating of 60%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 69% and users giving an average score of 70%.
With a score of 60%, City of the Living Dead is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1980, which stands at 58%.
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