Review of City of the Living Dead (1980) by Christopher S — 25 Jul 2007
Another great Lucio Fulci zombie flick. A priest hangs himself in a cemetery, thus opening the gates of hell(one of many alternate titles to the movie). It's up to a reporter who sounds like George Carlin, a psychic that was buried alive in the same cemetery that Matt Cordell was buried in in Maniac Cop 2, a psychiatrist, & his basketcase patient to save the day.
There are a handful of zombies in the movie but they're more supernatural than typical zombies since they possess teleporting powers & super strength. Plus, they like to fuck with peoples' heads too when they appear somewhere then disappear.
Yep. This is the movie where a woman pukes up her guts & a guy gets a brutal power drill to the temple. Some great gore. A handful of people get the backs of their heads ripped out, exposing some of their brains.
The maggot blizzard was great. I like how they only stuck to about 3 or 4 different places on the actors' faces. Overall, a good movie. I like it about the same as Zombi 2.
This review of City of the Living Dead (1980) was written by Christopher S on 25 Jul 2007.
City of the Living Dead has generally received mixed reviews.
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