Review of Nightmare City (1980) by Greg S — 04 Apr 2014

Nightmare City is another in a long list of splatter zombie movies made during the 70's and 80's by Italian filmmakers. Umberto Lenzi, who was also known from making spaghetti westerns and later on in his career horror movies, directed this wonky schlock-fest about a group of mutated men and women who are out for blood, basically beating people up and hacking them to pieces.

So technically, they're not really zombies, but yet they are. Apples and oranges, I guess. At one point they refer to them as vampires in the English dub, so go figure. The movie itself isn't one of the best that the genre has to offer, but it has some fun make-up effects and some good unintentional humor.

It's not one of the strongest films in the genre, that's for sure, but there are some moments to enjoy if you're a horror fan.