City of the Living Dead (1980)
A reporter and a psychic race to close the Gates of Hell after the suicide of a clergyman caused them to open, allowing the dead to rise from their graves.
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Lucio FulciWriters:
Lucio Fulci (story and screenplay), Dardano Sacchetti (story and screenplay)All Cast & Crew
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The character "Bob", played by Giovanni Lombardo Radice, was originally intended to be a hunchback. However, Radice decided against wearing the hump that was made for him, and instead portrayed the character having a stiff, lurching gait.
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Dr. Joe Thompson:
Well, she certainly wasn't strangled. There doesn't seem to be any kind of physical abuse.
Sheriff Russell:
Well, what was the cause of her death then?
Dr. Joe Thompson:
Some kind of cardiac arrest. Only that expression on her face is like pure fear, like something scared her to ...
Sheriff Russell:
...
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Mary could not have been buried alive as she would not have survived the embalming.
Alternate Versions
The British Cinema version was cut by around 1 minute to remove the drill sequence. This version was released on video in the UK before 1984, after which all videos were required to be submitted to the British Board of Film Classification. When it was finally given a video certificate by the BBFC, further cuts were made to remove the intestinal vomit scene, and the brain squashing scenes. The UK video has a total of 2m 21s of cuts.
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Release Date:
6 May 1983Language
Italian
Country of Origin
ItalyFilming Locations
Incir De Paolis Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy
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