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Suicidal priest curses city.
Review: Horrors arise from a cursed city where a priest committed
suicide. The ghost of the priest and his zombie minions return to terrorize
the living. After a woman (Catriona MacColl) dies during a séance in which she
has visions of the priest, a reporter (Christopher George)
investigates her death and resurrection and they team up to uncover
the mystery.
It was a tad confusing at first as I tried to figure out who was
who, where the events were occurring and exactly what was going on,
but Lucio Fulci delivers a dandy horror film filled with numerous
graphic scenes of blood and gore.
From the frothy-mouthed death scene to the abandoned house to the
buried alive escape to the organ vomiting to the head drilling to
the flying maggot storm, CotLD will leave you impressed with
the level of quality achieved by the FX department.
There's no exposed skin, but Antonella Interlenghi (who
played the psychiatrist's daughter, Emily Robbins) looked
exceptional in her brief time on screen.
City of the Living Dead is an Italian zombie flick worth
viewing. It's far less frustrating than many of the others in the
subgenre. The ending is a bit of a letdown, but everything before it
was enjoyable.
Learn more: IMDb
DVD version viewed: City of the Living Dead
(Lucio Fulci Collection) (Anchor Bay, UPC 013131110494)
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