Other Titles • City of the Living Dead • Paura nella città dei morti viventi (1980) • Fear in the City of the Living Dead (1983) • The Fear (1983) • The Gates of Hell • Twilight of the Dead (1983) • Leiche hängt am Glockenseil, Eine (1990) • Die Stadt der lebenden Toten (1980) • Toter hing am Glockenseil, Ein (1980) • Zombie hing am Glockenseil, Ein (1980) • Paura Nelia Citta Dei Morti Viventi (1983)
Trivia from City of the Living Dead (1980)
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US theatrical release 1983 (Unrated).
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On England's "video nasties" list and released there without the power-drill sequence and the woman vomiting her innards.
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In the credits for CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD, Katherine MaCaoll is listed by her birth name, Catriona. After her agent came to realize that Italian words ending in o-n-a typically mean "large," the actress decided on the name change for her next two films with director Lucio Fulci.
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Begins a three film (CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD, THE BEYOND and HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY) collaboration between director Lucio Fulci and actress Katherine MacColl.
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Filmed on location in Savannah Georgia.
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Actress Katherine MacColl nearly refused to perform in two scenes; one in which she is to be buried alive then rescued via a near-miss pick-axe chopping through the coffin, and the second being the maggot windstorm scene, which was a combination of rice and actual worms. The actress confessed to being in "real" tears during the later scene.
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Features director Michele Soavi (THE CHURCH, CEMETERY MAN) in a bit part as as "Tommy".
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CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD contains an abundance of inadvertently comical camera zoom-ins to the actor's eyes, which became standard in the following Lucio Fulci's films.
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Fulci credits the film's ending to editor Vincenzo Tomassi, whom created the scene after the original footage was accidentally destroyed.DVD Features:
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Region 0
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Keep Case
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Full Frame - 1.33
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