City of the Living Dead
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City of the Living Dead

Year:
Duration:
93 min | Australia:90 min (cut)
Genres:
Horror
IMDB rate:
6.3
Director:
Lucio Fulci
Details
Country: Italy
Release Date: 1983-05-06
Filming Locations: Incir De Paolis Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Cast
Actor
Character
Christopher George
Peter Bell
Catriona MacColl
Mary Woodhouse (as Katriona MacColl)
Carlo De Mejo
Gerry
Antonella Interlenghi
Emily Robbins
Giovanni Lombardo Radice
Bob
Daniela Doria
Rosie Kelvin
Fabrizio Jovine
Father William Thomas
Luca Venantini
John-John Robbins (as Luca Paisner)
Michele Soavi
Tommy Fisher
Venantino Venantini
Mr. Ross
Enzo D'Ausilio
Sheriff Russell's deputy
Adelaide Aste
Theresa
Luciano Rossi
Policeman in apartment
Robert Sampson
Sheriff Russell
Janet Agren
Sandra
Lucio Fulci
Dr. Joe Thompson (uncredited)
Michael Gaunt
Gravedigger (uncredited)
James Sampson
James McLuhan - Séance Member (uncredited)
Martin Sorrentino
Sgt. Clay (uncredited)
Robert Spafford
Junie the Bartender (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Susan Spafford
Sandra (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Pat Starke
Emily Robbins (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Frank von Kuegelgen
Gerry (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Robert E. Warner
Policeman Outside Apartment Building (uncredited)
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Trivia
Michele Soavi:  The Italian film director appears as a young man whose date (Daniela Doria) vomits up her internal organs and then has the back of his skull ripped out.
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Future director Michele Soavi was originally up for the role of "Bob". However, Fulci changed his mind and decided to cast Giovanni Lombardo Radice instead, and Soavi was given a smaller role.
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First part of Lucio Fulci's Death Trilogy also including The Beyond (1981) and The House by the Cemetery (1981).
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Goofs
Although the film is set in the United States, Tommy's van has its steering wheel on the right side, revealing the film's European origins.
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Mary could not have been buried alive as she would not have survived the embalming.
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In Emily's house, she lays the .38 pistol down on her work bench and pours herself a glass of Jack Daniels and sits the glass back down beside the pistol and bottle. When her visitor pours himself a drink a minute later, same spot, the bottle has become a Dewar's bottle. Two minutes later, the Jack Daniels bottle is across the room on a low end table with the glass beside it.
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Quotes
Theresa: Mary, tell us what you saw in your last vision.
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Mary Woodhouse: It's her... Mrs. Holden. This morning she was inside a coffin at the funeral home, and now she's here in my kitchen!
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Peter Bell: Hi, officer. I'm looking for Sergeant Clay. Is he in there?
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Faq
Q
What are the differences between the old BBFC 18 Version and the Uncut Version?
A
This zombiefilm-classic only received two cut releases on VHS in Great Britain, not counting the banned and uncut Vipco VHS. The theatrical version was only missing the infamous driller-scene. This version was also later released on VHS by several labels. The cut Vipco VHS was censored even more, though, and stripped off of the bloodiest scenes. Vipco and Arrow Video both released the film uncensored on DVD. A detailed comparison between the Vipco VHS version and the uncensored DVD version with pictures can be found here.
Q
How did they do the zombies teleporting?
A
A very simple method called stop-motion, where the camera films, then is stopped and the landscape is changed, then turned on and films again. In this case, an empty landscape was filmed, then stopped, and the actor playing the zombie would walk onto the set and the camera would start again.
Q
How did they do the special effects for the scene where the woman vomits up her intestines?
A
The actress held tripe (edible parts from the stomach of an animal) in her mouth, and spat it out. Some reports say that she swallowed it and regurgitated it on camera. In some shots, a fake head was used.
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Photos from cast
Perry Pirkanen
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