City of the Living Dead
Anchor Bay DVD cover.
Directed by	Lucio Fulci
Produced by	Giovanni Masini Robert E. Warner
Written by	Lucio Fulci Dardano Sacchetti
Starring	Christopher George Catriona MacColl Carlo De Mejo Antonella Interlenghi Giovanni Lombardo Radice Daniela Doria Fabrizio Jovine Luca Venantini Michele Soavi
Music by	Fabio Frizzi
Cinematography	Sergio Salvati
Editing by	Vincenzo Tomassi
Distributed by	Anchor Bay Entertainment (DVD)
Release date(s)	August 11, 1980
Running time	92 min
Language	Italian (English dub)
IMDb profile

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Plot

After Father William Thomas (Fabrizio Jovine) hangs himself in a cemetery, the gates of hell are opened. Zombies with abilities of super strength, teleportation and levitation appear and start killing off people in town. Investigating reporter Peter Bell (Christopher George) along with psychic Mary Woodhouse (Catriona MacColl) travel to Dunwich, New England, and from the book of Enoch learn that they must close the portal to hell before All Saints Day, or the dead will overtake the earth. Christopher George (February 25, 1929 - November 29, 1983) An american actor born in Royal Oak, Michigan, Mr. ... Catriona MacColl (born 3 October 1954 in London, England) is an actress who has worked extensively in both film and television across Europe. ...

German Release Status

To date all German versions of the film have been banned since its initial release over twenty years ago.

• First release - Ein Zombie hing am Glockenseil in 1982, banned in 1986.
• Second release - Ein Toter hing am Glockenseil with cuts, banned in 1988
• Third release - Eine Leiche hing am Glockenseil with numerous cuts, removing nearly all gore scenes. Banned in 2001

There was thought to be a fourth version titled Ein Kadaver hing am Glockenseil with further cuts in the event Leiche was banned, but nothing has appeared to support this. There is no FSK-16-Version (comparable to PG-13) that has all the gore missing which is available in every store.

Trivia

• Actress Daniela Doria actually vomited sheep entrails during the intestine purging scene
• Actor Michele Soavi would go on to appear in Demoni, aka Demons, and would later produce and direct Dellamorte Dellamore, aka Cemetery Man.
• Director Lucio Fulci has an uncredited cameo as Dr. Joe Thompson.

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External links

• City of the Living Dead at the Internet Movie Database