City of the Living Dead (1980)

Movies Viewed in 2021 (630 movies items)

" First Viewing Viewing Date: October 23rd Via: Blu-ray Plot: 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. Rating: 4.1/10"

MOVIES Watched in 2021 (175 movies items)

"True rating : 7,5/10. Janet Agren "

Movies I Watched in June 2020 (34 movies items)

" Date: 6/17/2020 Viewed: Blu-Ray Re-Watch Note: Today is Lucio Fulci's birthday and I decided to celebrate his birthday by watching the new Blu-Ray of City of the Living Dead aka Gates of Hell released by Scorpion Releasing. The 4K restoration of this movie is absolutely breathtaking because everything looks so crisp and clear. I noticed things that I would never notice in the movie until now. City of the Living Dead is still an awesome movie even 40 years later. It's the weakest movie in the "

Movies I watched in June 2019 (25 movies items)

" Date: 6/18/2019 Viewed: Blu-Ray Re-Watch Note: After re-watching Zombie, I decided to watch a Lucio Fulci movie this week from Monday-Sunday in honor of his birthday. The weakest movie in the Gates of Hell trilogy, but still a solid movie nevertheless. I personally love the dark, spooky and gothic atmosphere in the movie. The movie has you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. I also love the set designs in the movie because they look fantastic. My biggest issue with the movie is th"

“"City of the Living Dead" is far from a perfect film but, even expecting that, it falls quite a bit short of good and ambles somewhat aimlessly in the fair category for me. Most of that good will falls on the soft spot I have for Italian horror and Fulci's better offerings to the genre. Don't behead me just yet Fulci loyalists. I proudly wear my Fulci Lives gear and partake of the man's work quite often but I'd be remiss if I ignored the shortcomings of his art which are, if we're being honest, many.

That being said, I have something of an unbridled appreciation for this movie despite my middling rating and it mostly falls on the fact that "City" is something of an ambitious project even as it fails to bring most of that to fruition. I, like many, believe that Fulci's magnum opu” read more

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Watched in 2016 (153 movies items)

"18.4."