City of the Living Dead (1980) movie poster

City of the Living Dead

Paura nella città dei morti viventi

1980 ·1h 33m · ★ 6.5 (434)

A woman seemingly dies of fright after participating in a séance where she sees a vision of a Dunwich priest hanging himself in a church cemetery. New York City reporter Peter Bell investigates and learns that the priest's suicide has somehow opened a portal to Hell and must be sealed by All Saints Day, or else the dead will overtake humanity.

Why it matters
22 horror films in catalog

Horror DNA

Gore
100
Slow Burn
66
Psychological
14
Supernatural
100
Creature
55
Disturbing
100
Fun Factor
50
Cerebral
57
Survival
66
SupernaturalZombie

Setting

Cemetery

Content Warnings

Taboo ContentBody HorrorEye TraumaDehumanization

Phobia triggers

TMDB Keywords

demonliving deadpriestpsychic powersuicidesurrealism

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