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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.

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22 horror films in catalog

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
100
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
66
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
14
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
100
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
55
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
100
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
50
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
57
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
66
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Setting

Cemetery

Content Warnings

Taboo ContentBody HorrorEye TraumaDehumanization
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TMDB Keywords

demonliving deadpriestpsychic powersuicidesurrealism

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