{"id":4607,"date":"2023-10-27T12:36:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T12:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rockvideorental.com\/?p=4607"},"modified":"2023-10-27T12:41:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T12:41:05","slug":"oct-27th-city-of-the-living-dead-aka-the-gates-of-hell-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rockvideorental.com\/?p=4607","title":{"rendered":"Oct. 27th: City of the Living Dead aka The Gates of Hell (1980)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
City of the Living Dead aka The Gates of Hell (1980)<\/div>
Directed by Lucio Fulci<\/div>
\u00a0<\/div>
Italian horror\u2026.again.\u00a0 I\u2019m really diving in lately with Italian stuff.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Idk maybe I\u2019m just trying to embrace this odd little subgenre more in a futile attempt to better understand it?\u00a0 Who knows.\u00a0 I watched this on Betamax and it is titled The Gates of Hell, much like other Italian movies it has several names, mostly City of the Living Dead.\u00a0 Fulci is always good for some gore so let\u2019s dive in.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

City of the Living Dead is about a reporter and a psychic trying to close the gates of hell after the suicide of a priest or vicker or something caused them to open. Now we have zombies running crazy and killing people, in typical Fulci goodness. Christopher George is here playing a\u2026.JOURNALIST! I bet you thought I was gonna say cop right? Well he\u2019s basically a cop again, the dude excelled at that so why not? This also takes place on All Saints Day so hell yeah, because thats November 1st and that, ladies and gentlemen\u2026is my birthday! Anyways, George tries to help this psychic close the gates and we get some gory fun.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

The effects are pretty solid. My favorite kill has to be the drill press through the head, that is gnarly Fulci fun right there! I\u2019m surprised it didn\u2019t go through a dude\u2019s eye because Fulci hates eyes, they have to be punctured, gouged, sliced and destroyed dammit! A woman is buried alive and it is truly unnerving. She tries to scratch her way out, with no avail. Christopher George (I think his name is Peter? idk he\u2019s Christopher George) hears her and unearths the woman. It really is effective and creepy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Acting wise, this movie is on point with any other Italian horror movie, hard to gauge truly because everything is dubbed. Christopher George does a commendable job as always. Catriona MacColl as Mary was decent as well. The music is top notch, it always is in Fulci movies right? Fabio Frizzi provides the score. Fulci himself even has an uncredited role as Dr. Joe Thompson which is always fun.<\/p>

If you like Italian horror, and you understand it. Then you and I have one thing in common. I\u2019ve said numerous times that I\u2019m too dumb to understand Italian horror without reading about it afterwards or having Joe Bob hold my hand. Again I was lost, but hey it was gory fun so it\u2019s cool. I give this a C. I much prefer Zombi 2.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t

C<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

City of the Living Dead aka The Gates of Hell (1980)Directed by Lucio Fulci\u00a0Italian horror\u2026.again.\u00a0 I\u2019m really diving in lately with Italian stuff.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Idk maybe I\u2019m just trying to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31hm"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/rockvideorental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image_2023-10-27_083522408.png","rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/rockvideorental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image_2023-10-27_083522408.png",1986,2909,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/rockvideorental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image_2023-10-27_083522408.png",1986,2909,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/rockvideorental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image_2023-10-27_083522408.png",1986,2909,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/rockvideorental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image_2023-10-27_083522408-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/rockvideorental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image_2023-10-27_083522408-205x300.png",205,300,true],"large":["https:\/\/rockvideorental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image_2023-10-27_083522408-699x1024.png",699,1024,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/rockvideorental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image_2023-10-27_083522408-1049x1536.png",1049,1536,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/rockvideorental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image_2023-10-27_083522408-1398x2048.png",1398,2048,true]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Brandon Darling","author_link":"https:\/\/rockvideorental.com\/author\/brandon"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"31 Horror Movies<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"City of the Living Dead aka The Gates of Hell (1980)Directed by Lucio Fulci\u00a0Italian horror\u2026.again.\u00a0 I\u2019m really diving in lately with Italian stuff.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Idk maybe I\u2019m just trying to…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockvideorental.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockvideorental.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockvideorental.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockvideorental.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockvideorental.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4607"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/rockvideorental.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4615,"href":"https:\/\/rockvideorental.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4607\/revisions\/4615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockvideorental.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockvideorental.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockvideorental.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockvideorental.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}