City of the Living Dead
From the bowels of the Earth they came...To collect the living!
A psychic seemingly dies of fright during 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 that must be sealed by All Saints Day, or else the dead will overtake humanity.
- Director
- Lucio Fulci
- Signature
- Tension · Wonder · Craft
- Worldwide
- $591,067
Who's in it
Cast
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Story overview
What It's About
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A psychic seemingly dies of fright during 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 that must be sealed by All Saints Day, or else the dead will overtake humanity.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
City of the Living Dead returned 1.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $400,000
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $591,067
- Release date
- Aug 11, 1980
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, Italian
- Country
- Italy
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