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Overview

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Writers:
George Baxt (screenplay)
Milton Subotsky (story)
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Release Date:
12 September 1961 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Thriller more
Tagline:
300 years old! Human blood keeps them alive forever! more
Plot:
A young coed (Nan Barlow) uses her winter vacation to research a paper on witchcraft in New England... more | full synopsis
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User Comments:
camp but effective horror fluff more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
City of the Dead (USA) (working title)
Horror Hotel (USA)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some violence.
Runtime:
Norway:75 min | USA:76 min | USA:78 min (uncut version)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-16 (1990) | UK:15 | Finland:(Banned) (1961) | Norway:16 (1971) | Australia:M | USA:PG-13 (re-rating) | USA:Not Rated (original rating)
Company:
Vulcan more

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Trivia:
Released in the U.S. on a double bill with the West German film Die Nackte und der Satan (1959) in June 1963. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The character played by Tom Naylor is called "Bill Maitland" in the dialogue but shown as "Tom Maitland" in the end credits. more
Quotes:
Elizabeth Selwyn: I am Elizabeth Selwyn. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Creature Features: Horror Hotel (#1.40)" (1971) more

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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
camp but effective horror fluff, 26 October 2004
Author: christophercy from melbourne

The City of the Dead is an enjoyable romp through witchcraft and Satanism. Whilst ripe with clichés, they enhance the movie goers pleasure rather then deride from the film itself. You'll thrill at the fantastic sets, marvel as fog threatens to blanket the entire screen, smirk as sinister characters retreat sneak on screen the retreat from whence they came! the movie achieves any effective balance between camp and genuine horror. You'll probably never be chilled to the bone but will be impressed with the films earnest and effective atmosphere. Patricia Jessel steels the show in her dual role of Elizabeth Selwyn/Mrs. Newlis and simply marvelous as the melovant matriarch how is divinely OTT. Christopher Lee is suave and sinister as always though appears in a minor but vital role. All in all a worthwhile cinema going experience.

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