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Hugo Stiglitz | ... |
Dean Miller
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Laura Trotter | ... |
Dr. Anna Miller
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Maria Rosaria Omaggio | ... |
Sheila Holmes
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Francisco Rabal | ... |
Major Warren Holmes
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Sonia Viviani | ... |
Cindy
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Eduardo Fajardo | ... |
Dr. Kramer
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Stefania D'Amario | ... |
Jessica Murchison
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Ugo Bologna | ... |
Mr. Desmond
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Sara Franchetti | ... |
Liz
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Manuel Zarzo | ... |
Colonel Donahue
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Tom Felleghy | ... |
Lieutenant Reedman
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Pierangelo Civera | ... |
Bob, Jessica's husband
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Achille Belletti | ... |
TV Station Technician
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General Murchison
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Airplane exposed to radiation crash lands. Out of the wreckage, blood drinking zombies emerge armed with knives, guns and teeth! They go on a rampage slicing, dicing, and biting their way across the Italian countryside. Written by Humberto Amador
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Don't get caught "alive"... you'd be better off dead! See more »Certificate:
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Release Date:
18 November 1983 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
City of the Walking Dead See more »Company Credits
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Dean Miller: Alright. Nothing is going to happen as long as we stay together I promise you. What we've got to do now is get away from here as fast as we can.
Dr. Anna Miller: Let go of me. Why don't you face it. There's no place for us to go. They're we too will be killed. I don't want us to die I don't want us to but there's nothing we can do. They're everywhere...
Dean Miller: [...]
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According to director Umberto Lenzi, both Franco Nero and Fabio Testi were considered for the lead in the film, but the producer insisted on a Mexican leading man to appeal to Mexican audiences. Hence, the role went to Hugo Stiglitz. See more »Goofs
During the raid on the TV station, a zombie whacks a cameraman with a stick so hard that it falls out of his hands. In the next shot, it's back in the zombie's hands again. See more »Quotes
Dr. Anna Miller: I'm tired. Really tired. And I'm frightened. We'll never get away from these... these monsters. What are we going to do?Dean Miller: Alright. Nothing is going to happen as long as we stay together I promise you. What we've got to do now is get away from here as fast as we can.
Dr. Anna Miller: Let go of me. Why don't you face it. There's no place for us to go. They're we too will be killed. I don't want us to die I don't want us to but there's nothing we can do. They're everywhere...
Dean Miller: [...]
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Better known for his jungle cannibal opus "Make Them Die Slowly", Lenzi has here a much more accomplished and entertaining gut muncher.
On an unassuming day, a nuclear scientist is supposed to arrive with important research. His plane breaks flight patterns and lands unannounced. When authorities go to investigate, they find all the people on board are infected with strange kind of radiation poisoning and have turned into violent, cannibalistic zombies. The zombies then begin attacking any and every one in sight; hacking, shooting and eating all they can. Escaping the city is the only hope.
Coming out in 1980, this was pretty late in the cannibal/zombie movie cycle. Fortunately, Lenzi changes up the formula just enough to keep things from being stale. The zombies are are fast, intelligent and have no problem utilizing tools and weapons. Lenzi also ad hears to just enough genre clichés to keep fans happy. There is blood and gore aplenty, random flashes of nudity and some wonderfully cheesy dialogue.
On the technical side, the film is right on par with other films in the same category. Acting ranges from to OK to plain bad, lighting and sound get the job done but never excel, and the writing works well enough to move from point A to point B. One nice element is the pacing, which is refreshingly brisk and free of clutter.
Over all, this is one of the better made and more amusing of the cannibal/zombie films from days gone by. Genre fans should check it out.
7/10