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| Hugo Stiglitz | ... | Dean Miller | |
| Laura Trotter | ... | Dr. Anna Miller | |
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Maria Rosaria Omaggio | ... | Sheila Holmes |
| Francisco Rabal | ... | Major Warren Holmes | |
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Sonia Viviani | ... | Cindy |
| Eduardo Fajardo | ... | Dr. Kramer | |
| Stefania D'Amario | ... | Jessica Murchison | |
| Ugo Bologna | ... | Mr. Desmond | |
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Sara Franchetti | ... | Liz the Maid |
| Manuel Zarzo | ... | Colonel Donahue (as Manolo Zarzo) | |
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Tom Felleghy | ... | Lieutenant Reedman (as Tom Felleghi) |
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Pierangelo Civera | ... | Bob |
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Achille Belletti | ... | TV Station Technician |
| Mel Ferrer | ... | General Murchison | |
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| Edmund Purdom | ... | Voice | |
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In a nameless European city, a local reporter and his doctor wife try to escape from hordes of blood thirsty zombies, undead people exposed to nuclear radioactivity, while the military leaders fight a losing war of attrition against the relentless atomic zombies. Written by Anonymous
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The Nightmare Becomes Reality See more »Parents Guide:
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18 November 1983 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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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 TV station attack, when the vampire stabs its victim in the breast in the close up shot, behind the woman is a piece of polished metal reflecting various pieces of equipment. 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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The message "THE NIGHTMARE BECOMES REALITY..." just before the end credits See more »Alternate Versions
The Italian dvd (raro video), is the uncut version, and runs 88 minutes. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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On an airfield a plane's door opens and bloodthirsty zombies burst out and begin to overrun the city. TV news reporter Dean Miller must find his wife and escape the city's crazed killers.
Nightmare City (Incubo Sulla Cittá Contaminata)is a crude mix of the Crazies, Let Sleeping Corpse Lie to name a few. It also has a slight ambiance of Shivers and Rabid.
As you'd expect it's suffers from the failings of most Italian gore pictures of the time, bad dialogue etc. Nightmare City is certainly a product of its time. Nevertheless, while the makeup is terrible, the leads are more than effective. Umberto Lenzi's camera work, direction and starkness of the city setting are appealing. It's fast paced - packed with comic –like violence of stabbings, biting, hacking and shootings as the zombie maniacs cause blood soaked havoc in the city and surrounding areas.
The ending twist is quiet refreshing and although a cliché you don't see the device used these days. While not a zombie film in the truest sense, they move fast, can weld machetes and fire guns it's a competent splatter film that is far better constructed and executed than Bruno Mattei's Zombie Creeping Flesh (1980) made the same year.
Overall, it's one of the better trash horrors out there.