# City of the Living Dead (1980)

> A New York reporter and a psychic race through a cursed New England town to seal hell's gates before the dead overrun the world.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/14745

## Facts

- Runtime: 93 min
- Genres: Horror, Fantasy, Mystery
- Director: Lucio Fulci
- Cast: Christopher George, Catriona MacColl, Carlo De Mejo, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Janet Ågren, Antonella Interlenghi, Daniela Doria, Fabrizio Jovine
- TMDB rating: 6.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081318/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: nightmarish, hallucinatory, claustrophobic, late night horror marathon, cult cinema night

## Movies like City of the Living Dead

- [Doctor Butcher M.D. (1980)](https://ember.film/movie/3754)
- [Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971)](https://ember.film/movie/25353)
- [Nightmare City (1980)](https://ember.film/movie/17281)
- [The Beyond (1981)](https://ember.film/movie/11631)
- [Dead & Buried (1981)](https://ember.film/movie/14327)
- [Zombie Flesh Eaters 2 (1988)](https://ember.film/movie/21717)
- [Demons 2 (1986)](https://ember.film/movie/25611)
- [Dawn of the Dead (1978)](https://ember.film/movie/766)
- [Prince of Darkness (1987)](https://ember.film/movie/4248)
- [The House by the Cemetery (1981)](https://ember.film/movie/17667)

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