How is "City of the Living Dead"...good blind buy?
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completists. they always try to make it sound like a dirty word. I love how they try to make it seem that anyone who likes it is an idiot. fanboy sounds a little too queer...so completist it is.
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Originally posted by Hendrik
...ahh... you actually read the review all the way through to the end... BRAVO!
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...ahh... you actually read the review all the way through to the end... BRAVO!
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i think they're great.... for zombie movies
very very creepy atmosphere...
but overall, i still think The Beyond is better (quality wise)
get them both!
very very creepy atmosphere...
but overall, i still think The Beyond is better (quality wise)
get them both!
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I liked this movie. I wouldn't really call it a zombie movie though. Yeah, there's a handful of zombies, but they're more like a consequence of things happening in the film. They could be a plague of locusts or a drought.
Does this film make sense at all times? No. Does it make sense at all? Mostly no. But it's got good atmosphere, genuine creepiness, and the best use of maggots in a movie ever. I bought it blind and am not sorry.
Does this film make sense at all times? No. Does it make sense at all? Mostly no. But it's got good atmosphere, genuine creepiness, and the best use of maggots in a movie ever. I bought it blind and am not sorry.
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great movie. the atmosphere is great. very creepy. i agree with one of the previous posters as well, its not really a zombie movie. more of a gory/supernatural wacked out movie. haha
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hehe this movie is great but one scene in particular may have you reaching for the barf bag..lol but anyway movie is actually really creepy and def worth the blind buy..not really a zombie movie but it has zombies none the less..
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Re: How is "City of the Living Dead"...good blind buy?
Originally posted by scott1598
Thanks to anyone for comments...
Thanks to anyone for comments...
Comparing "City of the Living Dead" (aka "Gates of Hell," which I prefer because City of... sounds too Romeroish) to "The Beyond," I'd have to say that CotLD has a more coherent storyline than The Beyond, but the "look" of CotLD (including the lighting, cinematography, and make-up special effects) is inferior. Be advised, though, that I've only seen it on an old VHS tape, so the DVD may improve on things like the lighting and such.
CotLD has some classic Fulci set pieces, like a rain of maggots, a woman puking her guts out (literally!), and a drill to the head.
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Re: Re: How is "City of the Living Dead"...good blind buy?
Originally posted by Josh-da-man
Be advised, though, that I've only seen it on an old VHS tape, so the DVD may improve on things like the lighting and such.
Be advised, though, that I've only seen it on an old VHS tape, so the DVD may improve on things like the lighting and such.
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this seems like a great movie..I was thinking of blind buying it too..anyone know what language it is in? if not english then is it dubbed or is there subtitles?
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although the film has been presented in various other countries letterboxed, as well as AB's - the OAR restores the gruesome gore from the drill through the head scene that is missing on cropped non-widescreen video versions of the film.
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i love this movie..the whole enitre flick seems to be taken out of somebodys nightmare..a very scary underrated horror film.make sure you watch it with the DD 5.1 Cranked up in a dark room and by yourself!