I've been slacking a bit when it comes to movie watching, so in an effort to rectify that situation, I turned on City of the Living Dead and managed to get through the entire thing after a few failed attempts. As you can see from the picture, it is a Lucio Fulci film, which means there will be blood.
The movie opens with a medium "dying" from sheer fright after seeing in her vision a priest hanging himself. That priest hanging himself opens the gates of Hell (please, don't ask). Soon, the townsfolk begin to get killed off one by one, with one getting killed by what can only be best described as a "Dirty Sanchez" maneuver. A couple in a car get killed, with one of them (see title) getting his scalp ripped off and the other having her insides leak out of her mouth courtesy of the priest's super strong stare. Of course, the underlying story is that some guy named Bob is thought to have been involved in the killings, and at some point, he meets his demise at the hands of a deranged father and a giant drill. You have to love Italian horror directors and their crazy ways of killing off people. The medium that was thought to have died, well, along with a reporter and a couple of surviving townsfolk, they make their way to Dunwich, where the priest hanged himself. They have to find a way to stop the living dead from walking the earth, which means killing the priest again.
As far as Fulci movies go, The Beyond and Zombi 2 get all of the headlines when it comes to his legacy. However, movies like City of the Living Dead are underrated and deserve as much attention as the aforementioned titles. Yes, it is a rather unorthodox way of portraying zombies, but it is quite effective and the ending will leave you with more questions than answers, which in a rarity, is a good thing.
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