City of the Living Dead (1980) (Blu-ray)
From the Italian godfather of gore, Lucio Fulci, comes City of the Living Dead, a notoriously nauseating, compellingly corporeal masterpiece of apocalyptic zombie horror!
A medium has a mysterious vision of a priest hanging himself... A seemingly dead woman awakes screaming in her coffin... And in the sleepy New England town of Dunwich, a girl vomits up her intestines and a local misfit has a drill bit ploughed into his cranium... These hallucinogenic, often grotesque visions punctuate a skeletal story telling of a reporter (Christopher George, The Exterminator, Pieces) and a psychic (Catriona MacColl, The House by the Cemetary, The Beyond) who must race agaisnt time to prevent hordes of rotting corpses spewing forth from the gates of hell... Stridently going beyond the clacssical stylings of his horror hit Zombie Flesh Eaters, City of the Living Dead sees Fulci eschew conventional narrative logic in favour of a delirious, oneiric mode of storytelling which stresses visuals, surrealism and atmosphere (as well as offering up bucket-loads of brains, blood and guts!). Presented here in an exclusive 4K restoration with a wealth of extras, Fulci's gore-drenched classic can now be devoured as never before!
Special Features
- New restoration from a 4K scan of the original camera negative by Arrow Films
- Original uncompressed 1.0 mono, 2.0 stereo and optional 5.1 DTS-HD MA Master Audio
- Original English and Italian soundtracks
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
- Audio commentary with star Catriona MacColl and journalist Jay Slater
- Audio commentary with star Giovanni Lombardo Radice and writer Callum Waddell
- We Are the Apocalypse, new interview with writer Dardano Sacchetti
- Through Your Eyes, new interview with Catriona MacColl
- Dust in the Wind, New interview with cameraman Roberto Foges Davanzati
- The Art of Dreaming, new interview with production designer Massimo Antonello Geleng
- Tales of Friendship, new interview with cinematographer Sergio Salvati
- I Walked with a Zombie, new interview with actor Giovanni Lombardo Radice
- They Call Him "Bombardone", new interview with special effects artist Gino De Rossi
- The Horror Family, new interview with father and son actors Venantino and Luca Venantini
- Songs from Beyond, a previously unseen interview with composer Fabio Frizzi
- Carlo of the Living Dead, an archival interview with actor Carlo De Mejo
- Building Fulci's City, a new video appreciation by Stephen Thrower, author of the definitive tome, Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci
- Reflections on Fulci, a new appraisal of Fulci's Gothic period by actor, writer and director Andy Nyman (Ghost Stories)
- The Dead Are Alive!, a new video essay by Kat Hellinger on Lucio Fulci and the Italian zombie cycle
- Behind the Fear, behind the scenes 8mm footage with Roberto Forges Davanzati audio commentary
- The Gates of Hell, alternative US theatrical release opening titles
- Original trailers and radio spots
- Extensive image gallery featuring over 150 stills, poster and other ephemera from the FAB press and Mike Siegel archives
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Wes Benscoter
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Review
The extensive extras ... are duplicated and Fulci fans will rejoice at this wonderful 1080P release running in theatrical time (No PAL speedup).. - DVD Beaver 4/5
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