City of the Living Dead - Limited Edition [Blu-ray]

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This stunningly crisp Arrow Video release, exclusive 4K restoration of City of the Living Dead is out on the 8 th Oct. 2018 on Blu-ray in the UK. Arrow Video just announced their upcoming titles for October this morning, and easily the biggest highlight was a brand new Blu-ray release of Lucio Fulci’s Italian splatter classic City of the Living Dead, presented in an exclusive 4K restoration with a wealth of extras. Easter Egg] Video Tape Version of The Gates of Hell (1:32:10, 480i) to access this videocassette edition, arrow left from Image Gallery and an when the text lights up, press Enter. English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono (320 kbps), no subtitles. Building Fulci's City, a new video appreciation by Stephen Thrower, author of the definitive tome, Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci

Catriona MacColl Q&A (1080p; 20:08) – A Q&A session with Catriona MacColl from the Glasgow Film Theatre filmed in 2010, moderated by Calum Waddell. Seamless branching – watch in English Language w/ English credit sequences and watch Italian language w/ Italian credit sequences NEW Zombie Kings: An Interview with Massimo Antonello Geleng (45:46, 1080p) - this 2017 interview was conducted by Eugenio Ercolani. Geleng looks like he is at his rural abode in the Italian town of Rieti (Lazio). This is a fascinating and highly detailed interview. Geleng talks about working as a painter in the art department for Fellini's films and also briefly for Visconti. He covers his work on Cannibal Holocaust (1980) and several other films. Geleng gives the many sides of Lucio Fulci. He describes the production design of City of the Living Dead and how the wind effects were achieved. Additionally, Geleng compares the portrayals of zombies in Michele Soavi's movies with other Italian, as well as American, directors. In Italian, with optional English subtitles.Catriona MacColl Q&A from the Glasgow Theater (2010, 20 minutes), moderated by Calum Waddell, was recorded at a screening of The Beyond, which she claims is her favorite of all the pictures she made with Fulci. She tells stories of working with the director and making the films.

CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD 4K Blu-ray Coming this October - Dread Central". www.dreadcentral.com. 28 July 2018. While The Beyond is widely considered Fulci’s masterpiece, City of the Living Dead is essential Italian horror cinema that laid the groundwork for the idiosyncratic style that would go on to define much of the filmmaker’s career. With the gates of Hell blown off their hinges, Fulci allows himself to indulge in nightmarish visuals and brutal splatter in equal measure. Fulci pulls out all the stops here, upping the gore factor to new heights of blood-soaked terror and awfulness! Indeed, the Director has outdone himself! Some of the sequences are extreme, even by today's standards! However, it's the heavy, death-filled atmosphere hanging over the whole project that makes this a classic of the genre. There's simply no light to be found. Anywhere! Nothing is sacred, and no one is safe. An unpleasant, unsettling experience to say the least! For lovers of gruesome, apocalyptic doom. Based on Andrew Bowser’s viral character of the same name , Onyx tells the story of an amateur occultist who learns that sometimes when you raise HELL… you get a little burned . In addition to the exotic MacColl and boisterous George, several genre regulars populate the cast: Giovanni Lombardo Radice ( Cannibal Ferox) as Dunwich’s ill-fated scapegoat, Carlo De Mejo ( The House by the Cemetery) as a therapist, Janet Ågren ( Red Sonja) as his neurotic patient, Daniela Doria ( The New York Ripper) as the aforementioned gut-puking girl, Michele Soavi ( Demons) as her lover, Robert Sampson ( Re-Animator) as the local sheriff, Venantino Venantini ( Cannibal Ferox) as a father with anger management issues, Perry Pirkanen ( Cannibal Holocaust) as a gravedigger, and Fulci himself as a doctor.Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew from Paura, Lucio Fulci Remembered Vol. 1 (Upscaled SD – 42:42) City of the Living Dead was developed after the financial success of Fulci's previous film, Zombi 2, leading him to work with screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti to write a new horror film inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft. The film was greenlit during production of Contraband, which Fulci left to begin working on City of the Living Dead. Principal photography was shot predominantly on location in the United States, with interiors shot in Rome. MacColl had recently made her film debut in the title role of the manga adaptation Lady Oscar, and would be cast as the lead in Fulci's later films The Beyond and The House by the Cemetery. [8] When she was approached for the film, she felt that the script was "badly written" and almost declined taking part. "It seemed to me like a series of special effects without a story", she said in an interview in 2011. She called her agent from her hotel room to seek his advice; he told her to take the role, because "nobody was going to see the film anyway"—a prediction that MacColl later noted would prove to be incorrect. [10] Catriona Maccoll video intro from 2001 (1080p; 5:14)– a short intro from MacColl that dives into her memories of the film and her experiences filming it. Reflections of Fulci – a new appraisal of Fulci’s Gothic period by actor, writer, director Andy Nyman (Ghost Stories)

During a séance in New York City, Mary Woodhouse ( Catriona MacColl, The Beyond) experiences a vision of Father Thomas ( Fabrizio Jovine, The Psychic) hanging himself before a corpse claws its way out of its grave. Whether it was the priest’s intention to unleash the evil is left ambiguous, but the quaint Massachusetts town of Dunwich is cursed regardless. Borrowing its name from Lovecraft’s writings, Dunwich is built on the ruins of the original Salem, where the ancestors of its current residents are said to have burned witches at the stake. There are two Easter eggs: A muddy, full frame VHS rip under the Gates of Hell title for purists and a revealing photo spread of actor Christopher George in Playgirl magazine, 1974 – NSFW. Less than 250 limited edition copies remain of both Convoy Busters and Shanghai Joe. Thanks for your support on these titles and making them a success! For those that haven’t yet secured their copies, now is the time. DiVincenzo, Alex (28 August 2023). " 'City of the Living Dead' 4K Review – Lucio Fulci's Gore Shines in New Release from Cauldron Films". Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved 19 October 2023. Catriona Maccoll Video Intro from 2001 (5:14) - this brief interview with Maccoll was recorded for an old DVD release, possibly for UK-based Vipco's PAL DVD. She shares her recollections of working with Lucio Fulci and what she's been up to since apart from acting. In English, not subtitled.

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NEW A Trip Through Bonaventure Cemetery (4:49) - this featurette was produced in October 2022 by Cauldron Films. A camera on a drone glides above and navigates below to survey the graveyard in this Savannah, Georgia cemetery. This was one of the filming locales for City of the Living Dead. Three Q&As are included — Venantini and Cannibal Holocaust filmmaker Ruggero Deodato (who doesn’t speak much) from a 2017 event in Rome, MacColl from a 2010 screening of The Beyond in Scotland, and Frizzi from a 2012 screening of Zombie in Scotland — along with 42 minutes of interviews with MacColl, De Mejo, Jovine, Venantini, Soavi, Sacchetti, Geleng, Rossi, Salvati, Rizzi, actors Antonella Interlenghi and Luca Venantini, and assistant makeup artist Rosario Prestopino from the 2008 documentary Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered. The film was released on DVD in the United States by Anchor Bay in 2000, and on DVD and Blu-ray by Blue Underground in 2010. [17] In 2018, Arrow Video released a limited edition 4K remaster of both the City and the Gates versions in the United Kingdom. [18] In 2020, the Gates version was given a Blu-ray release in the United States as an online exclusive item. [19] Reception [ edit ] Contemporary [ edit ] The 4K transfer is how I prefer them for a film like this. The picture, color, and contrast give it an upgrade, and fans can view it like they’ve never seen before. While the picture is bright and clear, a slight layer of grain keeps it grounded in the genre where it belongs. RELATED: Revisiting Lucio Fulci’s ‘Zombi 2:’ The Unofficial ‘Dawn of the Dead’ Sequel

The Catriona MacColl Archival Video Intro appears to be from an unspecified home video release of City of the Living Dead, while A Trip Through Bonaventure Cemetery is a brief unnarrated video journey through and over the famous cemetery in Savannah, Georgia. (It hasn’t gotten any less eerie in the decades since City of the Living Dead shot there.) Finally, the Archival Interviews collects relevant interview footage from the 2008 DVD Paura, Lucio Fulci Remembered Vol. 1. It includes Catriona MacColl, Carlo De Mejo, Antonella Interlenghi, Luca Venantini, Fabrizio Jovine, Venantino Venantini, Michel Soavi, Dardano Sacchetti, Massimo Antonello Geleng, Gino De Rossi, Rosario Prestopino, Sergio Salvati, and Fabio Frizzi. There are also at least two major Easter eggs on disc three:Trailers (6:35, 1080p) - three trailers for CotLD. The first two are in English and third is in Italian. Trailer #1 (unrestored) delivers a cautionary message that no one under 17 will be admitted into the theater unless accompanied by an adult. Trailers #2 and #3 are longer and have been fully restored. Composer Fabio Frizzi sits for the Q&A session Music for a Flesh-Feast (2012, 29 minutes), recorded at the Glasgow Theater following a screening of Zombie. He shares details of his writing process and how the music is prepared for the film. The final commentary is with actor Giovanni Lombardo Radice, moderated by Calum Waddell. Radice is a lot of fun and knows how to tell a great story. He talks about his co-stars and his support of censorship, but only when geared toward younger viewers. He has fond memories of the crew and great stories about the special effects and his death scene. He also shares his thoughts on American society. After Zombi 2 grossed over 1.5 billion lire in Italy, director Lucio Fulci began working on a new horror script with screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti. [7] Elements of the story are influenced by the work of H.P. Lovecraft, such as naming the town the film is set in Dunwich, after Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror. [8] Sacchetti noted that Fulci had just reread Lovecraft before working on the film's script, stating he wanted to re-create a Lovecraftian atmosphere. [8] In Sacchetti's original writings, the story is not set in Dunwich, but Salem. [9] This script also includes characters not used in the film, such as Mike, a homeless man who is devoured by cats and reappears later in the film as a zombie. [9]