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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. The film was theatrically released in Italy in August 1980, which grossed ₤985 million.
City of the Living Dead and The Beyond were both scored by Fabio Frizzi [4] [5] while The House by the Cemetery had a score composed by both Walter Rizzati and Alessandro Blonksteiner. [4] City of the Living Dead (1980) [2] The Beyond (1981) [2] The House by the Cemetery (1981) [6]
George Andrew Romero Jr. (/ r ə ˈ m ɛər oʊ /; February 4, 1940 – July 16, 2017) was an American-Canadian film director, writer, editor and actor.Widely regarded as an influential pioneer of the horror film genre and in particular zombie films, he has been called an "icon" and the "Father of the Zombie Film".
The City of the Dead, a 1960 British horror film which had the title Horror Hotel for the US release; City of the Living Dead, a 1980 horror film by Lucio Fulci; City of the Walking Dead, the US title for Nightmare City; Gangs of the Dead, a 2006 American horror film retitled City of the Dead for its German and Italian premieres
The City of the Dead (also titled Horror Hotel in the United States) is a British 1960 supernatural horror film directed by John Llewellyn Moxey and starring Christopher Lee, Venetia Stevenson, Betta St. John, Patricia Jessel and Valentine Dyall. The film marks the directorial debut of Moxey. [4]
The Return of the Living Dead is a 1985 American comedy horror film written and directed by Dan O'Bannon (in his directorial debut) from a story by Rudy Ricci, John Russo, and Russell Streiner, and starring Clu Gulager, James Karen, Thom Mathews, and Don Calfa.
Night of the Living Dead trailer highlighting the film's gore and violence. Night of the Living Dead premiered on October 1, 1968, at the Fulton Theater in Pittsburgh. [21] Nationally, it was a Saturday afternoon matinée—typical for horror films at the time—and attracted the usual horror film audience of mainly pre-teens and adolescents.
The series came about as a dispute between John A. Russo and George A. Romero over how to handle sequels to their 1968 film, Night of the Living Dead.The two reached a settlement wherein Romero's sequels would be referred to as the Dead movies, and Russo's sequels would bear the suffix Living Dead.