Kelly WandCity of the Dead
November 18th 2006 00:40
Firstly, may I just say that an isolated village forgotten by time does not a city make. If you are going to call a movie “City of the Dead”, one expects a city. Lucio Fulci did the same thing with “City of the Living Dead” but I suppose “Semi rural outer suburb of the Living Dead" doesn’t have the same ring to it.
Made in black and white, this is kind of an occult chiller version of Psycho with Norman Bates replaced by a three hundred year old coven of witches; here’s one I burned earlier. Christopher Lee plays a nasty college professor teaching witchcraft to a group of bubble gum chewing fifties delinquents. If any of them show any interest, he recommends a research trip to the village where their sacrifice keeps the coven going for another season.
Personally, I would have sacrificed the disinterested scum bags instead but what do I know? I’m not a three hundred year old coven member in league with the devil. Not yet, anyway.
Christopher Lee is suitably menacing and manages a fairly convincing New England accent. There’s plenty of suspense and I’m sure the original audience crapped their pants as they watched it. You won’t crap yours, however. There have been two many cinematic corpses floated under this particular bridge since this came out for that to happen. Still, it’s pretty damn good. An excellent double bill with Mario Bava’s “Black Sunday”.
I must, however, make one thing very clear. All the witches I know are very nice and I’ve never known them to sacrifice anyone. Burning them at the stake is not something I wish to encourage.
Made in black and white, this is kind of an occult chiller version of Psycho with Norman Bates replaced by a three hundred year old coven of witches; here’s one I burned earlier. Christopher Lee plays a nasty college professor teaching witchcraft to a group of bubble gum chewing fifties delinquents. If any of them show any interest, he recommends a research trip to the village where their sacrifice keeps the coven going for another season.
Personally, I would have sacrificed the disinterested scum bags instead but what do I know? I’m not a three hundred year old coven member in league with the devil. Not yet, anyway.
Christopher Lee is suitably menacing and manages a fairly convincing New England accent. There’s plenty of suspense and I’m sure the original audience crapped their pants as they watched it. You won’t crap yours, however. There have been two many cinematic corpses floated under this particular bridge since this came out for that to happen. Still, it’s pretty damn good. An excellent double bill with Mario Bava’s “Black Sunday”.
I must, however, make one thing very clear. All the witches I know are very nice and I’ve never known them to sacrifice anyone. Burning them at the stake is not something I wish to encourage.
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