City of the Living Dead
dir. Lucio Fulci · 1980
Plot
In the small New England town of Dunwich, a priest commits suicide by hanging himself in the church cemetery which somehow opens the gates of hell allowing the dead to rise. Peter, a New York City reporter, teams up with a young psychic, named Mary, to travel to the town where they team up with another couple, psychiatrist Jerry and patient Sandra, to find a way to close the gates before All Saints Day or the dead all over the world will rise up and kill the living.
Why watch
A priest's suicide in a small New England town opens the gates of hell, unleashing a wave of terror as the dead rise. As Peter, a New York reporter, and psychic Mary race against time to close the gates, the film immerses viewers in a nightmarish landscape where reality blurs with the supernatural.