---
title: 'City of the Living Dead (1980)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Lucio Fulci'
released: '1980-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 93
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/city-of-the-living-dead-1980'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081318/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# City of the Living Dead (1980)

1980 · 93 min · Italy

Part of: Gates of Hell trilogy

## Synopsis

City of the Living Dead is a 1980 Italian supernatural horror film co-written and directed by Lucio Fulci. It stars Christopher George, Katherine MacColl, Carlo de Mejo, Antonella Interlenghi, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, and Janet Agren. The film follows a priest whose suicide opens a gateway to hell that releases the undead, leading a psychic and a reporter team up to close it before All Saints' Day.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Lucio Fulci](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucio-fulci)
- **Screenplay:** [Lucio Fulci](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucio-fulci), [Dardano Sacchetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/dardano-sacchetti)
- **Producer:** [Lucio Fulci](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucio-fulci)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Fabio Frizzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/fabio-frizzi)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sergio Salvati](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergio-salvati)
- **Editor:** [Vincenzo Tomassi](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincenzo-tomassi)

## Cast

- [Lucio Fulci](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucio-fulci)
- [Robert Sampson](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-sampson)
- [Perry Pirkanen](https://cinepixo.com/people/perry-pirkanen)
- [Daniela Doria](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniela-doria)
- [Giovanni Lombardo Radice](https://cinepixo.com/people/giovanni-lombardo-radice)
- [Carlo De Mejo](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-de-mejo)
- [Michael Gaunt](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-gaunt)
- [Luca Venantini](https://cinepixo.com/people/luca-venantini)
- [Antonella Interlenghi](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonella-interlenghi)
- [Aldo Massasso](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-massasso)
- [Michele Soavi](https://cinepixo.com/people/michele-soavi)
- [Adelaide Aste](https://cinepixo.com/people/adelaide-aste)
- [Christopher George](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-george)
- [Venantino Venantini](https://cinepixo.com/people/venantino-venantini)
- [Luciano Rossi](https://cinepixo.com/people/luciano-rossi)

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