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14 out of 15 people found the following comment useful :-
Surprisingly entertaining., 22 April 2005

Author: ZombieKilla81 from Hawaii, USA

Better known for his jungle cannibal opus "Make Them Die Slowly", Lenzi has here a much more accomplished and entertaining gut muncher.

On an unassuming day, a nuclear scientist is supposed to arrive with important research. His plane breaks flight patterns and lands unannounced. When authorities go to investigate, they find all the people on board are infected with strange kind of radiation poisoning and have turned into violent, cannibalistic zombies. The zombies then begin attacking any and every one in sight; hacking, shooting and eating all they can. Escaping the city is the only hope.

Coming out in 1980, this was pretty late in the cannibal/zombie movie cycle. Fortunately, Lenzi changes up the formula just enough to keep things from being stale. The zombies are are fast, intelligent and have no problem utilizing tools and weapons. Lenzi also ad hears to just enough genre clichés to keep fans happy. There is blood and gore aplenty, random flashes of nudity and some wonderfully cheesy dialogue.

On the technical side, the film is right on par with other films in the same category. Acting ranges from to OK to plain bad, lighting and sound get the job done but never excel, and the writing works well enough to move from point A to point B. One nice element is the pacing, which is refreshingly brisk and free of clutter.

Over all, this is one of the better made and more amusing of the cannibal/zombie films from days gone by. Genre fans should check it out.

7/10

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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful :-
Weird Horror Movie, 15 February 2009

Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The reporter Dean Miller (Hugo Stiglitz) is assigned with his cameraman to interview a scientist that is arriving in the local airport. While waiting for the arrival, an unidentified Hercules makes an emergency landing and is surrounded by a military force. When the doors open, a legion of blood thirsty creatures commanded by the scientist attack the soldiers, killing them with hatchets and drinking their blood. Dean tries to warn the population about the happening but is censored by General Murchison (Mel Ferrer). Later the military leaders discover that the creatures have not come from the outer space, but are human beings contaminated by radiation and needing to drink blood to stay undead. Dean unsuccessfully calls his wife Dr. Anna Miller (Laura Trotter) and heads to the hospital where she works, trying to escape from the city crowded of the increasing walking dead creatures.

The trash "Incubo Sulla Città Contaminate" a.k.a. "City of the Walking Dead" or "Nightmare City" is a weird horror movie that could be better and better with a best selection of the lead couple. The uptight Hugo Stiglitz is not tailored for the role of hero and is an awful selection from the producers, and Laura Trotter is too stupid for a doctor, recalling those women from the 40's or 50's that used to scream in every dangerous situation and run to the arms of the hero. The killers are not zombies like in "The Last Man on Earth" or the way George A. Romero has become famous in "Night of the Living Dead", with slow and gruesome movements, but actually a kind of unbeatable "warrior vampire" with appearance of zombie. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): Not Available

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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful :-
Enjoyable gorefest has its "heart" in the right place., 26 December 2002

Author: gridoon

Despite the atrocious dubbing and the poor makeup effects, this is an extremely enjoyable zombie flick, with a unique "mood" that perhaps only an Italian production like this one could have captured. The mass attack sequences (which must have been great fun to shoot for the people involved, especially the "zombies") are all standouts. (***)

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful :-
Awesome Zombie Flick, 10 December 2006

Author: reverendtom from Santa Cruz, CA

This one has it all, great soundtrack, toxic zombies running amock, groovy clothes and general madness and mayhem. The zombies aren't really zombies, per se, as they haven't died and come back to life, but they are infected with some bizarre radiation (or something) that makes them wanna eat humans. So, the "zombies" in this film can run, use weapons, etc. Makes for some fun entertainment. The "zombies" in this film look sort of like the Toxic Avenger. The ending is really bizarre and will leave you scratching your head, but again, overall this is a fun as hell gory romp. Its great, too, because the insanity starts very early in the film and doesn't let up right until the end. Highly recommended to lovers of Italian horror and zombies.

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7 out of 10 people found the following comment useful :-
Laughable zombie romp., 25 September 2003

Author: HumanoidOfFlesh from Chyby, Poland

Dean Miller,a tv journalist is planning to make an interview with a very important scientist who is supposed to be landing at the airport.He notices an odd airplane preparing to land on the runway.Soon afterward the scientist steps off the plane,and along with the group of other zombies that were on the plane,promptly starts killing people.Umberto Lenzi's "Nightmare City" is a laughable zombie romp.The acting is pretty bad and the script is even worse.The zombies are really fast-they can carry weapons,drive cars and scheme to kill.Still there is plenty of gore and violence to satisfy fans of Italian horror.There is a breast mutilation,an eye piercing and plenty of exploding faces.So if you're looking for trashy Italian zombie films give this one a look.

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6 out of 9 people found the following comment useful :-
Great Lenzi film, 20 April 2004

Author: andy_n_johansen from Copenhagen, Denmark

Hello Lenzi-fans. I think that many people out there with love for trashy italian cinema will agree with me that Umberto Lenzis "nightmare city" is one of the most enjoyable semi-zombie flicks of the genre. I say "semi-zombie" because Signor Lenzi himself does not approve of the label "zombies" given to the maniacal humans running around constantly in the movie on a loose killing rampage. According to Lenzi they are only "methaphorically" to be called zombies. The statement itself may seem laughable, when you actually see what is going on in this movie. Of course

it is important to remark that this movie and its statements are typical for many films of the late 70-ties with the message of nature revenging itself upon the careless ways we humans treat the world (with reference to movies like ORCA-THE KILLER WHALE). In the case of "Nightmare City" an unspecified disaster has occurred on a nuclear power plant. The protagonist played by the very stiff mexican actor Hugo Stiglitz, is a reporter that in the beginning of the movie is taking off for the airport to cover a news story. A professor Hagenback from the nuclear power plant is due to arrive in the airport and inform the world of what the hell happened at the atomic plant. While we wait, an unidentified plane is arriving to the airport. Nobody identifies themselves on the plane, and an army platoon is getting ready to enter the plane. The suddenly the door opens and the evil looking Professor steps heavily out on the stairs...tension music begins....AND THEN: Fierce stabbing from Hagenback at the army man standing in front of him. And suddenly mad humans with some paté-looking makeup is coming out of the plane in big numbers with weapons and KILLS KILLS KILLS. And the killing just goes on forever... Throughout the movie Hugo Stiglitz manages to stay alive with his wife, and killing more zombies than anyone in the movie. I will not give the ending away here, for those of you who have not seen this piece of exciting and fun trash, but i rather enjoyed the construction of the ending, although i know many will not agree with me.

Even Quentin Tarantino has said that Nightmare City is the ZOMBIE-movie favorite of his. A special thing about these zombies are that they are GODDAMN fast. Forget about running away from some slow deadbeat zombies. These ones are armored with machineguns and lots of sharp weapons. They are even much more efficient than the spanish military personel that are supposed to fight them off. Even when the army is ordered to shoot the contaminated bastards in the head, they do just the opposite. Through the entire movie we actually never see some efficiancy from the army. Umberto Lenzi has made some fine fast-paced poliziotteschi flicks, so i guess thats why we see zombies running around like bloodhungry criminals.

I have to say that if you wish to buy this movie on dvd, then be sure to get the version with AUDIO COMMENTARY on. This is simply one of the worst, laughable commentaries i have ever heard. And yes, Signor Lenzi whose english sucks, is doing it IN ENGLISH. First of all there are long pauses of 10 to 20 minutes where he doesnt mention a single word. When he does say something, it is mainly some stupid comments like "we see two women walking down into the basement, what you think will happen next?" and "Are you happys?" yes, he does say HAPPYS. It is a must hear and see.

Oh yeah, and if you are on the lookout for poor man versions of actors you already know, then look among the paté-faced zombies, and you will find crappy versions of Donald Pleasence, Peter Jackson, and Bob Hoskins. and many more depending on your imagination...

MY FAVORITE UMBERTO LENZI FILM.....

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful :-
Hold Your Socks On, 18 March 2009

Author: CsyAngela from United Kingdom

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

An unmarked aircraft lands in a Spanish city. A very tired looking reporter turns up to get the scoop on what's happening, along with the army, only to find that the plane is full of radioactive mutants proficient in armed warfare and mêlée weapons. What follows is Nightmare City, probably one of Umberto Lenzi's most enjoyable films.

Nightmare City is absolutely delirious in its execution, from its opening mutants versus the army battle at the airport to the brain melting gun battle in an amusement park, it never really stops to pause and think how daft the entire film is. Basically it's the story of the reporter trying to save his wife in amongst all the bedlam of a city under attack, with a few minor characters thrown in to, let's be honest, pad things out a bit.

But we're talking prime Italian trash movie-making here, and if you're a fan of the films of Bruno Mattei and Lucio Fulci, you'll have a ball. Lenzi throws in a mass mutant (or zombie, or whatever) attack every ten minutes or so, a bit of gore, some nudity, a bit of disco dancing and an ending so stupid it makes the end of City of the Living Dead appear logical.

Possibly his most entertaining film. Less guilt ridden than Cannibal Ferox, more action packed than Thunder Squad. For further viewing see Lenzi's Ghosthouse or House of Lost Souls. Nowhere near as good, but they still have the same sort of illogical, hilarious feel to them.

I never mentioned the dialogue - "Hold your socks on" indeed

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful :-
Amazing!! Why haven't more people seen this film?, 9 August 2007

Author: charliecbc from Greensboro, North Carolina USA

I am awestruck by this movie. Fast zombies that can use weapons, even guns, and are capable of intelligent thought. They plot a strategic offensive to take over the city, hitting the airport, then the TV stations and the power plant. If you love horror, gory, and violent movies and don't mind a little bad acting, then you will LOVE this movie. It is exciting and even a bit suspenseful. It starts out fast and hard and maintains a steady pace of mayhem and carnage.

I can't believe more people haven't seen this film. I have yet to meet a horror movie buff that has seen this film before. It is a true gemstone of European horror and exploitation, definitely up to par with the classics of the genre such as Zombi 2, Demons, House by the Cemetery, etc. And it's even readily available uncut (92 minutes) on DVD from Anchor Bay (under the title "Nightmare City") and on VHS under the title "City of the Walking Dead." Super gory and violent, a must for fans of Italian grind house flicks.

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful :-
This movie Rocks!, 1 January 2007
Author: ultra_tippergore from United States

So you wanna see a crazy, fast-paced, bloody and insane movie? Look no further, this Umberto Lenzi movie is the answer! Zombie-like people (they are not zombies, they are contaminated people, that drinks blood to stay alive and also run and use weapons-mostly axes)start killing the inhabitants of the city in bloody ways. Also, they rip womens clothes to expose the bare naked chests before killing them. This is pure fun. 90 minutes of pure action, no let downs here. This "zombies on steroids" are as cool as you can imagine and kill em all! I also recommend other Lenzi movies like Cannibal Ferox and Mangiatti vivi(both great cannibal movies) but this one is more fun.

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful :-
One of Lenzi's less good movies? No way., 6 October 2006

Author: Mikael Axelson from Sweden

First of all, let me tell you a little about the director of this film: Umberto Lenzi. That man was one of the leading horror directors in Italy through the 70's and the 80's. He should be very proud to have films like Almost Human, Eyeball and this masterpiece I'm writing about on his neck. This is my review of Nightmare City.

Somehow Nightmare City didn't get the attention it was worth. Many people see it like one of Lenzi's less good movies. I think it's totally underrated, but there are some people with me - people who think it's a masterpiece. This is not a movie I would call horror, though Lenzi almost only made horror flicks. I believe this is a movie full of action and speed. Things are happening all the time.

Let's now start writing a little plot summary. The TV reporter Dean Miller wakes up and is going to do an interview with an arriving scientist. He's standing on the airport with he's camera man when suddenly an unknown military plane is emergency landing. Quite a few odd creatures are running down the stairs of the plane and killing all the guards. These beasts are not really zombies, though many class them as that. They can run and use weapons, telephones and such things that is nothing zombies can do. I would call them mutated humans because they can't die when you shoot them. Only if you get the bullet in their head. They're taking over the city. Everybody runs around and nothing can be done. The city is doomed. The rest is up to you to watch.

I would recommend this film to everyone who likes to watch old horror. Even if this isn't a classical horror movie, it's still very horror inspired because Lenzi is the director. Everyone who likes to watch old Italian movies should see this, fans of Giallo and so. I think you get it. This is with no doubts one of my all-time favourites, so I will of course set ten points of ten on this one. I don't rate many movies with ten points, but this is surely worth it.

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