Nightmare City
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Movie Reviews of Nightmare City
Movie Review: Good for its time
Summary: 4 Stars
By today's standards, Nigtmare City is not very scary. But, this movie was released in 1980. Perhaps for the first time, the zombies could run very fast! They even has knives and machine guns! So, I would recommend seeing this movie just to experience a different type of zombie horror.
On the negative side, the acting is very bad. On the positive side, the concept of fast zombies who also can communicate with each other and have weapons was original and unique in the early 1980's. For this reason, I rate this movie with 4 stars. I took away one star for the awful acting.
Further, the special effects that Anchor bay used in this movie were bad as well.
Movie Review: Guess i'm in the minority on this one
Summary: 3 Stars
cause i actually kinda liked this movie. It reminded me of Argento's Demons. Fast moving, unforgiving monsters that run you down and tear you apart. Scarier than slow zombies who bump into things. Not to say this is a great horror movie or a classic by any means, it reeks of cheese and deserves its criticisms(fx, plotholes, acting). But seriously, does every zombie film have to adhere strictly to the rules laid down by Lugosi's White Zombie or Romero's NotLD? Do all horror films have to follow by-the-numbers guidelines? Isn't the horror genre about pushing limits, causing controversy, and upsetting the status quo?
Admittedly, this movie is completely ridiculous in its depiction of zombies, but that's what i found entertaining about it. A bunch of 'zombies' running around killing people(and tearing off the tops of women) makes for a good night of popcorn viewing imo. Lots of fast paced action not found in other zombie/italian flicks. If you want the other 'offensive' zombie film that doesn't adhere to the strict zombie code of conduct, go see the reviews for Burial Ground: Night of Terror(another entertainingly sleazy zombie flick that's even better than Nightmare City).
Movie Review: 46 reviews show that this movie is worth viewing
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a movie you either like or hate. It's a bloodbath of radioactively infected people who attack and slaughter people for their blood. One thing that is very different here and not explained really is that there is a infection spreading from the zombies and not everyone they kill rises from the dead. Most victims just seem to get murdered and then stay dead. So it seems that the infected rot away and attack while the people they kill stay dead. but the infected can't be killed by any thing but fire or a bullet to the head. This is NOT the worst zombie movie ever made , they spent some money on this one. There are zombie movies out there that they filmed with a hand camera using vhs tape!
anyways I thought this movie was a good gore fest from the wonderful early 80's a time of a explosion of europeon and american horror as a powerful force. Italian horror is almost extinct these days. Anyways if you like zombie movies you can do alot worse than this one. This one is directed by the good italian director umberto lenzi and that's another plus for this flick.
Movie Review: This is a decent Italian gorefest.
Summary: 3 Stars
What realy saves this film from being another terrible zombie flick with bad makeup is the gore of course, that one scene where the zombies or radioactive people enter the house of the woman who ends up being a victim of a fire place poker that rips out her eye from the socket and then gets stabbed several times before dying horribly otherwise this film wasn't that good, if your a fan of Italian horror then don't expect this film to be like a Lucio Fulci or Dario Argento film but if you want some trashy fun then you should definetely check this out. Anchor Bay didn't provide that many special features just one interview with director Umberto Lenzi who is known to make cheesey gore films like this and one lousy trailer, what realy surprised me was that in the interview it seems like Umberto was dead serious when he said that the film was based on true event some where in Italy! he also explains why he made the whole dream sequence thingy at the end, but for me it just felt like a cop out like he couldn't think of a proper ending and with the awfull script I couldn't blame him.Movie Review: The Cheese, My God the Cheese!
Summary: 3 Stars
This movie is absolutely hilarious. For one, the make-up on the zombies is SO poor. They don't put make-up around the eyes, and so the zombies end up just looking like guys wearing hamburger meat masks. Secondly, the zombies run around and use weapons! Sorry, but these types of zombies only work well when done comedically (i.e. Return of the Living Dead). The throat slashings also look incredibly fake. Nonetheless, this film is great fun in all its cheesiness. It has plenty of gore, even if it doesn't near Fulci quality. The only gore that really impressed me was an awesome scene where a girl gets her breast cut open by a zombie, who then scoops out the contents and eats! The classic Lenzi breast torture (see Cannibal Ferox) is in full swing here! If you want a good gory laugh, check this out. If you wanna see Lenzi at his best though, go for Cannibal Ferox.