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'''''Paura nella città dei morti viventi''''' ('''''City of the Living Dead''''') is a 1980 Italian grindhouse horror film directed by [[Lucio Fulci]].
In the town of [[
The film would most likely be unknown but for two scenes of infamy. The first is of a girl to whom the ghost of the priest appears before, causing her to ''vomit up her intestines'' whilst weeping blood. This effect reportedly required the actress to swallow several yards of sheep intestines whole... heavens above; the things one does for show business. (However, conflicting reports hold that the head consisted of a bust). The second is of a man drilling through another man's head with an electric drill, until the end protrudes from the other side, after he catches him sleeping with her daughter.
The film is the first in Lucio Fulci's unofficial "Gates of Hell" trilogy (with the others being ''[[The Beyond]]'' and ''[[
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* [[B-Movie]]
* [[Date Rape Averted]]: The girl who vomits her intestines is making out with a boy before she sees the priest, engages in said vomiting, turns into a zombie and rips the boy's brain out.
* [[The End of the World
* [[Everything's Deader
* [[Exploitation Film]]
* [[Gainax Ending]]
* [[Gorn]]
* [[Hell Gate]]
* [[Lovecraft
* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: Don't be fooled by the title and poster; this isn't a big spectacular [[Zombie Apocalypse]] movie with zombies overruning [[Big Applesauce|New York]]. Only a few opening scenes take place in New York. The zombies only infest a small country village.
* [[No Ending]]: Pretty much.
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