10 Outrageously Gory Horror Films You Need To See
3. City Of The Living Dead
After opening with a scream, City Of The Living Dead’s titles begin accompanied by Fabio Frizzi’s memorable score before cutting to a fog-shrouded cemetery where a priest is preparing to commit suicide. It’s one hell of an atmospheric opening, and about as subtle as Lucio Fulci’s movie gets.
To the delight of gorehounds, the priest’s suicide opens the gates of hell and allows the dead to walk the earth, so over the following 90 minutes characters bleed from their eyes, brains are torn out and a drill pierces a man’s skull. Plague Of The Zombies, this is not.
Special mention must be made of the scene where a girl (Daniela Doria, who dies violently in 3 other Fulci movies) vomits up her own intestines while the zombie priest watches. If they look a little too authentic, that’s because the effects team were using the entrails of a sheep that had just had its throat cut. “After 10 minutes the entrails start to dry out and can’t be used,” Fulci explained helpfully.