Also, you know in older seasons of Survivor, when they went directly from the last Tribal Council to the live event, and everybody looks completely different over the span of 30 seconds? In New York, the medium Mary Woodhouse (Katriona MacColl) sees Father William Thomas (Fabrizio Jovine) committing suicide by hanging himself in a cemetery in Dunwich. They didn't want it to be the very final piece of the show. Very stylish, very gory, typical of the work of director Lucio Fulci (he also has a typical cameo), for those of us who love Italian horror then this is superb viewing, others may find it too much. We didn't have that kind of time. "We know what needs to be done and we do it," he told Deanna Monroe (Tovah Feldshuh) and the group. Mumsnet carries some affiliate marketing links, so if you buy something through our posts, we may get a small share of the sale (more details here). A priest who hangs himself, a psychic who comes back from the dead. The people of Dunwich are said to be descended from "Salem witch burners", although no accused "witches" were ever burned in Salem (most were hanged). However, because James Joyce chose to end his collection with The Dead, we can examine the ending of this particular story. A pervert. ", Michonne then sprung into action, sporting a fancy new samurai-like suit and slicing the head off one walker while galloping by on horseback, as Rick was approached by a helicopter informing him that "you've been located and are instructed to surrender. Upon release, the film received criticism for its performances, plot, and graphic violence, but like many of Fulci's films, has developed a cult following. Yet, he is still somehow perceived as a threat and, thus, shot. [5] Fulci did not want to work with Zombi 2 producer Fabrizio De Angelis again and convinced Renato Jaboni of Medusa Distribuzione and Luciano Martino and Mino Loy of Dania and National Cinematografica to contribute. In the small New England town of Dunwich, a priest commits suicide by hanging himself in the church cemetery which somehow opens the gates of hell allowing the dead to rise. FAQ While trying to get John-John to safety, Sandra is killed by Emily, who rips Sandra's scalp off. In spite of it, or maybe because of it, we did. Awards There IS something in those movie, that makes me - and others - watch them over and over again though I should be too old for this, though I know their defects which suddenly turns into qualities. Another impressive scene has a woman saved from the brink of being buried alive, but almost killed in the process! '", "Honestly, I really do think that some of the stuff came from some suggestions and ideas from Norman," Nicotero says. Entertainment Weekly may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. The death of Father Thomas has opened the gates of Hell through which the invasion will commence on All Saints Day, just a few days away. And then a match was lit. [10] This scene was performed by having Daniela Doria spit up baby veal intestines and then having her head replaced with a replica for further vomiting. [6] The special effects scenes included a scene where the cast is attacked by maggots via two wind machines and 10kg of maggots. ", Then, before Michonne rode her horse straight towards what just may be the biggest herd of zombies we have ever seen, her letter to Judith finished: "Remember what I said. The daftness of his films gets thorough mention and, particularly, the bizarre ending of City - which no-one, not MacColl, not Waddell, not Slater and not Radice can explain. The lethargic pacing casts a strangely arresting and dreamlike spell on the viewer. Read the review. We have this story seen through the eyes of two sorts of teams with the journalist Peter Bell and Mary, a girl who experienced a vision of the mentioned priest, in one hand and Gerry, a psychiatrist, and Sandra, one of his patients, in the other hand. And I suppose there's something to seeing the past.". What are the differences between the old BBFC 18 Version and the Uncut Version. Junie's Lounge was an actual bar in Port Wentworth, GA, just outside Savannah. I think people could connect those dots.". The UK video has a total of 2m 21s of cuts. I consider [Paura] one of our least successful films in as much as it was thought out and shot in an atmosphere of sheer desperation. Why Alan Really Wanted To Rescue Loretta And what gives him that is the same thing that gives Michonne the strength to go into that walker herd. Oh well, Fulic just abandons that whole line letting the priest die anyway when he gets a cross thrust through his stomach as his torso burns to ash(..and so are his relatives who rise momentarily to moan a bit). Want to see something really gross? ", In the end, logistical concerns as well as the difficulty in visual matching led them to scrap the idea. Some perv named Bob gets a drill all the way through his skull thanks to a vengeful father whose daughter was almost molested by him. Sandra suddenly appears as a zombie and kills Peter before being killed by Gerry, who impales her with a metal spike. The Walking Dead Ending Explained. The film follows a priest whose hanging opens a gateway to hell that releases the undead, where a psychic and a reporter team up to cl Forever." Soon, Peter hears muffled screams as he reluctantly leaves the graveyard. It was his lack of coherency and almost childlike need to gross you out that made his best films so beloved. The Seven Gates Of Hell have been torn open, and in three days the dead shall rise and walk the earth. In folklore, Dunwich was built over the ruins of Salem..the witch's playground. Even the screenplay had no proper ending according to MacColl, so this is just one of the glorious little mysteries. It's like she told you. City of the Living Dead was developed after the financial success of Fulci's previous film, Zombi 2, leading him to work with screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti to write a new horror film inspired by the works of H.P. She tells Gerry that she's on her way to meet with Bob, whom she has been trying to help. In New York City, during a sance held in the apartment of medium Theresa, Mary Woodhouse experiences a traumatic vision of a priest, Father Thomas, hanging himself in a cemetery of a village called Dunwich. Gory, gruesome , pretty repellent , and ghastly gory-feast in which the stumbling flesh-eating stiffs are relived by an ancient curse . And Lucio was getting crosser and crosser. He may not be as well known to many film goers in North America as his iconic status was cemented some twenty years ago, but if you like films by Wes Craven and M. Night Shyamalan and even David Fincher, then you can look at Fulci and say that his work has inspired some of theirs. Expect blood, brains and maggots everywhere! External Reviews Is it really possibly to 'spoil' a film that almost completely abandons conventional cinematic logic to tell a 'story' that owes more to a devilish grasp of nightmarism than scripted words on a page? And I said, 'Guys, I really want to use the crew from The Walking Dead. Revisited it recently. Here is a complete list of the current and former cast-member voices that can be heard saying "We're the ones who live" in the montage: Lauren Cohan (Maggie)Seth Gilliam (Gabriel)Ross Marquand (Aaron)Lennie James (Morgan)Josh McDermitt (Eugene)Laurie Holden (Andrea)Khary Payton (Ezekiel)Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Negan)Melissa McBride (Carol)Norman Reedus (Daryl)Chandler Riggs (Carl)Michael Cudlitz (Abraham)Sonequa Martin-Green (Sasha)Nadia Hilker (Magna)Eleanor Matsuura (Yumiko)Angel Theory (Kelly)Christian Serratos (Rosita)Paola Lzaro (Princess)Cassady McClincy (Lydia)Cooper Andrews (Jerry)Okea Eme-Akwari (Elijah)Margot Bingham (Max)Steven Yeun (Glenn)Danai Gurira (Michonne)Andrew Lincoln (Rick), At one point, Gimple did not just want to stop at the voices. It stars Christopher George, Catriona MacColl, Carlo de Mejo, Antonella Interlenghi, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, and Janet Agren. So it took a long time and a lot of conversations and there were business aspects that needed to be worked out. And yeah, we poured over what was said and what was shot and certainly the relationship to stories in the future, but luckily, we knew a lot of where this was going. The simplistic story, which tips it's hat to H.P. Across town, Gerry, a psychiatrist, is in consultation with Sandra, a neurotic patient, when Emily Robbins, his 19-year-old girlfriend and personal assistant, arrives. The Walking Dead easily could have ended its epic 11-season, record-breaking run with Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) riding off into the distance on his motorcycle. In conventional zombie movies and series like The Walking Dead, The Dead Next Door, and World War Z, the zombies react to sound but not the smell of blood. "It seemed to me like a series of special effects without a story", she said in an interview in 2011. Goofs The next morning, Emily's body is found. "To finish the story of The Walking Dead, we needed Rick and Michonne," Gimple says. The following day, Mary is buried in a local cemetery on Long Island overlooking Manhattan and Peter visits her grave site. For the urban legend, see, Paris International Festival of Fantastic and Science-Fiction Film, "PAURA NELLA CITT DEI MORTI VIVENTI (1980)", "CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD 4K Blu-ray Coming this October - Dread Central", "Paura nella citt dei morti viventi (City Of The Living Dead) (The Gates of Hell) (1980)", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=City_of_the_Living_Dead&oldid=1122048378, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles containing Italian-language text, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 15 November 2022, at 15:39. I re watched it to see if I can figure it out but I'm at a loss. SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for The Walking Dead series finale. Theresa, the medium conducting the seance, informs Peter and Mary that her vision, according to the Book of Enoch, has opened a portal to hell for the dead to emerge, which, if not closed by All Saints Day a few days away, will overtake humanity, meaning its destruction by the evil dead. Also included is former TWD and current Fear the Walking Dead character Morgan (Lennie James), but he is not the only former cast member who came back to participate. And I thought, 'Oh, that's a really great idea. I know the priest got defeated that's not where I got confused. Peter and Mary visit Theresa, who warns them that according to the ancient book of Enoch, the events Mary witnessed in her visions presage the eruption of the living dead into our world. That's because as we saw Rick (shoeless and wearing jeans and a Civic Republic Military jacket)in one scene put his boots, journal, and phone in a bag and then toss it on a boat to avoid it being confiscated by an approaching CRM helicopter, we also saw Michonne with that very same bag, journal, boots and phone in another the clues that have led her on her journey to find her lost husband. The film follows a priest whose hanging opens a gateway to hell that releases the undead, where a psychic and a reporter team up to close it before All Saints' Day. 'If I can do it, you can do it', he said. Gates of hell is the best of the lot. Superb Fulci movie, the ending could have been better though. As a teenager it only took one simple sentence to put City of the Living Dead on my list of films I needed to see"A woman pukes up her own intestines". This movie is the most Lovecraftian of all Fulci's movies, and it's true there is in Lovecraft purple prose and stuff that might be laughed at. An excellent commentary track. Before he can kill Mary, Gerry grabs a wooden cross and disembowels Father Thomas. A priest is hung in a cemetery, opening the gates of Hell. Although no visual evidence of the holiday can be seen and no character acknowledges it, the majority of the film takes place on Halloween. Some films have articles, essays, even books dedicated to explaining how great they are. [6] In Sacchetti's original writings, the story is not set in Dunwich, but Salem. The following morning, Peter and Mary arrive at the graveyard that Mary saw in her vision. So let's connect them. They discover that there are more people hiding in the house and all of them ban together to try to come up with a plan to survive. [5] Early choices for the cast included Zombi 2 star Tisa Farrow as Mary Woodhouse, Fiamma Maglione as Sandra, Aldo Barberito as Father Thomas and Robert Kerman as Mr. Ross; they were replaced by Catriona MacColl, Janet Agren, Fabrizio Jovine and Venantino Venantini, respectively. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. This in turn reopens the gates of hell and causes the dead to come back to lethal life. Talk about a "box lunch". Despite his efforts to keep the group safe, they all die when they refuse to listen to him as he cautions their dangerous actions. Paura Nella Citta Dei Morti Viventi/City of the Living Dead(1980) was Lucio Fulci's followup to his international breakthrough and ultra violent zombie classic Zombie Flesh Eaters(1979). If they can't end with the problem, the death bodies will never rest in peace again. When it was finally given a video certificate by the BBFC, further cuts were made to remove the intestinal vomit scene, and the brain squashing scenes. ), and the premature burial is horribly vivid. Lovecraft. "So much has happened. Sergio Salvati's beautifully crisp and agile cinematography makes especially nice use of prowling tracking shots. [4] Prior to this screening, horror films such as Maniac and The Beyond were released uncensored in Germany. Mary is so frightened with what she sees that she dies in a sance. For the record, my favorite horror movie ever is MANIAC, as I've always had a soft spot for all slasher films. ", The plan to bring Rick and Michonne back was in Kang's mind from the very beginning: "From the first pitch I did for the ending of the series, I said to the network and the producers, 'Hey, I really feel in my heart of hearts that the show is not going to feel totally complete unless we have Rick and Michonne back. A journalist named Peter Bell (Christopher George), a psychiatrist (Carlo De Mejo) and a psychic named Mary Woodhouse (Catriona MacColl , Fulci's fetish actress) race to close the Gates of Hell after the suicide by hanging of a priest caused them to open , allowing the zombies to rise from the tombs . Night Of The Living Dead is a classic horror film that delivers an unforgettable message through Ben and his death that has endured the test of time and gone on to inspire modern horror cinema. [21] Robert Firsching of AllMovie wrote that while the film "suffers from the same shortcomings present in much of Fulci's other horror films", it also "benefits from Fulci's ability to create and sustain an intensely creepy atmosphere", though he ultimately called the film "a dry run for the blend of graphic shocks and surrealism atmosphere that Lucio Fulci would perfect with The Beyond. I know that there are all these universe implications where I don't have total control. We're still standing and we're going to keep standing. ", How did this final montage come to be? It was a notoriously dodgy place which closed in 1988. After Emily's funeral, her younger brother John-John sees a ghostly image of her outside his bedroom window. However, following this report, City of the Living Dead was banned in West Germany, while VHS tapes of the film released in 1983 (under the title Ein Zombie hing am Glockenseil) were confiscated after a 1986 hearing by the District Court of Munich. [1][11] The German edit of the film distributed by Alemannia/Arabella was about 10 minutes shorter than the Italian version, removing some dialogue scenes but keeping the gory scenes intact. The average of their intelligence is woefully low, whilst their annals reek of overt viciousness and of half-hidden murders, incests, and deeds of almost unnameable violence and perversity. [6] Many of the film's gory and graphic scenes were not included in the original scripts or story, such as the scene where a character vomits their own intestines. With Loretta having written a new book and happier than ever, the film brings her and Alans stories to a close. I don't think that 'City Of The Living Dead' quite reaches the heights of Fulci's best ('The Beyond') but apart from a few dull patches it comes closer than you would expect. I first saw this in the late 80's on a vhs. The series finale took a dramatic turn in its final few minutes, looking both ahead and back as viewers saw the return of Andrew Lincoln's Rick Grimes and Danai Gurira's Michonne who will be returning for a 2023 spin-off series on AMC. The Gothic decay of the content is contained by Fulci's form, his neo-classical use of symmetry, mirrorings, patterns, echoes, fooling his audience into a false sense of reassurance. [19][20], On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, City of the Living Dead currently has an approval rating of 46% based on 13 reviews, with an average rating of 5.80/10. "As much as there were so many people dying and being able to say, 'We're the ones who live.' After witnessing her brother Johnny fall victim to one of the undead, Barbra runs to a nearby farmhouse to take shelter. Ten rupees rental man. "Rick is not yet broken, Rick is defiant. This is a place to post anything about horror movies from the 1980s. The true story of the g-strings and murders behind, Entertainment Weekly's free daily newsletter, See exclusive storyboards from Rick & Michonne's, Christian Serratos asked for that Rosita fate on, Melissa McBride goes inside that emotional Carol and Daryl, Norman Reedus says the Daryl & Carol finale goodbye 'felt like a funeral', Jeffrey Dean Morgan on Negan's future after, Lauren Cohan said it 'felt really good to talk about Glenn' in. ", Because Gimple is acting showrunner on the upcoming Rick and Michonne series, he took the lead on writing the scene. A reporter and a psychic race to close the Gates of Hell after the suicide of a clergyman caused them to open, allowing the dead to rise from their graves. As a horror film shot in the 1960s, the films inclusion of a Black protagonist was groundbreaking. But when talking about a "straight" horror film (or about as straight as a Lucio Fulci film is going to get), this is probably the greatest example. The scene where the window opens wide and lots of maggots fly in was filmed with the help of two wind machines and 22 pounds (10 kg) of actual maggots. In Dunwich, a young vagrant named Bob visits an abandoned house but flees after seeing a rotting carcass. Each German release was banned over the course of over 20 years. This Friday Im going to re watch city of the living dead and Saturday, The Beyond, and end the weekend with zombi 5, AKA killing birds. Peter and Mary do find a local therapist named Gerry and his assistant Sandra, who too believe what they are told of Mary's vision from what they have witnessed. Yes, The Walking Dead series finale features the long-awaited return of both Yeah I watched this last night and I had no clue what the ending was supposed to be but this helped! She tells what happened and Peter invites her to go to Dunwich with him. (And check out Greg Nicotero's exclusive storyboards to the scene and answers to the other finale burning questions as well.). At the same time, police and townspeople are searching for any of the undead in hopes of wiping them out. No, to me, it felt like there's a continuum of a relationship and love that cannot be extinguished. I consider "Zombie", "The Beyond" and "City of the living Dead" (aka "Gates of Hell" aka "Twilight of the Dead") Fucli's masterpieces; and although "The House By The Cemetery" is more thematically similar to the last two, it is weak in comparison. When Lara is driving with the baby she sees the ghost of Nathan and that causes By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. By some margin the best of Fulci's four zombie movies, Paura nella citt dei morti viventi succeeds because it has a denser text than the others. Rick looked up andsmiled? All Saints Day is November 1, the day after Halloween. The priest's death caused all the chaos. "The Twilight Zone" episode "Living Doll"), "Dead Silence" remains true to the genre's Dr. Frankenstein-focused (as opposed to The Monster-focused) roots. ", The montage ends with Rick standing across the water from a decrepit looking city. Who I lost. I was in Savannah in 2010, and planned to visit the site if I'd had a chance; it was still visible on Google Maps back then. A good'n'ghastly fright flick. Okay, someone has to say it : Fulci's movie are chock-full of mistakes, unlogical things that goes bump in the scenario and scenes you might laugh at (even worse than my beloved Dario Argento on this ground) But for the true afficionadoes, this holds riches beyond belief. And Michonne is defiant. Out of the blue, Mary awakes locked in the coffin and Peter hears her screams and saves her. This time Fulci settled for the brains than the eyes. The movie was first released on video with the title "Ein Zombie hing am Glockenseil" (A zombie hung on the bell rope) in 1982. "And to show Rick and Michonne, we had to show them in circumstances that they're in. Due to the fact that both the title and poster art were derivative of. "City of the Living Dead" isn't long on explanations, but it's got just enough to pique our interest. So much more than all of this made me who I am. That they are part of a family that is unbreakable. In fact, before she started Sylvia's Soul Plates in April, Walters was best known for fronting the local blues band Sylvia Walters and Groove City. It stars Christopher George, Catriona MacColl, Carlo de Mejo, Antonella Interlenghi, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, and Janet Agren. Have a nice day. I want to shoot it at our home base. )Giovanni Lombardo Radice gets an electric drill through his head,and there's also a notorious scene of woman(Daniela Doria)vomiting up all of her internal organs in a really nauseating torrent of blood and guts.The plot is weak,but the film is highly atmospheric and imaginative.Again brilliant director Lucio Fulci created a masterpiece of pure horror!10 out of 10-not to be missed. This leads to a series of grim events, including several supernatural zombies. But soon the death will be there and the only possible solution, of course, is to go deeper in the case of the priest before it's too late. [14] In 2020, the Gates version was given a Blu-ray release in the United States as an online exclusive item. ", Good Italian Horror, If That Is Your Thing. Meanwhile, Peter and Mary leave New York and embark upon their search for the town of Dunwich. [4] At the festival, the film won the "Grand Prix du Public" (The Audience Award). "From a filmmaking standpoint, we didn't have this endless amount of time," chief content officer Scott M. Gimple says. It looks like we may indeed see how much brotherly love Rick Grimes is feeling in the zombie apocalypse. This is one of the best scenes in the movie and establishes a new concept. The final minutes of The Walking Dead then shift to larger matters - setting up We're the ones who live. Fulci is one of my idols, but I don't think he was a really good filmaker. I just think it's meaningful and important for us to take the show out with the crew that did the show.'" The film popularized the zombie sub-genre in horror, but its ending was notably controversial. shoot-tomeme-shinso. In New York, the medium Mary Woodhouse sees Father William Thomas committing suicide by hanging himself in a cemetery in Dunwich. He is dead the moment he hits the road. This is a genuinely frightening story with correct utilization of images-shock , skill edition and eerie images . Now the finale for The Walking Dead sets up this spin-off series during its ending in a rather exciting way. Lovecraft, such as naming the town the film is set in Dunwich, after Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror. Netflix's Woman of the Dead has sent viewers into disarray, with many becoming completely invested in the streaming platform's new crime thriller series. | Because of the suicide of Father Thomas though a gate to hell has been opened allowing the dead to walk the earth again. This is the firs film that I saw of Fulci's and it was when I was a teenager and didn't appreciate a film like this. 'Fear in the city of the living dead', also released as The Gates of Hell) is a 1980 Italian supernatural horror film co-written and directed by Lucio Fulci. I would've watched that show.' [4], In West Germany, the film became part of a press campaign against the home video distribution of violent films. The coffin scene has some tension n suspense. Mary is relieved to see John-John survived the ordeal but becomes frightened and screams as everything fades to black. Surprisingly, this third version was also banned in 2001. The Season Finale for The Walking Dead is now upon us and the 12-year-long journey that began back in 2010 is officially over. 4 out of 5 stars. In the town of Dunwich, a priest hangs himself in the local cemetery. Discover more posts about shinsou x male reader. City of the Living Dead: Directed by Lucio Fulci. in the final act, suggesting that it has just passed midnight on that day. More:Night Of The Living Dead Remake: What It Changed From The Original. Cemetary workers would not be allowed to leave a casket half buried. "[18] Alan Jones of Starburst praised the film as being "what popular cinema was all about", adding that "Shadow, claustrophobic atmosphere [and] full on menace is the crux of this and there is no doubt in my mind that Fulci is the master of such manipulation. Mary and Gerry continue until they face Father Thomas, commanding an army of the undead. We know the helicopter is CRM. If you two are sharing a room/bed/living space, then if youre. And where exactly is Rick, anyway? Fulci ups the ante in violent imagery compared to Zombie(1979). Those maggots looked real enough and the rotting bodies all too believable. Okay, this priest hangs himself, comes back as some sort of ghoul who finds victims, scaring them to death. City of the Living Dead had a different ending filmed. As Ben begins to leave the farmhouse, he is mistaken for a reanimated corpse and shot on sight. Mayb Gareth Evans got inspired for The Apostle for the brain drilling scene. The two of us. [19][20] More critics dismissed the film due to its violent scenes, such as Jay Carr of the Boston Globe ("a film only a diehard necrophile could love"), Dick Fleming of The Daily Times ("scenes purely for the sake of shock value") and Ringel declaring it an "idiotic sleaze fest with nothing to offer but an abundance of filmed animal innards". "I think of the dead all the time," Rick wrote in his letter as the faces of friends both living and dead shout out to T-Dog! Shortly following her arrive, the main protagonist Ben (Duane Jones), a Black man, arrives and secures the home for them. The film is basically one long wierd, surreal treatise one death and the horror of violent death in particular. In 1968, George Romero's debut film Night Of The Living Dead released; audiences were taken aback by its controversial and thought provoking ending. The late, great Lucio Fulci brings his vision to a typically gloomy and gory horror story. While the duo were in separate places and, it would seem, separate times they were connected through images of campfires and the sounds of their voices reciting words they were each writing in a journal. The gravediggers (Perry Pirkanen and Michael Gaunt) leave Mary's half-covered coffin at the end of their work shift and leave. "The Gates of Hell" is another masterpiece directed by one of the best horror directors Lucio Fulci.Fulci,who sadly died in 1996,was a real artist.Anyway this film concerns a priest committing suicide and opening the gateway to Hell,allowing the dead to rise from their graves and feed on the living.Christopher George("Pieces")tries to stop them.The gore effects made by Gino de Rossi are excellent(maggots,rotting flesh,lots of squished brains etc. As a reporter (Christopher George of PIECES) and a psychic (Catriona MacColl of THE BEYOND) race to close the portals of the damned, they encounter a seething nightmare of unspeakable evil. Mary, Peter, and Gerry arrive back at the graveyard as the clock strikes midnight and All Saints Day begins. How they made me who I am. "The Gates of Hell" is another masterpiece directed by one of the best horror directors Lucio Fulci.Fulci,who sadly died in 1996,was a real artist.Anyway this film concerns a priest committing suicide and opening the gateway to Hell,allowing the dead to rise from their graves and feed on the living.Christopher George("Pieces")tries to stop them.The gore effects made by Gino de Rossi are excellent(maggots,rotting flesh,lots of squished brains etc. In 1990, the locals attempted to revoke the bar's zoning status, to prevent it being re-opened under new management. It includes a badass hood and cage mask combo. | "From there, it was a very, very, very long process to actually lock it all up," reveals Kang. Disgusting, appalling, wince inducing moments all strung together to make one exhaustingly wonderful gory horror treat. Moronic gory exercise about a priest who hangs himself in a Dunwich graveyard resulting in the opening of gateway(s)to Hell. 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