Nightmare City is a 1980 sci-fi horror film in which an aeroplane exposed to radiation lands, and blood-drinking mutants emerge armed with knives, guns and teeth! They go on a rampage, slicing, dicing, and biting their victims… Also known as City of the Walking Dead
Umberto Lenzi directed the movie from a screenplay by Piero Regnoli (Patrick Still Lives; The Playgirls and the Vampire), Antonio Cesare Corti and Luis María Delgado. Produced by Diego Alchimede and Luis Méndez.
The soundtrack score was composed by Stelvio Cipriani (Tentacles).
The Dialchi Film -Lotus Films Internacional-Televicine S.A. de C.V. stars Hugo Stiglitz (Night of a 1000 Cats), Laura Trotter, Maria Rosaria Omaggio, Francisco Rabal, Sonia Viviani, Eduardo Fajardo, Stefania D’Amario, Ugo Bologna, Sara Franchetti, Manuel Zarzo, Tom Felleghy, Pierangelo Civera, Achille Belletti and, in a cameo role, Mel Ferrer (Blood and Roses).
Director Umberto Lenzi vociferously asserted that the film is a “radiation sickness movie” with hints of an anti-nuclear and anti-military message rather than a zombie movie.
Plot:
American TV news reporter Dean Miller (Hugo Stiglitz) waits at an unnamed European airport for the arrival of a scientist whom he is about to interview regarding a recent nuclear accident. An unmarked military plane makes an emergency landing. The plane doors open and dozens of zombies burst out and begin stabbing and shooting the military personnel outside.
Miller tries to let the people know of this event, but General Murchison of Civil Defense (Mel Ferrer) will not allow it. Miller tries to find his wife Anna who works at a hospital as the zombies begin to overrun the city.
Miller and his wife escape to an abandoned amusement park that is also overrun with zombies. The two climb to the top of a roller coaster and are about to be rescued by a military helicopter. Miller then wakes up revealing the whole situation to be a dream. Miller also learns that today he is about to meet a scientist at the airport. When he arrives a military plane makes an emergency landing…
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Spain released, languages: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( DTS-HD Master Audio ), German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), German ( Dolby Linear PCM ), Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Italian ( DTS-HD Master Audio ), Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Spanish ( DTS-HD Master Audio ), English ( Subtitles ), French ( Subtitles ), German ( Subtitles ), Portuguese ( Subtitles ), Spanish ( Subtitles ), widescreen (2.35:1):
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Trailer:
Free online on YouTube [minus brief female nudity]:
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Raro Video Blu-ray Special Features:
An interview with Umberto Lenzi
Original English trailer
Original Italian trailer
A fully illustrated booklet on the genesis and production of the film
New HD Transfer – Digitally restored
New and improved English subtitle translation
Brand new 2K restoration of the film from the original camera negative
Alternative High Definition transfer from the 35mm reversal dupe negative
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
Original Italian and English soundtracks in mono audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray)
Newly translated subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
Brand new audio commentary by filmmaker, Fangoria editor and Nightmare City fan Chris Alexander
Radiation Sickness: A brand new interview with director Umberto Lenzi
Sheila of the Dead a brand new interview with star Maria Rosaria Omaggio
Zombies Gone Wild! Director, producer and actor Eli Roth on Nightmare City and the wild cinema of Umberto Lenzi
Nightmare City and The Limits of Restoration featurette looking at the differences between the two transfers included in this release
Alternate Opening Titles
Original Trailer
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys
Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by John Martin, author of Seduction of the Gullible: The Truth Behind the Video Nasty Scandal, illustrated with original archive stills and posters
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Cast and characters:
Hugo Stiglitz … Dean Miller; Laura Trotter … Doctor Anna Miller; Maria Rosaria Omaggio … Sheila Holmes; Francisco Rabal … Maj. Warren Holmes; Sonia Viviani … Cindy; Eduardo Fajardo … Doctor Kramer; Stefania D’Amario … Jessica Murchison; Ugo Bologna … Mr Desmond; Sara Franchetti … Liz the Maid; Manuel Zarzo … Colpnel Frank Donahue; Tom Felleghy … Lieutenant Reedman; Pierangelo Civera … Bob; Achille Belletti … TV Station Technician; Mel Ferrer … General Murchison
Countries of origin:
Italy
Spain
Italian title:
Incubo Sulla Cittá Contaminata “Nightmare in the Contaminated City”
Spanish title: La invasión de los zombies atómicos “The Invasion of the Atomic Zombies”
Filming locations:
Barrio de Chamartín, Madrid, Spain
Convent, Theology and Church of San Pedro Mártir de los Padres Dominicos, Madrid, Spain (church seen near film’s climax)
Incir De Paolis Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy (studio)
Parque de Atracciones de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Technical specs:
1 hour 28 minutes
Mono
Aspect ratio: 2.35: 1
