Talk:City of the Living Dead

message: Since this is an Italian film, shouldn't the Italian title (Paura nella città dei morti viventi) be the correct one?  City of the Living Dead is the title used for the US/UK release.  Even IMDB has the film listed under the Italian title. 12.22.250.4 19:13, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title? 

message: I recall seeing a subtitled version in which the book is referred to as the Book of Eibon (as in The Beyond), rather than the Book of Enoch (which is a real piece of intertestamental religios literature). Am I misremembering, or could the subtitles have been mistaken? — Gwalla | Talk 05:12, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Enoch or Eibon 

message: There actually is a legally purchasable version in Germany, named "Ein Kadaver hing am Glockenseil": 
It was cut down to approximately 80 minutes and rated FSK 16.
--Buxbaum666 (talk) 18:28, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Oops, thank you! --Autoplombe (talk) 06:56, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Legal Status in Germany 

message: We would need some sort of citation for the claim that this is the first zombie movie with "fast" zombies. It's been a while since I've seen it, but I seem to remember them being slow but being able to "teleport" and appear in places they shouldn't have been able to get to that quickly (sort of like how Pepe Le Pew could catch up to the cat even though he was skipping and she was running). — Gwalla | Talk 16:50, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fast zombies 

message: IMDb lists it as BOTH Italian and English. So, what language was this film originally actually released in? I write released instead of shot, since there are many [especially Italian and German] examples of decades past, where a movie was shot with [some of] the actors speaking in their native tongue, no matter what the "target language", and being dubbed in post-production (NOTE: I'm NOT talking about the abomination called dubbing foreign films where the original soundtrack is replaced by country-specific versions intended for people too lazy and / or stupid to read subtitles).
Since, normally, the original soundtrack is included in US and UK BD editions of Italian horror films and this one only sports English variants (see here and here), I wonder whether Wikipedia has gotten it right. – ὁ οἶστρος (talk) 00:38, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  original language 

message: The plot is way too short and needs to be expanded in more detail.--Paleface Jack (talk) 18:46, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: now, it's even long. — MY, OH, MY! 23:05, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Plot

message: Can we find a credible source for the claim that this was subject to a cease and desist over the title "Twilight of the Dead"?  While that was originally going to be the title in the U.S., I can find no evidence that this film had to be pulled from release and retitled.  Archived newspapers from April 8 1983 show the film booked in multiple theaters as "The Gates of Hell" and no news clippings exist mentioning any legal action or threat of legal action from UFDC.  It appears the title was changed pre-release, possibly voluntarily. The source cited is simply a statement in a contemporary book on the genre, it is in no way evidence.  A cease and desist is surely a matter of record, if it can not be found then this is simply urban legend. 2601:602:880:9A40:1878:948D:1FD9:CE6C (talk) 00:22, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: The source I've added earlier when adding that information is Roberto Curti's book Italian Gothic Horror Films: 1980-1989. Cease and desist can simply be letters so this wouldn't really be covered into major scrutiny. Remember, these were cheapie Italian films that did not get big premieres or big press on their original release. As for promotional material, you can see a copy of this poster here; . Andrzejbanas (talk) 04:27, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  U.S. release and title controversy