twist of fait accomplis

Gates of Hell, 1980 (aka City of the Living Dead)
Director: Lucio Fulci
Availability: Medium (available on DVD from Anchor Bay Entertainment)

When one of the seven gates of Hell is opened, a reporter and a psychic begin a race against time to shut it and prevent the dead from walking the earth. Yet another undead movie from the Maestro, Gates of Hell offers a number of particularly strong sequences, including a demon priest that makes people's eyes bleed, a wicked drill-to-the-head death, a very claustrophobic (if narratively lacking) bured alive sequence, and an unbelievable gut-puking scene (which was sampled for the introduction to a Regurgitate album).

Though not likely to go down as a critic's favorite, Gates of Hell has everything to please to modern gorehound: creepy lighting, cool music courtesy of Fabio Frizzi, some outstanding gore scenes, and zombies! Another fun movie experience from Lucio Fulci.