When I was a teenager in the eighties, I watched a few so-called zombie-movies, most of them were absolutely trash, but some had good splatter effects and were worth to see because of good cinematography and actors, but Lenzi´s NIGHTMARE CITY has nothing of it especially in comparison with Fulci´s ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS. It seems to me that NIGHTMARE CITY has been made by a handful of absolute beginners: the actors were lousy (especially the ones playing the zombies...UURRGGHH...UURRGGHH...), the cinematography was not worth to mention, and the splatter scenes were ridiculous. The highlight of this movie was, without any doubt, the massacre at the half-naked show girls (a little bit of erotic is a must in movies like these). And finally, I´m asking myself the following: Did the famous actor Mel Ferrer know in what trash he was acting? Regards, Hans-Dieter
Review of Nightmare City
