Nightmare City - The Cinema Snob

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From Director Umberto Lenzi, The Cinema Snob finally spotlights Nightmare City, with it's unique monsters and bonkers ending.
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Writer/Creator: Brad Jones
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[@StonedGremlinProductions]

Check out The Cinema Snob's epic 5 hour episode on 1984 in Film over at: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5e4ZZqqorSnfcU

[@peterkrug4124]

Brad, some movies I'd REALLY love to see you do Snob reviews of: The Uncanny (1977) The Cat From Outer Space Cat's Eye Sleepwalkers Keanu (2016)🤞

[@goldreplicant2032]

@9:47 all of our TV's/CRT's in the 80's were also makeshift Molotov cocktails

[@willwaggenspack6411]

Can you review the day after

[@coreyhendricks9490]

Snob, you're amazing as always and I enjoyed the 1984 in film video, how about 1979 in film, 45 years later

[@willwaggenspack6411]

Can you review the day after

[@aarondavis8943]

Professor slowly descends the plane stairs with a dignified air... STAB! 🤣

[@randyp2738]

My wife says every night “are going to watch a review of a movie you have seen 10 times?” . I say YES !!!

[@freakyzed8467]

Ha! Yeah, my wife has never seen any of these movies but knows them all from me watching the reviews as we wind down before bed so many times.

[@goldreplicant2032]

lol yes, yes I will be.

[@charlottecorday8494]

So wait, EVERY night she was "are going to" not "are you going to"?

[@vedbergsmagic3217]

So wait you guys have wives!?

[@frankf684]

@@charlottecorday8494 wife they do sometimes

[@DarkfireTaimatsu]

"THE NIGHTMARE BECOMES REALITY" is one of those things I remember before I even remember what it's from~

[@ToastyJason]

Imagine going all these years then suddenly realizing you never did Nightmare City. I assumed I watched this Cinema Snob review 57 times by now.

[@user-sr6cs8dm4s]

Like I could have sworn he had already back when he was moving between houses and just filmed shit on the floor

[@LannieLord]

You would think it would be on his TOP TEN "to do" list from day one - with Zombie and Demons.

[@ThatJohnKillion1970]

4:16 "Well, gang, it looks like we've got another mystery on our hands."

[@angelabryant9766]

On one hand, the intelligent zombies/mutants thing is refreshing, cause I feel like not letting the infected be intelligent is part of why so many zombie movies feel copypasted, On the other hand, boy did this movie need a rewrite or two lol.

[@deraykrause4517]

Oh boy oh boy, so happy. Such a weird and nasty flick. Love the soundtrack too.

[@chabbu64]

The soundtrack is awesome. I actually have the piece from the dance scene (Masquerade) on my iPod.

[@jeffreybarrow9788]

I remember "THE NIGHTMARE BECOMES REALITY" ending text more than anything else in the movie.

[@AnInsideJoke]

I'd swear that I'd also seen that reference before, in a non-Cinema Snob work too.

[@wildmanfisher]

​@@AnInsideJoke Phelous uses it a bunch, maybe you're thinking of that?

[@johnoneil9188]

With how intelligent the zombies are in this and they know how to drive I just imagine a couple of them breaking down in the middle of nowhere because they forgot to pump gas before going on their rampage and blaming each other for not paying attention.

[@ashleybrooke2087]

Having spent much of the late 90s watching video rental horror movies that eventually blurred together, the "haven't I seen this before?" feeling is real. Also, now I have to see this just for that dialogue. That's amazing.

[@ernestoosuna4594]

For some reason, that particular scene of the "artwork" with the knife through the eye made me laugh so much

[@ser6Ijvolk]

Even the radioactive mutant zombies hated that modern art crap.

[@StarShipGray]

My first Italian horror movie was an unrated VHS of DEMONS. Quite an introduction.

[@chabbu64]

I actually saw Demons in a theater...and it was about demons in a theater.

[@wilcee238]

@@chabbu64 "THE NIGHTMARE BECOMES REALITY"

[@LannieLord]

@@chabbu64 I too saw Demons in the theatre , We BURST OUT LAUGHING when the Pimp saw his lady possessed and went "I know her- she's a friend of mine!". Man , we were lucky to see stuff like that !

[@luxuryproblem]

Shoutouts to Phelous making THE NIGHTMARE BECOMES REALITY a staple inside joke with myself.

[@picvegita]

Heck yeah, one of my favorite insane horror reviews!

[@wildmanfisher]

I was hoping Phelous was getting the shout out here. What a legend.

[@mikethegrunty5968]

It really makes me sad that they’re not friends anymore😢

[@uncleernie345]

I love the church scene at 24:10 where the half faced zombie's burned side is facing THEM but they walk up like he's normal anyway

[@marthaelenabrenesorozco2953]

I really liked the cat's dialogues

[@firebattastic3661]

You are simply the gold standard. I could watch that beginning forever.

[@shmikex]

Here's a different way to look at the ending.... This is day one of the main character's "Groundhog's Day".

[@kleptrep94]

We all Mandela Effect’ed this episode mainly because we must’ve thought that this happened the same time that Phelous reviewed it I guess.

[@freakyzed8467]

Chernobyl would have been a much better miniseries if it fearured less taking about Roentegns and more sexy aerobics.

[@knightnday10]

Hooray, we get Nightmare City! Thanks Snob!

[@EvanJosephAldridge]

This movie was pretty intense. I homaged this film and ‘City of the Living Dead’ in my song ‘Nightmare City of the Living Dead’. Fun times!

[@xkumanekox]

The best Snob reviews will always be when he covers any Italian exploitation film. About time he's covered Nightmare City!

[@entertainmentpowerfuchs5744]

,,The Nightmare Becomes Reality" It's simple and clever to the same time.

[@TheOneFreakservo]

Hugo Stiglitz...Oh geez he's the captain in 'The Bermuda Triangle'! I KNEW Rifftrax would help me complete my 'Itralian Filmography Degrees of Separation' venn diagram!

[@SpeedyEric1]

I first heard of this movie and the *THE NIGHTMARE BECOMES REALITY* reference from Phelous's review of this movie from 2010. 4:15- Or it's a Decepticon in disguise. This is similar to the opening sequence in Transformers (2007) where Blackout attacks the military base. 4:49- At least I had the lasagna. 7:42- This movie's tonal shifts are more awkward than the ones in the theatrical cut of Justice League. 15:43- Holy shit, it's Abby Normal! 21:52- (Cut to the Nostalgia Critic saying *MAN* with dramatic stinger music playing) 22:39- Thank you for that, Brad. Makes far more sense. 27:30- Good question, movie announcer. My answer is never watching this middle finger of a movie again.

[@viewtiful1doubleokamihand253]

I miss Phelous dying in his reviews…

[@bobmaster4917]

I miss Phelous super cynical reviews 😢

[@viewtiful1doubleokamihand253]

@@bobmaster4917 Nah-uuuh ! I miss his super cynical reviews more ! My dad is gonna beat up your dad. Cheah !

[@wildmanfisher]

I miss the incomprehensible end credits song by Ze Sad Panda

[@shimshamjunior]

I've been waiting SOOO long 😭 for this Now 3 out my 4 great reviewers have talked about this cine-masochist, Mike the horror geek and now brad, I just need Brandon to talk about this movie one day and life will be semi complete

[@jackharpring5849]

Funny how there's a patch on the military general that looks like the Umbrella logo from Resident Evil. ...huh. Deja Vu. Feels like I've already left this comment somewhere else.

[@jacobmatthewcrawford2120]

9:31 Did you say Fast? A long overdue review... It did not disappoint!

[@ravensthatflywiththenightm7319]

I've been waiting since 2014 or 2015 for you to review this! 😻

[@ricardohurtado5646]

One of my favorite “zombie/infected human”’movies. I have watched this during my senior year of high school, and was forever changed in my cultural tastes. I even brought it on physical media. I am so shocked that Brad has not reviewed it at all until now.

[@JoeyJ0J0]

One thing I like about this movie is the zombies aren't the slow shambling kind. Very different for an Italian zombie film.

[@freakyzed8467]

I would LOVE to see you redo some of your much older Italian zombie movie reviews. Anything you did when you still had some hair and your set was incredibly dark.

[@curtisrice142s9]

I rented this movie six times.

[@GhostTrainStudios]

I love your reviews and the fact that you introduce me to some pretty interesting, if not completely off-the-wall movies I need to see some day. Thanks for all that you do.

[@LannieLord]

WATCH a weird movie called "The Night God Screamed" (1971). I think it's on here for free from a VHS rip.

[@LannieLord]

Also "Messiah of Evil" (1974) and "Midnight:" (1981) .

[@ericpolk2131]

A masterpiece

[@AllenSpencer-o1f]

My mother picked this at the warehouse back in the day, I remember after watching this with my parents I was mad because zombies can't run or use weapons and my father was passed at the twist ending

[@Torgo-and-the-Lucifer-Cat]

Thanks. I can forgive any movie almost anything, but the "the whole thing was a dream" trope is the cheapest hack cop out ever!! ❤

[@Luke.S2099]

I was wondering when your 1984 in film video was gonna post lol. Gonna watch it straight after this.

[@h.p.lovefella2205]

soooo oldschool,

[@tjfrizzi5965]

"Appropriately stupid looks are just as valid as any other looks!" 😂 The movie is some kind of weird fun. The ending reminds me of Demons where you think who is going to survive doesn't.

[@salvagemonster3612]

Sorry this is an AWESOME movie. Since 1984 first time I rented it, was a classic. A crime that the Tom savini remake never happened .

[@AngelofMusic04]

13:01 - He has returned to remind us he will always live among us fans.

[@Dr_1212]

New Snob 👍

[@ser6Ijvolk]

You mentioned a lot of movies I can't wait for you to make an episode on in this video.

[@fletchkeilman2205]

Notice the John Carpenter from Body Bags cameo on the City of the Walking Dead video box haha

[@filmfangirls9163]

Had to pause your Films of 1984 video to watch this review. I couldn't resist!!

[@LannieLord]

I am VERY grateful to have seen this movie - when it was NEW at the drive in theatre! Me and my friends were laughing all the way through it . And the end was hilarious .

[@goldreplicant2032]

@9:47 all of our TV's/CRT's in the 80's were also makeshift Molotov cocktails

[@NordicNerd66]

Yes!! Finally Luv from Sweden

[@_KRose]

If possible. ONLY if possible.

[@jfrsnjhnsn]

16:50 I think that kid in the middle is Bob, from the Fulci movies!

[@fletchkeilman2205]

That Newhart reference hit hard today

[@tyrannozilla]

I remember when Phelous reviewed this film. God, that was 14 years ago already.

[@DarkOverlord96]

I honestly thought you already reviewed this movie back in the early Snob years given how many times it's been referenced. Now I truly have context for "THE NIGHTMARE BECOMES REALITY", which, no joke, I've actually done a few meme edits of it.

[@garyhall7867]

And fuck yeah, I love blatant dummy falls

[@MrOptikNERV]

I came across this movie from Phelous and waited to see how you would review this movie.

[@benderbendingrodriguez420]

See these are what I'd personally classify as "Ghouls" more than Zombies

[@runcible4755]

WOW! It's pretty funny that you've never done this one. I just assumed you had. I can't honestly explain why I love this one so much, but I do. I own it on Blu-Ray, and I even own the soundtrack on vinyl. Just for sheer balls, best ending ever. LOL.

[@JamesB-mg9pk]

Love me some Italian horror!

[@sfighter0085]

This was one of those movies I watched here on KZbin when they had free movies (without ads, I think). I watched it under its alternate title "City of the Walking Dead". Yeah, this definitely not one of the good Italian horror movies, but it does have its moments that make it worth watching. Not to mention the make-up effects on the mutants were decent enough.

[@sta3po]

Dang it Snob! I could swear that you had reviewed this, I remember liking more than phelous's. But I do a lot of drugs. Hail LLoyd!

[@michaelthomas5433]

Were these atomic zombie mutants also responsible for killing the crew on the ship in Jurassic Park 2? I mean if they can get anywhere.. and it definitely wasn't the T-Rex..

[@turntheblueiris4626]

Love this film. First saw it on a VHS double bill tape (VTC label?) with Alien Terror (Alien 2 - Sulla terra) such a shame the original elements got damaged.

[@kaydog2450]

This movie looks pretty good the make up effects look really good

[@shmikex]

I will say that theme slaps!

[@altohippiegabber]

According to the Lenzi commentary track "dees are notta zombies, dees are de infecteda peoples"

[@FabricFool]

“In the great tradition of ‘it was all a dream’ twist endings…” I’m stunned you used the Bob Newhart alone, without the Dallas “the entire season; it was all a dream” twist ending that Newhart was spoofing. Since you were just making a list, after all.

[@chabbu64]

I'm surprised there was no mention of Invaders From Mars when discussing the ending...

[@LB-gz3ke]

Well, his list was twist endings. The Dallas shower scene wasn't an ending at all. It was the beginning of a new season.

[@LannieLord]

@@LB-gz3ke St. Elsewhere as well. Twilight Zone ; Perchance to Dream.

[@noctisocculta4820]

I forgot I've already seen this movie! All I remember is the plane bit at the start, the dancing TV show, titties, and the trophy wife with that creepy mask.

[@paulkauchick6782]

I like this. It's more of your old school style

[@ryanjavierortega8513]

Brad has one of the very hest channels

[@ShadeMeadows]

This movie only reminds me of Phelous!

[@rowsdower6950]

Hi surprise Lloyd cameo!

[@josediaz021180]

Another Hugo Stiglitz masterpiece you gotta review in Tintorera

[@scrollcaps]

Zombies Biting Tiddies is going to be the name of my Riotgrrl band.

[@Inspectornills]

man, I remember when Phelan reviewed this movie. Good times.

[@davebooshty299]

I am 54 Nowadays and I Got To see this Movie as many many For Free In theaters Thanks to a Projectionist Friend Back then times.

[@LannieLord]

I had projectionist friends in the 1980s but they only showed movies like ROCKY3 .

[@LannieLord]

Did you see any OTHER grind house type movies from back then ?

[@davebooshty299]

@@LannieLord Not Too Many But a Few. I saw alot of movies that came out for only like a week or 2 in theaters before being yanked for being such bombs. Loys of 80s fell threw the cracks type movies I call them.

[@davebooshty299]

@@LannieLord As said maybe Not persay Grindhouse , but I saw movies such as Coming at Ya in 3 D , Megaforce , Metalstorm the Destruction of Jared Syn , The Entity , The Sender , Mausuleum , Mortuary with Bill Paxton , Beastmaster , etc

[@davebooshty299]

@@LannieLord The Road Warrior 8 times , Vacation 11 Times , Madman , Joysticks , Lets Spend the Night Together with The Rolling Stones , Curtains , etc

[@shimshamjunior]

16:17 now I'm praying brad does doctor butcher M.D. he has referenced it that much too Also 2 more things one 24:29 is that John Carpenter? And 2 I always considered this movie an infected people film more than a zombie film tbh

[@mrm.acampbell2722]

I kinda want you to review Italian spiderman as it is a perfect parody of the Italian movie scene from the 70’s and 80’s

[@louisduarte8763]

1:40 Easy to forget how often Italian horror directors rip each other off. 4:58 Somehow, radiation can make anyone better at shooting guns than actual soldiers. 7:47 Or it turned into a porno. 17:03 THAT'S what happens when you don't mask up properly!

[@cinemafanatic2010]

The first running zombies are in Garden of the Dead, I think.

[@jfrsnjhnsn]

What I loved about this movie was Hugo Stieglitz's ridiculous hostility to everyone around him.

[@DarthAzabrush]

24:00 The original Eastern European Vampire Legends were more like modern zombies. LeFanu's Carmilla sexed them up considerably creating the modern mythos.

[@milestrombley1466]

That's why it is called Nightmare City. It's a nightmare about poop zombies!

[@mikethegrunty5968]

THE NIGHTMARE BECOMES REALITY 🎵evil disco music🎵

[@SwaggyG_2102]

This is like if 28 Days Later was made by an 80s Italian director 😂

[@atlanime]

15:42 I LOVE THAT FUCKING SONG! WOULD'VE BEEN GREAT ON A NINTENDO GAME SCORE!

[@chabbu64]

My now-late wife and I used to watch this gem and pick out all the pseudo-look-alikes of American actors in it: the European Peter Boyle, the European Bette Midler, the European Robert De Niro, The European Mel Ferrer, the...Oh wait...

[@Cassandra112]

"are they vampires now". this is actually fairly correct. modern "zombies" are ghouls, a kind of vampire, not "zombies", which are living mind controlled people via voodoo. which we can also see in the naming from I am legend. "sexy" vampires came much later as well. original vampires, were ghouls. the reanimated dead that where half decayed, and crawled out of graves to go feast on the blood and flesh of their living families. Returning to their graves during the day.

[@Grandmastergav86]

I fucking love this movie and the rollercoaster sequence has to have served as inspiration for Left 4 Dead. People moan about the ending, the clue is in the title lmao.

[@Ohio.Gozaimasu]

I'm a big fan of bad dummy shots and the one in this movie is easily among the best. The only problem is that it's accompanied by my most hated thing, which is a woman screaming.

[@robertclarke8811]

Was confusing this with Nightmare Beach so the plot was certainly different there. Mel Ferrer also being in Eaten Alive, Oh... Wrong one there too.

[@fletchkeilman2205]

I wish Lenzi was still alive to remake this with Savini as he had announced some time ago

[@DeepEye1994]

In a way Planet Terror kinda is a remake since the Sickos were directly inspired by these "zombies".

[@bensneb360]

When I hear Nightmare, all I can think of is “Freddy Krueger takes Manhattan” lol

[@halomek_3154]

THE NIGHTMARE BECOMES REVIEWED...

[@louisduarte8763]

26:35 Didn't a Legend of Zelda game on the Game Boy also end with "It Was All Just A Dream"?

[@IhadToputAnameinHereSomewhere]

I've always wondered if Garth Ennis was inspired by this when he wrote Crossed.

[@gh0stb0n3r]

Flesh Gordon is another one of those movies...

[@Dim4323]

Which became the template for 28 days later.

[@cdog9166]

You forgot Dead of night. It's all dream and the movie resets to the beginning of the movie.