When i put it on my list of the 10 greatest films ever made, i was not joking. Gate of hell 1953 in this lauded japanese drama, the samurai moritoh enda kazuo hasegawa performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely lady kesa machiko kyo from a violent uprising. This causes the dead to rise and the priests apparition to. A reporter and a psychic race to close the gates of hell after the suicide of a clergyman caused them to open, allowing the dead to rise from their graves. Filmed on location in and around new orleans in late 1980. A notorious artistic and financial failure, michael ciminos heavens gate was blamed for critically wounding the movie western and definitively ushering out the 1970s hollywood new wave of young.
Until today, i thought there only three people, including me, who considered heavens gate 1980 to be a masterpiece and perhaps the last great western, since the 1970, after, little big man 1970, jeremiah johnson 1972, the outlaw josey wales 1976 and the long riders 1980. The film is set in the small town of dunwich, where the priest father thomas commits suicide which results in a gateway to hell opening which releases a. It is the second film in fulcis gates of hell trilogy after city of the living dead 1980, and was followed by the house by the cemetery 1981. Okay, boys and girls, in the town of dunwich it happens, a priest hangs himself in the middle of a cursed cemetary and something brown and smelly hits the fan. As theyre wont to do, the gates of hell swing wide and the dead sort of stop being dead. Set in 12thcentury feudal japan, the film stars kazuo hasegawa as.
Since it was lent and i felt that i should do something in penance for my sins, i bought it, went home, and watched it in one sitting with no breaks, snacks, or soda pop to sustain me. It is the second film in fulcis gates of hell trilogy after city of the living dead. Gate of hell, jigokumon, gate of jigoku is a 1953 japanese jidaigeki film directed by teinosuke kinugasa. Its plot follows a woman who inherits a hotel in rural louisiana that was once the. A winner of academy awards for best foreignlanguage film and best costume design, gate of hell is a visually sumptuous, psychologically penetrating work from teinosuke kinugasa.
The awardwinning, 80s movies rewind has been the place for eighties movies since 1999 and you can totally see why with a full 8 pages of totally the best info for each of the 579 movies featured. The film features an ensemble cast, including kris kristofferson, christopher walken, isabelle huppert, jeff. The gates of hell official trailer for upcoming horror action movie when five filmmakers unknowingly stumble across the. This event opens the gates of hell, allowing the dead to return and walk the earth. The gates of hell 1980 the bad movie report while i was ranting and raving about a 100 greatest horror movies list, i referred to suspiria and cemetery man as middling horror movies, which gained me the ire of sometimes correspondent and recent italian movie convert marc beschler. In the midst of epic, violent intrigue in twelfthcentury japan, an imperial warrior falls for a ladyinwaiting. City of the living dead is a 1980 italian horror film directed by lucio fulci. Movie mistakes goofs, bloopers, pictures, quotes and. The gates of hell in the small new england town of dunwich, a priest commits suicide by hanging himself in the church cemetery which somehow opens the gates of hell allowing the dead to rise. Five gates to hell is a 1959 american adventure film written and directed by james clavell in cinemascope. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the gates of hell near you. A reporter and a psychic race to close the gates of hell after the suicide of a. The gates of hell 2004 cast and crew a newsman christopher george and a prematurely buried woman katriona mccoll confront the living dead in massachusetts. The plot follows a series of bizarre events that follow in h.
Dont get me wrong, its an awesome scene, but you could cut the end credits or maybe the production company logo out of the film and it would. It tells the story of a samurai kazuo hasegawa who tries to marry a woman machiko kyo he rescues, only to discover that she is married. The film stars dolores michaels, patricia owens, neville brand, ken scott, nobu mccarthy and benson fong. Theres a reason why the socalled gates of hell trilogy is unofficial. By remaining provisional, the three films made by italian film director lucio fulci between 1980 and 1981 bypass the thorny issues of cohesiveness and a logical, overarching narrative. It has i think two people stuck in a hospital and i think the people inside turned to zombies. Reporting on movies, television, video games, and pop culture.
The normal version ends with the spiderweb effect followed by the credits. Cult giallo video nastie directed by maestro lucio fulci. But a few weeks ago in a used video store i found the original uncut version. Filmed using eastmancolor, gate of hell was daiei films first color film and the first japanese color film to be released outside japan. The gates of hell 1980 the bad movie report stomp tokyo. Five gates to hell 1959 guerrilla forces overtake a field hospital in french indochina, kidnapping doctors richter ken scott and minelle john morley, as well as several nurses. The soul that pines for eternity shall outspan death. People who consider themselves as serious horror fans you have to see this. I think there was another scene where there was a guy in a library and some spiders came out of the books and began eating his. The film is set in the small town of dunwich, where the priest father thomas commits suicide which results in a gateway to hell opening which releases a pack of zombies. But gates of heaven remains in a category by itself, unclassifiable, provocative, tantalizing. After the rebels are brutally overpowered by the empire on the ice planet hoth, luke skywalker begins jedi training with yoda, while his friends are pursued by darth vader and a bounty hunter named boba fett all over the galaxy.
Personally, \gates of hell\ firmly grabbed my throat from the getgo and had me rip by the time the end credits rolled. In the opening moments, there is a promising shot of the camera panning past the priests forlorn figure and focusing on the words etched on a cemetery tombstone. City of the living dead 1980 blood splattered cinema. Fulci thankfully injected the whole movie with that same pleasant morbid ambiance. In this version from a danish exrental vhs the camera pans over the graveyard with the text. The ending of this movie is always talked about and has to be seen to be. The film was released on september 23, 1959, by 20th century fox. Another strange thing about this movie is at the end of the movie it is ed 1997, but the whole film looked late 1980s. Fulci notes the plot onscreen through massive chunks of verbal exposition and then slides around it. Loosely based on the johnson county war, it portrays a fictional dispute between land barons and european immigrants in wyoming in the 1890s. The gates of hell 1980 full horror movie uncut youtube.
Pet detective questions the uninvited ending 10,000 b. The film was released in the united states as the gates of hell. City of the living dead aka the gates of hell starts off well, laying down a pervasive, disquieting mood right off the bat. The blood and gore and various views of the cemetery and its corpses is impressive. Fear in the city of the living dead is a 1980 italian horror film directed by lucio fulci. The beyond 7 doors of death 1981 trailer hd 1080p youtube. Lovecrafts home town after a priest commits suicide in a cemetery. Heavens gate is a 1980 american epic western film written and directed by michael cimino. Read the full synopsis of five gates to hell, 1959, directed by james clavell, with dolores michaels, patricia owens, neville brand, at turner classic movies. Like most of fulcis horror movies and italian horror in general, plot and logic take. Later, at marys apartment, peter hears about marys vision and learns our plot the suicide of father thomas has opened up the gates of hell.
The gates of hell are various places on the surface of the world that have acquired a legendary reputation for being entrances to the underworld. Looking a lot like a rough draft for fulcis later film, the beyond, the gates of hell tells the story of dunwich, massachusetts, a small town where a priest commits suicide in the local cemetery. City of the living dead 1983 feature video dailymotion. What is that horror movie about the 7 gates of hell. Murnau directs the german folktale, with a new recording of the original score, in faust, 1926. In the small new england town of dunwich, a priest commits suicide by hanging himself in the church cemetery.