Nov. 18, 2022

This Day in Halloween: Umberto Lenzi's Italian/Spanish zombie movie cult favorite "Nightmare City" opens across the U.S. in 1983. / Illustration by Alyssa Fujiwara

Nightmare City opens across the U.S. in 1983. The Italian/Spanish zombie movie develops a cult following for being cheesy and over-the-top bad, despite director Umberto Lenzi hoping the film would carry an anti-nuclear and anti-military message.

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