City of the Walking Dead

City of the Walking Dead, also known as Nightmare City, is an Italian horror film of the zombie apocalypse subgenre. It was directed by Umberto Lenzi with a script written by Antonio Cesare Corti, Luis Maria Delgado and Piero Regnoli. It was produced by Dialchi Film and Lotus Films, and premiered in Italy on December 11th, 1980. It was released in the United States on November 18th, 1983, and was distributed through 21st Century Distribution. The movie stars Hugo Stiglitz as Dean, Laura Trotter as Anna, Maria Rosaria Omaggio as Sheila, Francisco Rabal as Holmes, Sonia Viviani as Cindy, Eduardo Fajardo as Kramer, Stefania D'Amario as Jessica, Ugo Bologna as Desmond, Sara Franchetti as Liz, and Manuel Zarzo as Donahue.

Notes & Trivia

 * City of the Walking Dead (1980), Nightmare City and Nightmare City (1980) all redirect to this page.


 * The original Italian title of this film is Incubo sulla città contaminata .


 * The full cast list for this film at lists an additional 25 actors, most of which are extras and/or play the role of zombies. As their involvement in the film cannot be confirmed, their names are not listed here.


 * City of the Walking Dead is not to be confused with City of the Living Dead, which is another Italian horror film of the zombie subgenre released in 1980. That film was directed by Lucio Fulci.


 * Actress Stefania D'Amario is also known for playing Doctor Menard's nurse in the 1979 movie Zombi 2.