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Hooptober 12.0 – The City Of The Dead (1960)

Being Film #24 for Hooptober 2025

Slightly gothic horror movie about witches from the 60s starring Christopher Lee…and it’s not from Hammer? Color me intrigued, and since two of the films I had slated to cover the “conspiracy or cult” requirement for the marathon turned out to be action films and not horror (sorry The Witch duology) I had to make some quick adjustments, and The City of the Dead fit the bill. Overall it’s a fine if slight movie, wooden in some place but boasts at least two sequences that were fantastic. And since I’m exhausted and getting to the end of my marathon rope (age is a fun thing, huh?) let’s just get to it.

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