Join us for a commentary on the 1960 horror classic The City of the Dead aka Horror Hotel. Mike starts off by telling us about a recent trip to the Post Punk and Industrial Museum and we discuss some trivia before getting into the film.
Sources for this episode include The City of the Dead (1960) Amicus Horror: All of Them Witches by Tim Brayton at Alternate Ending, Film Review – The City of the Dead (1960) by Brandon Stanwyck at Fearsome Queer, The City of the Dead (1960) – Tuesday’s Overlooked Film by Cavershamragu at Tipping My Fedora, and The City of the Dead (1960) Witch Movie Review | Real World Lore, History & Witchcraft by Witch Way on YouTube, IMDb, and various Wikipedia articles.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 - Introduction
0:36 - Welcome to the Last Three Rows of Horror!
2:01 - Mike’s Trip to the Post Punk and Industrial Museum
11:03 - Getting Into The City of the Dead
13:21 - 1960s Horror Classics
19:20 - The Plot
19:55 - Writer George Baxt
23:09 - Producers Milton Subotsky and Max Rosenberg
23:43 - Amicus Productions
26:29 - Milton Subotsky's Stephen King Adaptations
30:48 - Vulcan Films and Shepperton Studios
31:22 - Director John Llewellyn Moxey
33:30 - US Censorship
34:39 - The City of the Dead
1:53:00 - Wrapping Up
1:53:21 - Credits
1:53:46 - Post-Credits
1:54:30 - Object Deleted - Church
2:02:04 - Object Deleted - Unholy Terror