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Last Three Rows of Horror · Jan 10, 2025 · 2 hr 7 min

The City of the Dead Commentary

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. Send us an email at ⁠lastthreerowsofhorror@gmail.com⁠. Follow and drop us a line on the most evil ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠Facebook⁠. Like, subscribe, and leave us a comment on ⁠YouTube⁠! Thank you for watching/listening and supporting LAST THREE ROWS OF HORROR! 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

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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 ReviewThe 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.


Send us an email at ⁠lastthreerowsofhorror@gmail.com⁠. Follow and drop us a line on the most evil ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠Facebook⁠. Like, subscribe, and leave us a comment on ⁠YouTube⁠!


Thank you for watching/listening and supporting LAST THREE ROWS OF HORROR!


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

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