June 17, 2010 15:10
Nearly a year ago, I was searching YouTube for the trailer to Umberto Lenzi’s 1980 zombie film Nightmare City and I ended up coming across a tribute to the film’s main character, the virile and bearded TV news anchorman Dean Miller (played, with a notable lack of enthusiasm, by Hugo Stiglitz.)
The video artfully takes Lenzi’s overlong film and reduces it down to 3 and a half minutes of Dean Miller killing people. Interestingly, not a hint of nuance or plot is lost in the process. Anyway, the video has always made me smile so I figured why not share it? I should clarify that I have no idea who actually put this together beyond the fact that I had nothing to do with it.
Actually, I’m being a little bit too hard on Nightmare City. For a Lenzi film, its actually fairly entertaining and it does feature one of the abosolute worst endings in the history of cinema. If a hurricane ever hits North Texas and I find myself having to stay inside for a few days, my survival plan is to pass the time writing up a review of Nightmare City.
As previously stated, Miller was played by actor Hugo Stiglitz. Quentin Tarantino, of course, later borrowed Stiglitz’s name for Inglorious Basterds. Tarantino’s Stiglitz, it must be said, was a bit more interesting than the actual Stiglitz.
Posted by Lisa Marie Bowman
Tags: Dean Miller, Film, Hugo Stiglitz, Inglorious Basterds, Lisa Marie Bowman, movie, Nightmare City. Quentin Tarantino, Umberto Lenzi, YouTube, Zombies
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LOL, now that’s what you call a manly set of facial hair. No wonder he’s such an expert zombie exterminator.
I had forgotten how much the late stages of the zombie plague-toxin-radiation thingamabob looked like make-up effects for Toxic Avenger.
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By R-Lee on June 17, 2010 at 16:23
I’d forgotten that apparently those old little TVs were just death traps waiting to happen. Did you see the way that thing exploded!? lol.
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By Lisa Marie Bowman on June 17, 2010 at 16:48
Shame new tvs now are explode-proof. Definitely lowers zombie apocalypse survival
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By R-Lee on June 17, 2010 at 17:27
Goddammit, Youtube ruins another blog post!
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By Lisa Marie Bowman on November 27, 2010 at 17:13
Half, of mine are like that now, but nothing clicking on the video won’t solve. 🙂
I’m actually wondering if my quickie review of The Church with attached trailer will last as long as the one you did for this one.
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By Arleigh on November 27, 2010 at 17:21