Nightmare City is a planned 2015 remake of the 1980 film of the same name with Tom Savini directing and supervising special effects. Original Italian director Umberto Lenzi will act as an associate producer and Dean Cundey (Halloween; Jurassic Park) has been named as a possible cinematographer. The project is currently seeking crowdfunding via Indiegogo…
Plot teaser:
After the outbreak of an unknown virus in the Caribbean the Miami Port Authority receives an SOS from an international aid ship returning from Haiti. TV reporter Dean Miller and his cameraman Charlie are sent to the port where rescue teams are awaiting the arriving ship. At first the ship appears to be deserted, but suddenly the rescue teams are attacked by dozens of deformed people. Infected by a new hybrid of two of the most deadly viruses of our time – Ebola and leprosy; their faces and bodies are covered with welts and sores and they are hungry for blood.
Dean and his colleague witness a brutal massacre and return to the TV station to inform the public about the horrifying events, but the government and military prohibit the broadcasting of the news in order to avoid a panic. With the public in the dark, the virus and the number of infected people start to spread over the city, while Dean, his wife Anna and a small group are trying to escape from the ‘City of the Walking Dead.’
