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The film would most likely be unknown but for two scenes of infamy. The first is of a girl before whom the ghost of the priest appears, causing her to ''vomit up her intestines'' whilst weeping blood. This effect reportedly required the actress to swallow several yards of sheep intestines whole... heavens above; the things one does for show business. (However, conflicting reports hold that the head consisted of a bust). The second is of a man drilling through another man's head with an electric drill, until the end protrudes from the other side, after he catches him sleeping with her daughter.

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The film would most likely be unknown but for two scenes of infamy. The first is of a girl before whom the ghost of the priest appears, causing her to ''vomit up her intestines'' whilst weeping blood. This effect reportedly required the actress to swallow several yards of sheep intestines whole... heavens above; the things one does for show business. (However, conflicting reports hold that the head consisted of a bust). The second is of a man drilling through another man's head (the latter played by ChronicallyKilledActor Creator/GiovanniLombardoRadice) with an electric drill, until the end protrudes from the other side, after he catches him sleeping with her daughter.
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** Also, Michele Soavi (director of ''Film/CemeteryMan'' and ''Film/StageFrightAquarius'') as the boyfriend of the girl who pukes up her guts.

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** Also, Michele Soavi Creator/MicheleSoavi (director of ''Film/CemeteryMan'' and ''Film/StageFrightAquarius'') as the boyfriend of the girl who pukes up her guts.
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* MarketBasedTitle: The film was originally released in the US as ''The Gates of Hell''. The film's German release also had it given the title ''Ein Zombie hing am Glockenseil''[[note]]Which translates to "A Zombie Hung on a Bell Rope".[[/note]]
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* BrownNoteBeing: Staring at Father Thomas's restless spirit causes them to cry tears of blood before ''vomiting their entire digestive tract.''

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* BrownNoteBeing: Staring at Father Thomas's restless spirit causes them you to cry tears of blood before ''vomiting their out your entire digestive tract.''

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* BrownNoteBeing: Staring at Father Thomas's restless spirit causes them to cry tears of blood before ''vomiting their entire digestive tract.''



* NeverTrustATrailer: Don't be fooled by the title and poster; this isn't a big spectacular ZombieApocalypse movie with zombies overruning [[BigApplesauce New York]]. Only a few opening scenes take place in New York. The zombies only infest a small country village.

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* NeverTrustATrailer: Don't be fooled by the title and poster; this isn't a big spectacular ZombieApocalypse movie with zombies overruning overrunning [[BigApplesauce New York]]. Only a few opening scenes take place in New York. The zombies only infest a small country village.
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* IdiotBall: Poor Peter gets saddled with it by the writers at one key point. [[spoiler: Mary, believed dead, wakes up in her coffin, after her funeral but before the coffin is buried. Peter goes to the cemetery to visit her grave. After a LONG will-he-or-won't-he hear her moment, Peter DOES hear her, and springs into action by using a pickaxe to break open her coffin WHERE HER FACE IS, and nearly puts the pickaxe through it in the process.]]


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* WhatTheHellHero: After hearing [[spoiler: Mary is still alive in her coffin, Peter grabs the IdiotBall and runs with it, using a pickaxe to break through Mary's coffin and repeatedly ALMOST slamming it right into Mary's face. While he saves her, it's a dumb move for the character to make to drive up the suspense, as it makes Peter look like an unthinking fool.]]
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* ArtisticLicenceHistory: The movie keeps pointing out how the fictitious town of Dunwich is set at the same place where Salem, known for the “witch burnings”. used to be (i.e. Dunwich was built on the ruins of the abandoned Salem). However, the city of Salem, MA still exists nowadays, with a population of 41340 in 2010. Furthermore, people accused of witchcraft were executed in Salem in the past, but none of them were burned (instead most of them were hanged); however, it is possible that characters are mentioning “burning” due to their ignorance, since the movie doesn’t reveal how much of this background story told by UnreliableNarrator is true.

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* ArtisticLicenceHistory: ArtisticLicenceHistory / ArtisticLicenceGeography: The movie keeps pointing out how the fictitious town of Dunwich is set at the same place where Salem, known for the “witch burnings”. used to be (i.e. Dunwich was built on the ruins of the abandoned Salem). However, the city of Salem, MA still exists nowadays, with a population of 41340 in 2010. Furthermore, people accused of witchcraft were executed in Salem in the past, but none of them were burned (instead most of them were hanged); however, it is possible that characters are mentioning “burning” due to their ignorance, since the movie doesn’t reveal how much of this background story told by UnreliableNarrator is true.
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* ArtisticLicenceHistory: The movie keeps pointing out how the fictitious town of Dunwich is set at the same place where Salem, known for the “witch burnings” used to be (i.e. Duwnich was built on the ruins of the abandoned Salem). However, the city of Salem, MA still exists nowadays, with a population of 41340 in 2010. Furthermore, people accused of witchcraft were executed in Salem in the past, but none of them were burned (instead most of them were hanged); however, it is possible that characters are mentioning “burning” due to their ignorance, since the movie doesn’t reveal how much of this background story told by UnreliableNarrator is true.

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* ArtisticLicenceHistory: The movie keeps pointing out how the fictitious town of Dunwich is set at the same place where Salem, known for the “witch burnings” burnings”. used to be (i.e. Duwnich Dunwich was built on the ruins of the abandoned Salem). However, the city of Salem, MA still exists nowadays, with a population of 41340 in 2010. Furthermore, people accused of witchcraft were executed in Salem in the past, but none of them were burned (instead most of them were hanged); however, it is possible that characters are mentioning “burning” due to their ignorance, since the movie doesn’t reveal how much of this background story told by UnreliableNarrator is true.

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