Thursday, November 15, 2012

Mortuary (1983)

Something is going on at the old mortuary.  Owner Mr. Andrews is presiding over a group of women dressed in black robes, who are dancing around a smoking cauldron in the mortuary warehouse.

Josh and Greg go to the warehouse so Josh can steal some tires because Mr. Andrews fired him and didn't give him his last paycheck.  When Josh disappears, Greg knows it's something to do with the ceremony they witnessed.  But the sheriff won't believe him and he doesn't want to mention that his girlfriend Christie's mother was one of the women.

Christie is convinced her father was murdered, but her mother says it's all in her imagination. No one will believe Christie.  Greg tries to help, but doesn't really believe her either.

Greg and Christie go to college with Paul, the mortuary owner's son who has a crush on Christie. Paul, played by Bill Paxton, will skip his way into your heart with the odd little run he does when he's heading through the graveyard.  However Paul's a strange guy so don't get too attached to him as he's kind of nuts.

Christie and Greg, who has amazing feathered blond hair, decide to look into what is really going on at the mortuary and see if it has anything to do with her fathers death.  They discover Mr. Andrews, Christie's mother, and the Sheriff meeting together.  But things are not as they seem and there is a black robed killer stalking Christie.

Aside from the cover being misleading since no one gets buried alive, this is an okay slasher from the 80s.  It's not a big surprise who the killer is as you can see the persons face, and though it's painted white, it's not much of a disguise.  This was the last role for Christopher George, who plays Mr. Andrews, as he died unexpectedly at age 52 the same year.  He was married to Lynda Day George who plays Christie's mother.

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