The Undertaker (1988)

When Pam Hayes talk about necrophilia in her class, student Nick sticks around afterwards to speak to her.  He asks her to meet him that night and says it has something to do with the class topic. Pam has a healthy ego and thinks Nick is asking her out so she turns him down. It’s odd she wasn’t more concerned about his insistence it had something to do with necrophilia.

Nick’s uncle Roscoe is the local undertaker, who he believes is murdering women and having his way with them.  Nick calls his teacher and convinces her to go to the funeral parlor.  They sneak in the back, but when they search the office, his aunt comes downstairs so they flee.

The police are stumped about why so many women are going missing. They’ve found blood in various places but no bodies.  When a couple of men disappear, the police get more confused. However a man who works at the movie theater thinks he can solve the crimes. 

This is a slow moving, icky movie about an unappealing character. The cover is about as attractive as the movie.

There is an error in the scene where Pam is using a pay phone.  The cradle that holds the receiver is down, which is the equivalent of hanging up. So she can’t be making a call.  But she is and while she talks, the cradle slowly starts moving, before it pops up to reveal a piece of plastic or tape was holding it down. The only reason I can think to do that would be to avoid having the dial tone sound while they were recording the scene.

Ridiculous dialogue

I’m sorry to call you at home but I must meet you.

You think just because I’m a security guard it means I can’t solve a crime? I cant make arrests?

That counter has no drawers

If this is down, the phone is hung up

As she talks, it slowly starts going up. When it lets go,
you can see the clear plastic that was keeping it down

Why do we need this shot of the greasy burger?