GamerTab
That was an excellent one.
Spoonatects
Am i the only one who thinks........Average?
WillSushyMedia
This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.
Aiden Melton
The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.
idontneedyourjunk
Ugh. What a disaster. If this was the first movie of his I had seen, I'd make a point never to watch another.Paxton plays a psycho who embalms people alive. Anything else I say is just going to drag this movie down.It's rating of 50% (of 900) on IMDb is reason enough to never trust user ratings. Rotten Tomato is a little more accurate at 17% (of 5000).It's a terrible movie that wouldn't even make a good drinking game. The acting (even Paxton's) is terrible. The lighting is terrible. The music is terrible. The only noteworthy thing I can think of, is every 'official' blurb summary of the movie I've read online is different, and they're all incorrect. It's like not even the reviewers wanted to watch this (also; co-written by Miss Universe 1961).If anyone ever told me their favorite actor was Bill Paxton, I would say "Really? Mortuary? Are you sure?" At least now I'm pretty sure Titanic won't be the worst one to come.
videorama-759-859391
I finally came around to see this horror, I remember seeing vividly on the video shelves, over thirty years ago. I remember one of the stills on the back of the cover, vividly, where our two hotties are making out, in all their nakedness. This film really starts off well, with you guessing what the hell is going on, on all cylinders basically, where soon you begin to add up all their dots, especially with Bill Paxton's lovestruck, psychopathic character, and again this take notice actor, makes a meal of his role. For the last thirty minutes, it's all so apparent here (where it's no surprise, Paxton is the psycho) we totally know where the rest of the films going, with just a waiting process, not good for a thriller/suspense/horror. Mortuary is a major disappointment to me, especially in the gore department. I really expected this film to much more gorier, like a few other 80's shockers. The story has beautiful Mcdonough losing her father to a nutter (guess who?) with a baseball bat. Other strange happenings occur, her boyfriend's friend, strangely disappears, as she's having bad visions, as well as a stalker/nutter (guess who?) putting the scares on her at night, in some creepy cultish garb. We see at first hand, a little, how embalming works, and the sex scenes w're ere thankful for, as well as Mcdonough's beautiful presence. At some point, when trying to add up the dots, I really found this movie stupid, like the living hand sticking out of the casket, an strange occult scene, following, involving Mcdonough's mum (the hot Lydia day George who's supposedly having an affair with Paxton's father and owner of the mortuary (the late Christoper George, where him and Lydia previously starred in the ultra sicko chainsaw flick, Pieces. I did like the movie's score, but of course the best thing about this film, can be summed up in two words: Bill Paxton, who does relievedly make the last ten minutes, worth it, in what is just a grave-ly disappointing flick. Sorry about the pun.
acidburn-10
After her father's mysterious death, Christy (Mary McDonough) suffers from sleepwalking and night terrors. Making things worse, no one beliefs her claims of a ghoul faced killer lurking in the shadows. When she learns her mother is in a coven of witches, Christy begins to distrust everyone in her life. Is her mother trying to drive her crazy or is there a more sinister figure at work? It's up to Christy's boyfriend to save her before she ends up on the slab.Oddly enough the victims in this are not the main heroine's friends nor they hardly have any screen time and plus the killer's weapon of choice, a giant embalming needle, is a change of pace from garden tools and kitchen utensils. This movie does manage a few surprises and jolts but they give the killer's identity away half way through the film. Still, they have one wicked twist at the end. They give their slasher motivations other than simple revenge. The witches subplot is unnecessary and never really develops into anything of importance.Like some other 80's slashers this one has another pre famous star and that is Bill Paxton who Paul the nerd, a goofy loser one almost feels sorry for as he skips across a graveyard with a handful of roses. Christopher and Susan Day George don't much apart from become victims of the killer. David Wallace as Christy's boyfriend is gorgeous and is a bit wimpy but in all he did an OK job and Mary McDonough shaking of her wholesome girl next door image she had in The Waltons brings a wholesome, vulnerable quality to her character, but her sleepwalking scenes are a little embarrassing and rather pointless.Mortuary has some clichés, but also has a few twists and surprises. There is little blood or gore, but there is one really intense murder. The cover of the video is totally wrong as it makes you think that this is some kind of Zombie flick and it isn't which is very misleading but all in all this ain't a bad film, not brilliant though but worth watching.
HumanoidOfFlesh
After her father's mysterious death Christy suffers from sleepwalking and night terrors.Making things worse,no one beliefs her claims of a ghoul faced killer lurking in the shadows.When she learns her mother is in a coven of witches,Christy begins to distrust everyone in her life.It's up to Christy's boyfriend to save her from the hands of crazed embalmer played by Bill Paxton,who looks like black metal musician.Fairly decent slasher flick with several jolts of suspense and gruesome deaths.Not a lot of blood and gore,but plenty of breasts both living and cadaver to enjoy.The ending is kind of quick after all the build up,but it is also pretty surprising.Fans of early 80's slasher flicks should give this one a try.
