Funeral Home (1980)
"Cries in the Night" (original title)

A young woman arrives at her grandmother's house, which used to be a funeral home, to help her turn the place into a bed-and-breakfast inn. After they open, however, guests begin disappearing or turning up dead.

Director:

William Fruet

Writer:

Ida Nelson

Stars:

Kay Hawtrey, Lesleh Donaldson, Barry Morse

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kay Hawtrey	...	Maude Chalmers (as Kay Hawtry)
Lesleh Donaldson	...	Heather
Barry Morse	...	Mr. Davis
Dean Garbett	...	Rick Yates
Stephen E. Miller	...	Billy Hibbs (as Stephen Miller)
Alf Humphreys	...	Joe Yates (as Alfred Humphreys)
Peggy Mahon	...	Florie
Harvey Atkin	...	Harry Browning
Robert Warner	...	Sheriff (as Bob Warner)
Jack Van Evera	...	James Chalmers
Les Rubie	...	Sam
Doris Petrie	...	Ruby
Bill Lake	...	Frank
Brett Matthew Davidson	...	Young Rick (as Brett Davidson)
Christopher Crabb	...	Teddy (as Chris Crabb)

Storyline

An old funeral parlor now converted into a tourist home during certain periods such as the summer, develops a problem, when a escaped mental patient with a split personality moves in and proceeds to do away with those specific/certain guests or staff, he/she feels are nosy or immoral.

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Plot Keywords:

funeral | summer | grandmother | motel | slasher | 

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Taglines:

It'll have you screaming for morning!

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 August 1982 (USA)

Also Known As:

Funeral Home

Filming Locations:

Elora, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

CAD 1,400,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Frontier Amusements released this in Canada in the fall of 1980 as CRIES IN THE NIGHT and then re-released the movie in September of 1982 as FUNERAL HOME.

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Goofs

The film is set in the U.S., but there is a Canadian flag displayed prominently in front of a public building.

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Quotes

Maude Chalmers: Chalmers the embalmers!

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Connections

References Psycho (1960)

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Soundtracks

"Onward, Christian Soldiers"
(uncredited)
Music by Arthur Sullivan
Lyrics by Sabine Baring-Gould

User Reviews

Campy good fun.

This is no doubt one of the best low-budget horror flicks that I have seen since SLEEPLESS. My copy of the tape was very old and I got it in some really huge box that was falling apart. My tape was slightly damaged and it made fuzzy noises throughout the movie. But this didn't bother me. I think I kinda enjoyed the fuzziness. It added to the campiness of the film. Making it look and sound older than it actually was. It all starts out when a young girl goes to visit her grandmother at her home which was recently a funeral home. Grandma wants to make her house into a motel for passers-by. And then some of the guests begin disappearing. If you want some good, campy fun of a horror film, then see FUNERAL HOME. You will be surprised........5/5.