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Mortuary (I) (2005) 3.8
A family moves to a small town in California where they plan on starting a new life while running a long-abandoned funeral home. The locals fear the place, which is suspected to be on haunted ground. Director:Tobe Hooper |
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Cast
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| Dan Byrd | ... |
Jonathan Doyle
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| Denise Crosby | ... |
Leslie Doyle
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| Rocky Marquette | ... |
Grady
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Stephanie Patton | ... |
Jamie Doyle
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| Alexandra Adi | ... |
Liz
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| Courtney Peldon | ... |
Tina
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| Bug Hall | ... |
Cal
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| Tarah Paige | ... |
Sara
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| Michael Shamus Wiles | ... |
Sheriff Howell
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| Adam Gierasch | ... |
Mr. Barstow
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| Price Carson | ... |
Bobby Fowler
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| Lee Garlington | ... |
Rita
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| Greg Travis | ... |
Eliot Cook
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| Christy Johnson | ... |
Dottie
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Joe Langer | ... |
Coroner
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Storyline
The widow Leslie Doyle has just lost her husband and moves with her teenage son Jonathan and her young daughter Jamie to a mortuary in a small town in California that she has bought with the intention of starting a new business, practicing her knowledge as mortician. When they arrive, Leslie realizes that she was lured by the former owner, Elliot, and that the decrepit Fowler Brothers Funeral Home was completely abandoned and with problem with the septic sewer. While Leslie tries to improve and clean the place and start embalming corpses, Jonathan is informed about the legend of Bobby Fowler, the deformed son of the Fowlers. Meanwhile a weird substance attacks people, transforming them in zombies. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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When the dead break free all hell breaks looseMotion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for horror violence and gore, brief sexuality, nudity and language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
2005 (Australia) See more »Also Known As:
A Casa Mortuária See more »Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USACompany Credits
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Leslie Doyle: He speaks! What is that, 6 hours, a record for you?
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Written by Bobby Liebling
Performed by Pentagram
Courtesy of Relapse Records, Inc.
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The quote carved on the vault's door, "That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange eons even death may die", is from H.P. Lovecraft's short story "The Call of Cthulhu" and "The Nameless City". It is supposedly a couplet by Abdul Alhazarred, fictional author of the Necronomicon. See more »Goofs
When Jonathan, Liz, Jamie and Tina crawl up the ladder from the tomb through the tunnel through to the house, Tina is first on the ladder. Yet when they emerge into the house, she is second to last to come out. See more »Quotes
Jonathan Doyle: A 26 hour car trip just went by.Leslie Doyle: He speaks! What is that, 6 hours, a record for you?
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Soundtracks
"First Daze Here"Written by Bobby Liebling
Performed by Pentagram
Courtesy of Relapse Records, Inc.
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Mortuary is a horror film with the atmosphere of mystery, some gore scenes and zombies. The story is bizarre and, in fact, quite clichéd. A family moves to a small town where they plan on starting new life while running funeral home. The local appears to be on haunted ground. The first half of the film is atmospheric and well-developed. The acting is surprisingly good and convincing and all characters are pretty lively. The old neglected house surrounded by graveyard seems to be really spooky. Problems begin during the second half of the film when the film tries to be more brutal and extreme. This part is certainly undeveloped and pretentious as the origin of a black fungus has never been explained. Besides, characters behave in a stupid, illogical way, which really hurts in this pic. As far as technical side of the film is concerned, the cinematography and make-up of zombies are good. However, terrible CGI effects completely ruin the end of the movie. Although in many ways ridiculous and sloppy, Mortuary is a decent, quite scary horror movie which I can solely recommend to horror fans. Nevertheless, I've expected much more from Tobe Hooper.