Mortuary (2005/I)

User Rating:

3.6/10   

Director:

Tobe Hooper

Writers (WGA):

Jace Anderson (written by) &
Adam Gierasch (written by)

Release Date:

2005 (Australia)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

When the dead break free all hell breaks loose

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Funeral Home | Small Town | Haunted | Mortuary | Death

US TV Schedule:

Fri. July 24

6:20 PM

TMC

Cast

Dan Byrd	...	Jonathan Doyle
Denise Crosby	...	Leslie Doyle
Stephanie Patton	...	Jamie Doyle
Alexandra Adi	...	Liz
Rocky Marquette	...	Grady
Courtney Peldon	...	Tina
Bug Hall	...	Cal
Tarah Paige	...	Sara
Michael Shamus Wiles	...	Sheriff Howell
Adam Gierasch	...	Mr. Barstow
Price Carson	...	Bobby Fowler
Lee Garlington	...	Rita
Greg Travis	...	Eliot Cook
Christy Johnson	...	Dottie
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joe Langer	...	Coroner
Paul G. Pagnini	...	Coroner's Assistant

Also Known As:

Six Feet Under (USA) (original script title)

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence and gore, brief sexuality, nudity and language.

Runtime:

94 min | Philippines:90 min (cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:MA | Germany:16 | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Singapore:NC-16 | Malaysia:18SG | Philippines:R-13 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Echo Bridge Entertainment

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 HP Lovecraft's short story The Call of Cthulhu.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The embalming fluid in the tank Denise is using is green. Embalming fluid is never green; it is typically either clear, pink, orange, purple, or red.

Quotes:

Jamie Doyle: [sees a coffin] Is this where they took Daddy?

Movie Connections:

References Shallow Ground (2004)

quite scary but on the whole flawed horror flick

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.