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Body Bags

  • TV Movie
  • 19931993
  • RR
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
11K
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POPULARITY
4,290
128
  • Cast & crew
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Body Bags (1993)
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  • Comedy
  • Horror
  • Sci-Fi

Three short stories in the horror genre: the first about a serial killer, the second about a hair transplant gone wrong, and the third about a baseball player.Three short stories in the horror genre: the first about a serial killer, the second about a hair transplant gone wrong, and the third about a baseball player.Three short stories in the horror genre: the first about a serial killer, the second about a hair transplant gone wrong, and the third about a baseball player.

IMDb RATING
6.1/10
11K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,290
128
  • Directors
    • John Carpenter(segments The Gas Station, Hair)
    • Tobe Hooper(segment Eye)
    • Larry Sulkis(uncredited)
  • Writers
    • Billy Brown
    • Dan Angel
  • Stars
    • John Carpenter
    • Tom Arnold
    • Tobe Hooper
Top credits
  • Directors
    • John Carpenter(segments The Gas Station, Hair)
    • Tobe Hooper(segment Eye)
    • Larry Sulkis(uncredited)
  • Writers
    • Billy Brown
    • Dan Angel
  • Stars
    • John Carpenter
    • Tom Arnold
    • Tobe Hooper
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 78User reviews
    • 79Critic reviews
    • 54Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 nominations

    Videos2

    Body Bags
    Trailer 1:05
    Body Bags
    Through the Lens: Defining Carpenteresque and Why It Belongs in the Dictionary
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    Photos85

    Johnny Nunez at an event for Body Bags (1993)
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    Body Bags (1993)
    Body Bags (1993)
    John Carpenter, Mark Hamill, and Twiggy in Body Bags (1993)
    Body Bags (1993)
    Body Bags (1993)
    John Carpenter in Body Bags (1993)
    Kim Alexis in Body Bags (1993)
    Kim Alexis in Body Bags (1993)
    Molly Cheek in Body Bags (1993)
    Molly Cheek and Alex Datcher in Body Bags (1993)

    Top cast

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    John Carpenter
    John Carpenter
    • The Coroner (segment "The Morgue")as The Coroner (segment "The Morgue")
    Tom Arnold
    Tom Arnold
    • Morgue Worker #1 (segment "The Morgue")as Morgue Worker #1 (segment "The Morgue")
    Tobe Hooper
    Tobe Hooper
    • Morgue Worker #2 (segment "The Morgue")as Morgue Worker #2 (segment "The Morgue")
    Robert Carradine
    Robert Carradine
    • Bill (segment "The Gas Station")as Bill (segment "The Gas Station")
    Alex Datcher
    Alex Datcher
    • Anne (segment "The Gas Station")as Anne (segment "The Gas Station")
    Peter Jason
    Peter Jason
    • Gent (segment "The Gas Station")as Gent (segment "The Gas Station")
    Molly Cheek
    Molly Cheek
    • Divorcee (segment "The Gas Station")as Divorcee (segment "The Gas Station")
    Wes Craven
    Wes Craven
    • Pasty Faced Man (segment "The Gas Station")as Pasty Faced Man (segment "The Gas Station")
    Sam Raimi
    Sam Raimi
    • Dead Bill (segment "The Gas Station")as Dead Bill (segment "The Gas Station")
    David Naughton
    David Naughton
    • Pete (segment "The Gas Station")as Pete (segment "The Gas Station")
    George 'Buck' Flower
    George 'Buck' Flower
    • Stranger (segment "The Gas Station")as Stranger (segment "The Gas Station")
    • (as Buck Flower)
    Lucy Boryer
    Lucy Boryer
    • Peggy (segment "The Gas Station")as Peggy (segment "The Gas Station")
    Roger Rooks
    • TV Anchorman (segment "The Gas Station")as TV Anchorman (segment "The Gas Station")
    Stacy Keach
    Stacy Keach
    • Richard Coberts (segment "Hair")as Richard Coberts (segment "Hair")
    David Warner
    David Warner
    • Dr. Lock (segment "Hair")as Dr. Lock (segment "Hair")
    Sheena Easton
    Sheena Easton
    • Megan (segment "Hair")as Megan (segment "Hair")
    Dan Blom
    Dan Blom
    • Dennis (segment "Hair")as Dennis (segment "Hair")
    Attila
    • Man with Beautiful Hair (segment "Hair")as Man with Beautiful Hair (segment "Hair")
    • Directors
      • John Carpenter(segments The Gas Station, Hair)
      • Tobe Hooper(segment Eye)
      • Larry Sulkis(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Billy Brown
      • Dan Angel
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
    • All cast & crew

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    Storyline

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    Three short stories in the horror genre: the first about a serial killer, the second about a hair transplant gone wrong, and the third about a baseball player.
    • night shift
    • dead body
    • serial killing
    • framed photograph
    • broken picture frame glass
    • 347 more
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • From the master of terror! Three tales to chill & thrill.
    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Horror
      • Sci-Fi
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated R for sexuality and horror violence
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      This film features many great horror directors who act and/or direct. John Carpenter, director of Halloween (1978), plays "The Coroner" who introduces each segment, as well as directs two of the stories, "The Gas Station" and "Hair." Tobe Hooper, director of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), plays "Morgue Worker # 2" and directs the last segment, "The Eye." Wes Craven, director of A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), plays "Pasty-Faced Man" at the gas station. Sam Raimi, director of "The Evil Dead (1981), plays "Dead Bill" in "The Gas Station. Roger Corman plays Dr. Bregman in the segment "Eye."
    • Goofs
      Warning: Spoilers.

      In the third part "Eye", Brent naturally has blue eyes. After the physical operation where he should have a brown eye on the right and a blue eye on the left. The eye colour swaps sides at least once, possibly to depict a descent into madness. In some scenes both eyes are brown, or one blue and one black. In the crib scene just before his face is burnt with a cigarette, his eyes are both blue.
    • Quotes

      The Coroner: [looking at bodies] Natural causes... Natural causes... Natural causes... I hate natural causes! Give me a big stab wound to poke at and then I'm happy.

    • Alternate versions
      The DVD version is a severely cut version of the original Pay TV release, eliminating a lot of the more violent and gory images.
    • Connections
      Featured in Unzipping Body Bags (2013)
    • Soundtracks
      Almost Cut My Hair
      Written by David Crosby

      Performed by Crosby Stills Nash & Young

      Published by Stay Straight Music (BMI)

      Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.

      By arrangement with Warner Special Products

    User reviews78

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    Zips along quite nicely.
    In this early-90s, Tales From The Crypt-style, made-for-TV anthology from masters of horror John Carpenter and Tobe Hooper, creepy morgue attendee The Coroner (played by Carpenter, whose acting is nowhere near as good as his directing) unzips three tales of the macabre…

    Tale number one, The Gas Station, is directed by Carpenter, and stars Alex Datcher as Anne, whose first night as a gas station attendant doesn't go quite as planned when she is targeted by a serial killer. Operating well within his comfort zone, Carpenter returns to the same bag of tricks he used years earlier for his seminal blockbuster Halloween, delivering a tense, atmospheric piece that, while not exactly groundbreaking thematically or visually (one shot, in particular, is lifted directly from Halloween), still proves to be a lot of fun. Datcher makes for a likable scream queen, there's quite a bit of enjoyment to be had from guessing which of the station's patrons might be the killer, and we get a few welcome cameos from some well-known horror luminaries.

    Hair, Carpenter's second offering, also sees the director visiting familiar territory: a They Live-style story of aliens operating undercover on Earth, it sees desperate, balding, middle-aged man Richard Coberts (Stacy Keach) visiting an experimental hair clinic that guarantees overnight results. Unfortunately for Richard, his new lustrous locks are actually minute parasitic extraterrestrials that intend to feed on his brain!!! With such a patently silly concept, Carpenter has no option but to play this one for laughs, and amazingly, it works, with the balding Keach proving that he has quite the sense of humour. Hair also features decent turns from David Warner as sinister Dr. Lock, Debbie Harry as his kooky nurse, and Sheena Easton as Cobert's sexy girlfriend Megan.

    In contrast to the light-hearted nature of Hair, the third and final segment, Eye, is a much darker affair. Directed by Tobe Hooper, it tells of up and coming baseball player Brent Matthews (Mark Hamill), whose career looks to be over when he crashes his car, losing his right eye as a result (a shard of glass piercing the organ). However, thanks to a revolutionary eye-transplant procedure, he regains full vision, but at a cost: his new eyeball causes him to have horrific visions and gradually alters his personality. Yet another scary story to borrow heavily from horror classic The Hands of Orlac, this is extremely derivative stuff, but thanks to solid direction from Hooper, some cool gore, a surprisingly strong central performance from Hamill, and a neat downbeat ending, Eye proves to be a delightfully twisted and thoroughly enjoyable way to wrap up this fun little flick.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 8, 1993 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Eye
    • Filming locations
      • 13030 Pearblossom Hwy, Pearblossom, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • 187
      • Showtime Networks
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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