‘Dare to enter, try to leave…’
The Boneyard is a 1991 supernatural comedy horror film written and directed by special effects designer James Cummins. The Backwood Films production stars Ed Nelson, Deborah Rose and Norman Fell. Also known as The Bone Yard.
Plot:
A depressed psychic (Deborah Rose) is drawn into involvement in a gruesome child murder case that leads her and Detective Callum (Ed Nelson) to an imposing mortuary. Chen (Robert Yun Ju Ahn), the prime suspect in the case, claims the three mummified corpses found by police are not children but ancient demons known as “kyoshi”.
It transpires that the little monsters have been around for centuries as a result of an age-old curse and can only be placated with offerings of human flesh — with which the mortician has been supplying them his entire life. When Chen is jailed on murder charges, the ghouls awaken in search of dinner, trapping the staff inside the mortuary walls and devouring them.
The survivors try to combat the demons, which have possessed the bodies of morgue attendant Mrs Poopinplatz (Phyllis Diller) and her poodle, mutating them into hideous monsters…
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Choice dialogue:
Gordon Mullin (referring to Miss Poopinplatz): “The only way to get rid of her is if they burned her at the stake.”
Marty: “Is everything broken around here? Even humour?”
Cast and characters:
Ed Nelson as Jersey Callum (The Devil’s Partner; A Bucket of Blood; Attack of the Crab Monsters)
Deborah Rose as Alley Oates
Norman Fell as Shepard (The Munsters Today; C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud; Transylvania 6-5000)
James Eustermann as Gordon Mullin
Denise Young as Dana
Willie Stratford Jr as Marty
Phyllis Diller as Miss Poopinplatz (Doctor Hackenstein; Mad Monster Party?)
Robert Yun Ju Ahn as Chen
Rick Brophy as Mac
Sallie Middleton Kaltreider as Little Girl/Ghoul
Filming locations:
Asheville and Statesville, North Carolina, in 1989
Film facts:
The producers initially sought Alice Cooper and actor Clu Gulager for key roles.
