‘When the dead break free, all hell breaks loose.’
Mortuary is a 2005 supernatural horror film about a family that moves to a small town in California where they plan on starting a new life while running a long-abandoned funeral home. Meanwhile, the locals fear the place, which is suspected to be on haunted ground.
The movie was directed by Tobe Hooper (Poltergeist; Salem’s Lot; The Texas Chain Saw Massacre) from a screenplay by husband and wife Jace Anderson and Adam Gierasch (Mother of Tears; Toolbox Murders; Crocodile; et al). The movie stars Dan Byrd, Alexandra Adi and Denise Crosby.
Plot:
After the loss of their father, the Doyle family – Leslie, Jonathan, and Jamie – move to an old mortuary in hope of starting a new life but find it in poor condition.
Jonathan goes to the local diner where he meets Cal and his two girlfriends, Tina and Sara. Cal tells Jonathan about the legend of Bobby Fowler, an abused and deformed boy who lived in the mortuary.
That night, Cal, Sara and Tina go to the graveyard outside the mortuary and vandalise it; they then go into one of the crypts, where they are attacked by Bobby Fowler…
Choice dialogue:
Sheriff Howell: “This town takes violence seriously!’
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Cast and characters:
Denise Crosby as Leslie – Relative Fear; Dolly Dearest; Pet Sematary
Dan Byrd as Jonathan – Ghost Whisperer; The Hills Have Eyes; Salem’s Lot [2004]
Stephanie Patton as Jamie
Alexandra Adi as Liz
Bug Hall as Cal
Courtney Peldon as Tina
Tarah Paige as Sara
Rocky Marquette as Grady
Michael Shamus Wiles as Sheriff Howell –The Lords of Salem; Hellraiser: Inferno; Puppet Master 4; Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III; Terror at Tenkiller
Filming locations:
Pomona, California
Trailer:
Free online on YouTube [regions may vary]:
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