A full moon glides into view, as a narrator insidiously intones the terrors of the dark. A gravedigger is toiling away by the moonlight until a hand comes from the ground and pulls him screaming into the open grave. This was the trailer for Mortuary (1983), and I remember it scaring the piss out of me when it would show up on late night TV. It also has nothing to do with the film whatsoever, and yet exemplifies the oddball spirit that permeates every frame; Mortuary is at least two in one, and both are askew and delightful.
This should come as no surprise to those who have followed co-writer/director Howard Avedis’ career; he made They’re Playing With Fire immediately after this, and that film has the same trajectory – starts off in one basket, before dumping everything into another, almost completely unrelated one. I need to see more of this...
This should come as no surprise to those who have followed co-writer/director Howard Avedis’ career; he made They’re Playing With Fire immediately after this, and that film has the same trajectory – starts off in one basket, before dumping everything into another, almost completely unrelated one. I need to see more of this...
- 1/25/2020
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
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