VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Frances Chung Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Josephina Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

jamdifo This movie was all over the place, unfortunately mostly bad places. It starts off OK, 2 friends enter a warehouse and hear a séance. I don't know about you, but if I broken into a warehouse and witnessed a spooky séance going on, I'm getting out of Dodge, not telling my friend, that I'll continue to watch why he gets his tires. Plus, they talk so loud, how did the séance people not hear them? Of course one of them dies, which sadly was the best kill of the movie, the other leaves and the subplot of the séance just disappears. Like I said, this movie is all over the place.After the beginning, many people are introduced and are never seen again or have nothing to do with the plot. The main couple have no chemistry and the boyfriend's acting is as stiff as the corpses in this film. He has a scene where he doesn't leave the mortuary embalming room and keeps looking at the embalming going on because the chick is hot, just moronic. Christopher George tells him to leave before he embalms him. Christopher George is his usual self, always grinning like he's saying I'm getting a paycheck for this trash. His scenes are hilarious, just like they all were in the last 7 years of his movies.Also, after the beginning, the movie becomes way tedious, with the killer constantly stalking the lead actress and nothing really happening. Just a yawn fest. As for the ending, the lamest kill of the killer. Also, the supposed shocker "the mother isn't dead" as she gets up to stab the couple was just plain stupid. I wish they would have shown the couple get killed. That would increase it to 4 rating.The highlight of this film by a landslide is seeing Bill Paxton, who has a crush on the lead actress, give her a rose at the cemetery, and so overcome with joy, starts skipping thru the cemetery in the most hilarious fashion. This scene you have to watch. You will laugh and laugh again. Its the most and only memorable scene in this movie!

Rainey Dawn I like cheese. I buy cheese. I eat cheese. I watch cheese. But when the cheese gets moldy I throw it out and start fresh. To me, this film is nothing more than old moldy cheese to throw out with the rest of the trash. It's grindhouse trash - that's all this film is to me. I was hoping this was going to be an okay Gothic styled film from the title and the film's poster but it isn't. If you are a fan of grindhouse then you might like this film, if not then I will suggest to you to stay far away from this one.I like some of the cheap cheesy horror films - but this one is far away from my style or should I say type of cheese.1/10

Desertman84 Mortuary was a horror film that features Bill Paxton, Mary Beth McDonough, David Wallace, Lynda Day George, and Christopher George,who appears in his final film.The movie centers on a hooded face painted killer who stabbed or impaled his victims on an embalm.Greg and Christie are a young married couple who are investigating the mysterious death of Christie's father. Their search takes them to mortician Hank Andrews, who leads a Satanic cult along with his demented son Paul.However,even Christie's own mother may be in on the series of embalming-needle murders surrounding the mortuary.The movie is an average horror film that barely scares the viewer.Also,the screenplay is decent.What makes this a better-than- average film are the performances of Bill Paxton and Lynda Day George,Mission Impossible TV series star.It has some surprises at the end but not enough to elevate this into a cult classic.

happyendingrocks This largely unheralded artifact from the Golden Age of splatter is admittedly more enjoyable because of the aesthetic it shares with the classic films surrounding it than because of the movie itself. However, thanks to some nice atmospheric touches and a well-realized climax, Mortuary ends up being a safely above average offering well worth seeking out for '80s horror enthusiasts.Granted, the story is a bit disjointed, and a sizable chunk of the film is spent following an ultimately insignificant subplot concerning the owner of the titular funeral home and the strange ritualistic séances he conducts in the basement. The real driving force of the tale is a college girl named Christie who is haunted by images of her father's murder, which she suspects may be tied in with a phantasmal killer who is stalking her (gee, you think?).The homicidal specter in question is a dark-robed figure whose face is painted up like he's auditioning to be the bass player in a Scandinavian black metal band, and who has the seemingly supernatural ability to appear just about anywhere at will. Figuring out who the killer is isn't difficult, especially since we are treated to close-ups of his pasty visage less than halfway through the film. For some reason, Christie has a tougher time connecting the dots, and despite seeing him face to face and hearing him speak at length during one encounter, the best she can come up with is, "his eyes looked familiar".It's probably inaccurate to call Mortuary a "slasher" film or a "splatter" movie, since it has a notably lean body count and only a few scenes of bloodletting. However, the sequences it does contain are well-orchestrated, and one in particular, in which the obviously aroused killer graphically stabs his victim dozens of times while shuddering with orgasmic glee, still packs a vicious punch even by today's standards.The pace is definitely on the slow side, and things don't really get cooking until the third act, but the film maintains a steady level of suspense throughout while the mystery is being unraveled. The tension is augmented immeasurably by an excellent musical score, which is among the best you'll hear in the film cycle of the era.The standard cast of unknowns is bolstered by the always welcome presences of Christopher and Lynda Day George, and a manic performance by a very young Bill Paxton lends the film additional curiosity value. Amongst the newbies, the acting is generally serviceable, although in one awkwardly performed scene depicting Christie's reaction to a flashback nightmare, Mary McDonough's facial expressions, writhing, and demeanor look less like disturbance and more like the throes of sexual ecstasy. It certainly doesn't help that she's moaning, "Daddy... daddy... daddy..." over and over again, either.The horror elements are nicely balanced with a few nuggets of delightfully droll black humor, my favorite being a scene in which Christopher George is giving a sales pitch to an aged married couple shopping for funeral accessories. When George steps away, the couple has a moment to appraise the casket he's selected for them, during which the thoughtful wife expresses her reservations to her husband: "honey, I just don't think you'd be comfortable in this".Of course, the film has its requisite share of unintentional silliness, and the melodramatic preening of the killer is guaranteed to make you snicker a time or two. Predictably, an extended scene inside a roller rink with its accompanying disco jam hasn't aged well, either. Oddly, this same disco derby scene includes three friends of our leading couple, who seem groomed to be perfect fuel for a larger body count, yet are so ultimately insignificant in the film that we're left wondering why they were introduced at all.Though it's a pretty bumpy road getting there, the giddily ghoulish finale is worth the wait. You'll find similar twists in a few other outings of Mortuary's vintage, but the way it's handled here serves as a satisfying pay-off for the methodical set-up that precedes it.Mortuary isn't mandatory viewing by any means, but the fantastic score, a likable hero and heroine, and a nifty final chapter combine to give the film enough positive attributes to warrant 85-minutes of your life. Those who treasure this period of horror's history aren't likely to regret taking a look.