Mortuary (2005 film)
Mortuary (2005), AKA Six Feet Under, The Morgue
Summary
"When the dead break free, all hell breaks loose!" A family moves to a rural town and takes over an abandoned funeral home rumored to be haunted.
Details
- Release Date: 2005
- Country/Language: US, English
- Genres/Technical: Horror, Comedy
- Runtime: 1 hr 30 min
- Starring: Dan Byrd, Denise Crosby, Stephanie Patton
- Director: Tobe Hooper
- Writer: Jace Anderson, Adam Gierasch
- Producer/Production Co: Echo Bridge Entertainment, D & K Screen Fund I
- View Trailer: (link)
Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: R (Violence, Profanity, Adult Content, Nudity, Sexual Situations)
Tentacle Ratings
A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
- S____ (One Tentacle: Debateably Lovecraftian; has almost no direct connection to Lovecraft's work)
Aside from a Lovecraft quote imprinted on the door of a tomb, a zombie-infesting fungus, and a setting somewhere in Arkham, California, there doesn't seem to be very much "Lovecraftian" about this little zombie film.
Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.
Reviews
Review Links:
- BC at Horror-Movie-a-Day, (link) - "Give it a watch. It’s nothing particularly amazing or anything, but it’s solid, old school (except for the CG) slow-burn horror."
Synopsis
Spoiler Section (Highlight to Read)
A family moves to a small town in California where they plan on starting a new life while running a long-abandoned funeral home. The locals fear the place, which is suspected to be on haunted ground.
Notes
Comments, Trivia, Dedication
Associated Mythos Elements
- TO DO
- epigraph: Lovecraft's famous couplet appears above a crypt doorway: "That is not dead which can eternal lie / And with strange aeons even death may die".
- race: Zombies
- race: strange fungus
