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By Todd Garbarini
My love of horror films dates back forty years. In the fall of 1986, I accidentally stumbled across an aficionado’s bonanza – a local video store had hundreds of video posters in the cabinets underneath the movies it was renting. One of the posters was for Mortuary (1983), a horror film from the Vestron Video label that I knew of from another video store but had not seen. I liked the poster art but knew nothing of the film. To my recollection, it never played at area theaters, not even the 2-screen indoor/drive-in three miles from me that showed just about anything that was low-budget and esoteric.
Mortuary opened on Friday, September 2, 1983 in Los Angeles and is not a great movie, but it is not terrible, either. It does, however, move at a snail’s pace, so be forewarned if you have not seen it.
By Todd Garbarini
My love of horror films dates back forty years. In the fall of 1986, I accidentally stumbled across an aficionado’s bonanza – a local video store had hundreds of video posters in the cabinets underneath the movies it was renting. One of the posters was for Mortuary (1983), a horror film from the Vestron Video label that I knew of from another video store but had not seen. I liked the poster art but knew nothing of the film. To my recollection, it never played at area theaters, not even the 2-screen indoor/drive-in three miles from me that showed just about anything that was low-budget and esoteric.
Mortuary opened on Friday, September 2, 1983 in Los Angeles and is not a great movie, but it is not terrible, either. It does, however, move at a snail’s pace, so be forewarned if you have not seen it.
- 8/16/2021
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
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
This Week in Home Video‘They’re Playing With Fire’ Blends Bloody Violence and T&A Thrills to Surprising EffectPlus 13 more new releases to watch at home this week on Blu-ray/DVD.
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Pick of the WeekThey’re Playing With Fire [Kl Studio Classics]
What is it? A sexy college professor seduces her student, and then people start dying horrible deaths.
Why see it? I’ve been a Sybil Danning fan for more years than I care to recall, but somehow this one slipped past me before now. I’m not sure what teen me would have thought, but as an adult I’m in awe of just how off the rails it gets from its very clear T&A origin. From the cover to the copy the film sells itself as just another sex flick, but...
Welcome to this week in home video! Click the title to buy a Blu-ray/DVD from Amazon and help support Fsr in the process!
Pick of the WeekThey’re Playing With Fire [Kl Studio Classics]
What is it? A sexy college professor seduces her student, and then people start dying horrible deaths.
Why see it? I’ve been a Sybil Danning fan for more years than I care to recall, but somehow this one slipped past me before now. I’m not sure what teen me would have thought, but as an adult I’m in awe of just how off the rails it gets from its very clear T&A origin. From the cover to the copy the film sells itself as just another sex flick, but...
- 3/21/2017
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Byrne's Fear Of Snakes
Australian actress Rose Byrne is terrified of returning home because her parents' land is infested with deadly snakes.
The Get Him To The Greek star's family runs a garlic farm in Tasmania and the area is overrun with poisonous creatures, so they are advised to stock anti-venom medicine in case of any possible bites.
But Byrne is in despair every time she visits the rural area because her parents refuse to keep the life-saving shots in the house.
She says, "Every time I visit my parents I have to watch out for deadly brown snakes. My mum and dad run a garlic farm in Tasmania and the landscape is just stunning, wild and rugged, but it's infested with snakes - if you get bitten you've got to get an anti-venom shot within 35 minutes or you could die.
"Most people keep the shots on the farm, but my parents don't. They're playing with fire. It's worse in the summer, but you see them all the time. My parents laugh about it, but it's scary. I'll take precautions if I'm doing any bush walks. I'm not a fan of snakes."...
The Get Him To The Greek star's family runs a garlic farm in Tasmania and the area is overrun with poisonous creatures, so they are advised to stock anti-venom medicine in case of any possible bites.
But Byrne is in despair every time she visits the rural area because her parents refuse to keep the life-saving shots in the house.
She says, "Every time I visit my parents I have to watch out for deadly brown snakes. My mum and dad run a garlic farm in Tasmania and the landscape is just stunning, wild and rugged, but it's infested with snakes - if you get bitten you've got to get an anti-venom shot within 35 minutes or you could die.
"Most people keep the shots on the farm, but my parents don't. They're playing with fire. It's worse in the summer, but you see them all the time. My parents laugh about it, but it's scary. I'll take precautions if I'm doing any bush walks. I'm not a fan of snakes."...
- 6/13/2011
- WENN
If Frankenstein's monster represents man creating life without a woman and Dracula represents sleeping with a stranger, then the werewolf is no doubt the bestiality within man. We all have some form of a dark nature encoded in our genetic make-up, the beast within if you will. Even though Vampires seem to be all the rave nowadays, I was always a greater fan of the werewolf and find them sexier than those pale, angst ridden parasites. I can't really explain it and I'm sure my attraction to aggressive members of the opposite sex has something to do with it, but that's another story. In celebration of the epic Benicio Del Toro vehicle The Wolfman, which resurrects one of Universal Pictures' classic movie monsters, I took a look at a dozen of the sexiest werewolves in movies and TV. This is not a list about the best werewolf movies ever made,...
- 2/10/2010
- LRMonline.com
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