Mortuary (2005)

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Texas Chainsaw Massacre director Tobe Hooper returns to his rightful place behind the camera to weave this gruesome tale concerning an abandoned small-town funeral home with a dark and deadly secret. Local legend has it that the Fowler Funeral Home in Santa Loraina, CA, is plagued with death of the… More Texas Chainsaw Massacre director Tobe Hooper returns to his rightful place behind the camera to weave this gruesome tale concerning an abandoned small-town funeral home with a dark and deadly secret. Local legend has it that the Fowler Funeral Home in Santa Loraina, CA, is plagued with death of the most unnatural kind. Rumored to have been purchased to launch a ranching business by Zeb Fowler, the land was subsequently converted into a funeral home when the cattle all began dying of a mysterious and undiagnosed ailment. When Zeb and his wife gave birth to a hideously disfigured boy named Bobby soon thereafter, the story took a strange turn as the pair attempted to shelter their son by covering his face with a burial shroud. After young Bobby disappeared at the age of eight and his parents were found brutally murdered a decade later, rumors began to swirl around the community that Bobby may still be alive. Now single mother Leslie Doyle (Denise Crosby) has moved into the long-abandoned and hideously decrepit home with aspirations of restoring it and taking on the role of town mortician for the town of Santa Loraina, and, along with her children, Jonathon (Dan Byrd) and Jamie (Stephanie Patton), she is about to discover that some legends never die. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 33 min.
Directed By: Tobe Hooper
Genres: Horror

In Theaters: Jun 1, 2006 Wide
On DVD: Jun 6, 2006
Studio: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Nothing but the usual schlocky scares featured in low-rent zombie pics.
Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena
Traz um susto ou outro, mas, de modo geral, a avalanche de clichês, a direção burocrática de Hooper, as péssimas atuações e os ridículos efeitos visuais acabam tornando-se excessivamente irritantes.
Steve "Uncle Creepy" Barton, Dread Central
It's good to see Hooper back in form and doing what he does best.
Staci Layne Wilson, Horror.com
The DVD has a lot of additional release material, which is sure to please Hooper's fans.

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Jeff "

Mortuary is one of the worst films by Tobe Hooper, hell it's surprising that he even directed this film. Mortuary has the tv movie cheap feel to it, and the acting and everything else sucks about this film. This is a film that had very good potential, instead the overall film… More
Mortuary is one of the worst films by Tobe Hooper, hell it's surprising that he even directed this film. Mortuary has the tv movie cheap feel to it, and the acting and everything else sucks about this film. This is a film that had very good potential, instead the overall film lacks effective direction or style and cannot be salvaged from mediocrity. After this disaster, Tobe Hooper should call it quits.
Wahida K

Mortuary was alot of Fun and I thought this will be following with a sequel. Luckily it didnt.
vieras e

More sad than scary, and left too much unexplained.
Craig S

Directed by: Tobe Hooper. Starring: Dan Byrd, Denise Crosby, Stephanie Patton, Alexandra Adi. Cliche, after cliche....after cliche, god this movie infuriated me, I am a big Tobe Hooper fan, he did a brilliant… More
Directed by: Tobe Hooper. Starring: Dan Byrd, Denise Crosby, Stephanie Patton, Alexandra Adi. Cliche, after cliche....after cliche, god this movie infuriated me, I am a big Tobe Hooper fan, he did a brilliant job and showed a lot of potential for future films after he did The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Poltergeist, since then he has gone downhill, but never in my mind did I think he would sink this low. Using a atrocious, cliched script, the film at 94 minutes, drags in too many places and uses cheap, cliched jump sequences for 'genuine scares' as Hollywood horror does nowadays to get the little girls screaming, mediocre acting (mainly from the little girl, who showed more talent then the rest of the actors), no real atmosphere and I hate to say it...bad direction. I just hope one day Tobe uses his head and gets back into gear, because its more talent gone to waste because of Hollywood.
Jacob P

I enjoyed this film alot. Much different than what Hooper would usually do. Interesting story with some frightening scenes.
Nicky M

Kinda boring low budget cheese from the director of TCM and Poltergeist. Nice to see the mom from Pet Cemetary and the kid from The Hills Have Eyes remake in it but still weak
Doctor S

Starts on the right foot with a mother & 2 children arriving at dilapidated house that no-one in her right mind would allow her children inside, and greeted by the local coroner with a nonstop crazy laugh. She's an aspiring mortician you see, and with a deadly highway nearby… More
Starts on the right foot with a mother & 2 children arriving at dilapidated house that no-one in her right mind would allow her children inside, and greeted by the local coroner with a nonstop crazy laugh. She's an aspiring mortician you see, and with a deadly highway nearby she's promised plenty of business. Dan Byrd has a future as an actor, playing the slightly rebellious yet understanding son. There are some nice comedic touches (I particularly like Denise Crosby's landscaping efforts), but in the end the movie isn't campy enough or scary enough to really deliver. Surprised to discover this was directed by Tobe "Chainsaw Massacre" Hooper during the end credits.