An eccentric mortician recounts several macabre and phantasmagorical tales that he's encountered in his distinguished career.An eccentric mortician recounts several macabre and phantasmagorical tales that he's encountered in his distinguished career.An eccentric mortician recounts several macabre and phantasmagorical tales that he's encountered in his distinguished career.
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Hannah R. Loyd
- Jen
- (as Hannah Lloyd)
Caitlin Custer
- Sam
- (as Caitlin Fisher)
Darryl Love
- College Student
- (as Daryl Love)
Clavacia Love
- College Student
- (as Clavacia Smith)
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But sadly the interwoven stories are a bit lame and unconnected,
I was hoping for once to have some stories to rival the old Hammer House Of Horror or Peter Cushing Tales From The Crypt and the many other great spine tingling movies from yesteryear but sadly not - How is it not possible 50 years on that we do not have the ability to create great stories like for instance one of the most frightening I ever saw "The Ghouls" and which would make a great movie on its own and who can forget the "Shadmock" story which was part of the movie The Monster Club which remains my favourite of the 70's horror movies!
Overall though it is a visual feast and Clancy Brown shows that he still has pulling power with an effortless performance but sadly apart from some gratuitous gore there are zero scares or even a smidgin' of fear so I give it an average 6 hatchets out of 10!
I was hoping for once to have some stories to rival the old Hammer House Of Horror or Peter Cushing Tales From The Crypt and the many other great spine tingling movies from yesteryear but sadly not - How is it not possible 50 years on that we do not have the ability to create great stories like for instance one of the most frightening I ever saw "The Ghouls" and which would make a great movie on its own and who can forget the "Shadmock" story which was part of the movie The Monster Club which remains my favourite of the 70's horror movies!
Overall though it is a visual feast and Clancy Brown shows that he still has pulling power with an effortless performance but sadly apart from some gratuitous gore there are zero scares or even a smidgin' of fear so I give it an average 6 hatchets out of 10!
Horror anthology that is decent in its presentation but pulls more for a black humor element. Nothing too frightening, but it does have its moments of moderate bloody moments. Somewhat standard setting to tell the tales. Enjoyable but nothing new or spectacular.
I have watched SO many absolutely awful horror movies on Amazon Prime and Netflix that I was anticipating "The Mortuary Collection" to be another cheesy stinker with enough plot holes to drive a Polaris submarine through. I have rarely been so delighted to be wrong.
I've always liked Clancy Brown, and he plays the mortician character, Montgomery Dsrk, with an affable, quirky aplomb. Caitlin Custer absolutely nails it with her performance as a young woman who has supposedly come to apply for a job opening for mortuary assistant.
If you enjoyed the old HBO "Tales from the Crypt" series... which I did... you will very likely enjoy "The Mortuary Collection". It isn't perfect, but it is well worth a watch.
I've always liked Clancy Brown, and he plays the mortician character, Montgomery Dsrk, with an affable, quirky aplomb. Caitlin Custer absolutely nails it with her performance as a young woman who has supposedly come to apply for a job opening for mortuary assistant.
If you enjoyed the old HBO "Tales from the Crypt" series... which I did... you will very likely enjoy "The Mortuary Collection". It isn't perfect, but it is well worth a watch.
I wasn't expecting too much from this movie as I normally find short stories a bit disappointing. Sometimes you just don't get enough from a short story, but in this case I have to admit they were all well made and interesting to follow. The acting was good and that from all the actors in the different stories. The special effects and the make-up for the creeps and monsters, it was all done very professionally and they deserve credits for that. The Mortuary Collection is perfect for amateurs of Tales From The Crypt but it will also please people that just like a good horror tale with decent special effects.
I agree with those rather negative reviews that The Mortuary Collection is nothing special or unique - but, and this is a great but, everything we get served is well produced and good looking (nice settings, costume designs etc.). The actors (Clancy Brown and Caitlin Custer!) do very well, and some fine gory special effects spice things up. The twist in the end is also a nice one. Anyway, if you like all those oldskool Hammer Films anthologies (Vincent Price, Peter Cushing etc.) or shows like Tales From the Crypt, this one is just waiting for you.
Did you know
- TriviaClancy Brown's makeup took two and half hours to apply and one hour to remove.
- GoofsAt the 47:12 mark, Montgomery Dark says the house was built in 1825, but at the 1:15:38 mark he refers to it by saying that it was built "at the turn of the century". 1825 was not exactly the turn of the century.
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Montgomery Dark: The world is not made of atoms... it is made of stories...
- ConnectionsFeatured in WhatCulture Horror: 8 Totally WTF Horror Movie Plot Twists (2021)
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