Mortuary (1983 film)

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Mortuary aka Embalmed
Image:Mortuary poster.JPG Where nobody rests in peace - Before your funeral...Before you are buried...Before you are covered with the last shovelful of dirt...Be sure you are really dead! -Before you are buried...be sure you are really dead! - When the living are EMBALMED...beware of the LIVING DEAD!
Directed by	Howard Avedis
Produced by	Edward L. Montoro/Marlene Schmidt
Written by	Howard Avedis
Starring	Mary Beth McDonough Bill Paxton, Christopher George, David Wallace, Lynda Day George, Bill Conklin, Curt Ayers, Donna Garrett, Danny Rogers, Greg Kaye, Denis Mandel, Alvy Moore, Marlene Schmidt, Beth Scheffell
Music by	John Cacavas
Cinematography	Gary Graver
Editing by	Stanford C. Allen
Distributed by	Citadel Films/Artists Releasing Corporation (ARC)/Film Ventures International (FVI)/Vestron Video
Release date(s)	September 9, 1983
Running time	91 min
Country	USA
Language	English

Mortuary (also known as Embalmed in the UK and Hall of Death in West Germany) was a 1981 slasher film/horror movie which starred Bill Paxton, Mary Beth McDonough, David Wallace, Lynda Day George, with Michael Berryman (in an uncredited cameo) and Christopher George in one of his final roles. It centered on a hooded face painted killer who stabbed or impaled his victims with/on an embalming pipe. He turns out to be a mortician's son with an obsessive fixation on a newlywed who tends to kill to the sounds of Mozart.

[edit] Synopsis

Christie Parson (Mary McDonaugh) is mourning the death of her father (Danny Rogers) by drowning. Her mother has convinced herself it was a tragic accident, but Christie is sure it was murder. Christie suffers from nightmares in which a hooded figure, clutching an embalming trocar, pursues her. She turns detective, aided by her boyfriend (David Wallace) to find out the truth. Her sleuthing draws her to a local mortuary, whose owner, Hank Andrews (Christopher George), together with his secretly demented offspring, Paul, is guarding an odious secret.

[edit] Cast

Actor / Actress	Character
Mary Beth McDonough	Christie Parson
David Wallace	Greg Stevens
Bill Paxton	Paul Andrews
Christopher George	Hank Andrews
Lynda Day George	Eve Parson
Bill Conklin	Sheriff Duncan
Curt Ayers	Jim
Donna Garrett	Mrs. Andrews
Danny Rogers	Dr. Parson
Greg Kaye	Mark
Denis Mandel	Josh