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Price Carson, Denise Crosby, Lee Garlington, Courtney Peldon, Michael Shamus Wiles ... see more see more... , Dan Byrd , Bug Hall , Alexandra Adi , Adam Gierasch , Greg Travis , Rocky Marquette , Stephanie Patton , Christy Johnson , Tarah Paige

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. ... read more read more...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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R, 1 hr. 33 min.

Directed by: Tobe Hooper

Release Date: June 1, 2006

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DVD Release Date: June 6, 2006

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  • TheDudeLebowski65
    July 15, 2010
    TheDudeLebowski65
    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 lac... read moreks effective direction or style and cannot be salvaged from mediocrity. After this disaster, Tobe Hooper should call it quits.
  • ScoopOnline
    December 12, 2009
    ScoopOnline
    Mortuary was alot of Fun and I thought this will be following with a sequel. Luckily it didnt.
  • vierasesine
    November 2, 2007
    vierasesine
    More sad than scary, and left too much unexplained.
  • SilentWarProductions2009
    September 27, 2007
    SilentWarProductions2009
    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 futu... read morere 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.
  • fb100002023516744
    October 16, 2011
    fb100002023516744
    I enjoyed this film alot. Much different than what Hooper would usually do. Interesting story with some frightening scenes.
  • nickymo89
    March 25, 2009
    nickymo89
    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
  • DrStrangeblog
    March 4, 2009
    DrStrangeblog
    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... read more'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.
  • iluvspashley13
    January 26, 2011
    iluvspashley13
    One of those "infected" movies. Pretty original though. Casting was pretty excellent in my opinion. Major bonus points for the ending.
  • TheCreeper11
    January 22, 2011
    TheCreeper11
    I expected this to be good as it is by the great Tobe Hooper,but it wasn't one of his best. I still liked it. It was scary,had pretty good acting,and gross effects. The only bad things about this movie are a little of the acting and the horrible ending. Overall,it's a good movie ... read moreto watch around Halloween but nothing EXTREMELY special. Great horror.
  • christinaevelyn2001
    November 1, 2010
    christinaevelyn2001
    Predictable, but not a complete waste of time. It has some awesome gross out scenes, but not enough to make it great.

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Dennis Schwartz
July 4, 2009
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Nothing but the usual schlocky scares featured in low-rent zombie pics. Full Review

Pablo Villaca
November 21, 2006
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. Full Review

Kevin N. Laforest
July 1, 2006
Kevin N. Laforest, Montreal Film Journal

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