Hooptober 8.0 – Mortuary (2005)
Being Film #17 for Hooptober 2021
For a director with some many bonafide horror classics under his belt, including one of the greatest horror films of all time, Tobe Hooper got a bit of a bad break. By the time the 90s arrived he was relegated to smaller and smaller films with little opportunity to stretch his weird wings. So it’s a nice surprise that Mortuary isn’t terrible at all: it’s a fun, schlocky spook-fest sprinkled with some of his signature freaky moments that the low DTV budget and pitchy performances can’t completely diminish.
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