Main Cast: Mary McDonough, David Wallace, Lynda Day George, Christopher George, Bill Paxton
Release Year: 1981
Country: US
Run Time: 91 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Crown International's leading sleaze director, Hikmet Avedis (The Fifth Floor) was behind this bloody horror film. Greg and Christie are a young married couple who are investigating the mysterious death of Christie's father. Their search takes them to mortician Hank Andrews (Christopher George), who leads a Satanic cult along with his demented son Paul (Bill Paxton in an early role). However, even Christie's own mother (Lynda Day George) may be in on the series of embalming-needle murders surrounding the mortuary. This occasionally creepy chiller co-stars horror regulars Michael Berryman, Paul Smith, and Alvy Moore. Porn auteur Gary Graver (aka Robert McCallum) was the cinematographer. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
Curt Ayers - Jim; Elizabeth Burrelle; Donna Garrett - Mrs. Andrews; Marlene Schmidt - Lois Stevens; Alvy Moore - Bob Stevens; Paul L. Smith; Bill Conklin - Sheriff Duncan
Credit
Randy Ser - Art Director, Herman Grigsby - First Assistant Director, Howard H. Avedis - Director, Stanford C. Allen - Editor, John Cacavas - Composer (Music Score), James Gillespie - Makeup, Randy Ser - Production Designer, Gary Graver - Cinematographer, Herman Grigsby - Production Manager, Marlene Schmidt - Producer, Howard H. Avedis - Producer, Marlene Schmidt - Screenwriter, Howard H. Avedis - Screenwriter
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.
