Mortuary Academy

• Director: Michael Schroeder
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Comedy
• Movie Type: Black Comedy
• Main Cast: Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, Perry Lang, Tracey Walter, Christopher Atkins
• Release Year: 1991
• Country: US
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• MPAA Rating: R

Plot

Sam Grimm (Perry Lang) and his brother Max (Christopher Atkins) stand to inherit the mortuary academy that bears their family name in this black comedy. The two brothers must first graduate, and their progress is monitored by school manager Dr. Paul Truscott (Paul Bartell) and the academy's top lecturer Mary Purcell (Mary Woronov). Truscott is blackmailed when he falls in love with a corpse (Cheryl Starbuck), a beautiful cheerleader who choked to death on popcorn. Dickson (Tracey Walter) is the mechanical wizard whose animatronic expertise brings a dead heavy-metal band back to life for one last encore performance. Co-starring Wolfman Jack and Cesar Romero. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Paul Bartel - Dr. Paul Truscott
• Mary Woronov - Mary Purcell
• Perry Lang - Sam Grimm
• Tracey Walter - Dickson
• Christopher Atkins - Max Grimm

Lynn Danielson - Valerie; Anthony James - Abbott Smith; Wolfman Jack - Bernie Berkowitz; Cesar Romero - Captain; Cheryl Starbuck - Corpse; Charles Gherardi; Dona Speir; Nedra Volz; Stoney Jackson - James Dandridge

Credit

Gary New - Art Director, Michael Schroeder - Director, Ellen Keneshea - Editor, David Spear - Composer (Music Score), Brian Mann - Composer (Music Score), Jon Rothschild - Production Designer, Ronald Vidor - Cinematographer, Roy H. Wagner - Cinematographer, Alain Silver - Production Manager, Robert Trevor Black - Sound/Sound Designer