By Kaila Ramstead, MoreHorror.com,
The Mortuary Collection (available now on Shudder and releases on DVD, Digital and Blu-ray on April 20, 2021, from RLJE Films) was a surprisingly fun and gory horror anthology.
The special effects were particularly impressive for an indie horror production, and the stories were mostly all entertaining enough to keep this viewer's attention through the segments. There were a couple of scenes that seemed a bit drawn out, but for the most part, the sections progressed at a palatable pace.
My favorite section of the anthology was "The Babysitter Murders". An obvious nod to the original title of John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN, the entry was smart and had a nice twist at the end. You'll definitely want to turn out the lights and throw this one on some dark and stormy night.
Written and directed by Ryan Spindell (“50 States of Fright,” The Babysitter Murders), THE MORTUARY COLLECTION stars Clancy Brown (The Shawshank Redemption, Thor: Ragnarok), Caitlin Custer (“Teen Wolf,” “Swingtown”), Christine Kilmer (“Hollywood,” “Shameless”), and Jacob Elordi (The Kissing Booth franchise, “Euphoria”).
Set in the phantasmagorical town of Raven's End, nothing is as it seems.... In THE MORTUARY COLLECTION, a misguided young girl takes refuge in a decrepit old mortuary. There she meets Montgomery Dark, an eccentric undertaker with more than a few skeletons in his closet. Montgomery chronicles the strange history of the town through a series of twisted tales, each more terrifying than the last, but the young girl's world is unhinged when she discovers that the final story...is her own.
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