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How to Get Away With Murder - Season 2
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Season 2 of this compelling, deceit-laced drama picks up just a week and a half after the end of the...
The Low-Carb Slow-Cooker Cookbook: Quick and Delicious, Sugar-Free Recipes for All the Family
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The Lie of the Land
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The British Cinema Book: 2009
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The new edition of The British Cinema Book has been thoroughly revised and updated to provide a...
The Paying Guests
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'There came the splash of water and the rub of heels as Mrs Barber stepped into the tub. After that...
LeftSideCut (3778 KP) rated The Mortuary Collection (2019) in Movies
Oct 16, 2020
The short stories presented here escalate in tone and subject as the film progresses, starting off relatively fun, but getting increasingly darker and in depth. This is something that the characters comment on between the segments, showing a nice sense of self awareness, but not going over the top with it.
Some of the later stories are hard to watch at times, and are quite emotional in places, especially the one that features actress Sarah Hay as a woman in a vegetative state. It's a genuinely sad story, topped off with some fantastic creature design. An interesting mix to say the least.
The stories are all good in their own right, but are tied together with a clever twist and a satisfying conclusion.
The main character is Montgomery Dark played by a brilliant Clancy Brown. He has a proper Phantasm/Tall Man/Angus Scrimm vibe to him (definitely no accident) and is suitably creepy as this movie's story teller.
The film is pretty damn visceral, and employs both practical effects, and decent digital effects to achieve what it does. It's all looks disgustingly awesome. It also has a great music score by Mondo Boys to compliment all the creepiness.
I was pleasantly surprised by The Mortuary Collection. It's a good time, a competent anthology film, and well worth a watch for horror fans.
Todd and The Book of Pure Evil
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Todd Smith, Curtis Weaver, Jenny Kolinsky and Hannah Williams are students at Crowley High, the only...
The Other Hoffmann Sister
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Gripping historical fiction from the prize-winning author of The Spring of Kasper Meier Shortlisted...
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