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For the 1983 film of the same title, see Mortuary (1983 movie).
Mortuary 
Theatrical release posterDirected by Tobe Hooper Produced by Alan Somers
Andrew Cohen
Peter KatzWritten by Jace Anderson
Adam GieraschStarring Dan Byrd
Alexandra Adi
Denise Crosby
Rocky Marquette
Courtney Peldon
Bug HallMusic by Joseph Conlan Cinematography Jaron Presant Editing by Andrew Cohen Distributed by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment Release date(s) January 13, 2006 Running time 94 minutes Country United States Language English Mortuary is a 2005 horror-thriller film directed by Tobe Hooper. It stars Dan Byrd, Alexandra Adi, and Denise Crosby.
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Plot
After the loss of their father, the Doyle family, Leslie, Jonathan, and Jamie, move to the Fowler Mortuary in hope of starting a new life. The three find the mortuary to be in a bad condition. Jonathan goes to the local diner where he meets Cal and his two girlfriends, Tina and Sara. Cal tells Johnathan about the legend of Bobby Fowler, an abused and deformed boy who lived in the mortuary. Jonathan also meets Liz, the love interest Grady, Liz's best friend who is gay and Rita, Liz's aunt who employed her to work at the diner. Jonathan, Liz and Grady become friends quickly. That night, Cal, Sara, and Tina go to the graveyard outside the mortuary and vandalize it, they go into one of the crypts, where they are attacked by Bobby Fowler.
The next day, Jonathan, Liz, and Grady go back to Johnathan's house, where Grady gives them some drugs. Shortly afterwards, Sheriff Howell shows up to welcome Leslie to the town. He also informs her on his attempt to stop "graveyard babies". He also is looking for Cal, Sara, and Tina. Sheriff Howell then goes and investigates the crypts, where he is infected by Bobby Fowler. The next day at the diner, Johnathan and Liz are working, when Cal and Sara arrive messy. Cal has a rage attack and Sara begins vomiting black ooze. Rita comes in to calm her down, but is infected in the process. At the mortuary, Leslie is doing her first embalming. While doing so, she screws up making a mess of the embalming fluids. While going to clean it up, one of the bodies gets up and infects Leslie. Jonathan, Jamie, Liz, and Grady return to Jonathan's house for dinner, where Leslie, now infected with the mysterious ooze, has prepared a sort of ooze soup. The four also notice a black fungus growing on the wall. Liz pours salt in her soup which makes it bubble and sends Leslie into a rage in which she attacks Jonathan and Jamie. Liz and Grady quickly escape.
Shortly afterwards, Jonathan fights off his mother and saves Jamie. The four escape outside but are forced to retreat into a crypt, because they are chased there by an infected man. The four make the shocking discovery that Bobby lives in the crypt and dug tunnels under the cemetery. They find Tina, who is still alive, but are attacked by the mother and the 5 find a ladder, which leads back into the house. The five barricade themselves in the house. They question Tina and eventually cut her hand to see if her blood has turned into the black ooze, a sign of the infection. Soon, Sheriff Howell begins barraging the house with shotgun fire. Tina goes into the kitchen to clean the wound but finds the water has become infested with the ooze and she is infected. Grady accidentally pours salt on her, burning her. The group now knows the infected weakness, But there victory is short lived after they go to check on Jamie, who they left in her room to keep her safe, has been captured. They decide to go into the tunnels again, as a rescue mission.
Shortly after entering the tunnels they begin seeing and hearing things, after moving around a bit, a hand suddenly punches through Grady's chest, giving him enough time to say quietly, "run" before dying. They soon find the source, a well filled with black ooze. Shortly thereafter, Jamie is found, but captured by Bobby Fowler and taken back to the lair, were they confront him by throwing salt in the well, In this time, Cal is killed by getting his head blown off by the Sheriff, and the other infected are burned with salt ; Bobby is sucked in and the three escape the house. The three, happy to escape but still grieving the deaths of Leslie and Grady, are about to leave the house, but Jonathan is pulled underground, and Leslie, alive again, pulls Jamie into the house, and Liz's fate is left untold.
Cast
- Dan Byrd as Jonathan Doyle
- Denise Crosby as Leslie Doyle
- Alexandra Adi as Liz
- Rocky Marquette as Grady
- Courtney Peldon as Tina
- Bug Hall as Cal
- Tarah Paige as Sara
- Greg Travis as Eliot Cook
- Christy Johnson as Dottie
Cultural references
A quote carved on the door of a vault reads, "That which is dead...Cannot eternal lie...With strange eons...Even death may die." This is taken from H. P. Lovecraft's short story "The Call of Cthulhu".
External links
- Mortuary at the Internet Movie Database
- Mortuary (film) at AllRovi
Films directed by Tobe Hooper 1960s Eggshells (1969)1970s 1980s The Funhouse (1981) • Poltergeist (1982) • Lifeforce (1985) • Invaders from Mars (1986) • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)1990s Spontaneous Combustion (1990) • I'm Dangerous Tonight (1990) • Night Terrors (1993) • Body Bags (1993) • The Mangler (1995) • The Apartment Complex (1999)2000s Categories:- American films
- 2005 films
- Films directed by Tobe Hooper
- 2000s horror films
- English-language films
- Zombie films
- 2000s horror film stubs
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