The Mortuary Collection (2019)

“Director and writer Ryan Spindell is obviously a huge horror fanatic. His debut feature film is a twisted love letter to the genre, combining elements from various decades of horror into one big, fun, surprisingly intelligent celebration of fear. The film harkens back to "Tales From The Crypt", with a dash of influence from the old Amicus anthology films, combining gross out humor and gore with classic morality plays. Most anthology films feature at least one disappointing segment, but this is the rare film of it's kind in which each story is as good as the last. All 3 tales are clever, blackly humorous and well directed by Spindell. The entire film a sheen of dark, yet colorful cinematography, and the set designs shift back and forth, between believable recreations of different time perio” read more

October 2020 Horrorfest (50 movies items)

"First viewing - Oct. 21st This was a new entry this month on Shudder, and initial feedback looked good so I took a dive into it. As I've stated in the past it's difficult to maintain the same level of quality throughout anthology films, so I respect when that's achieved. The Mortuary Collection feels like a cohesive work, and for that alone it's worth a look. Plus Clancy Brown gets to play a creepy old man, and he's clearly having a ball doing so. Overall it's not great but it's a good time and"