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The House of the Dead

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The House of the Dead

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A mortician welcomes in an unexpected visitor, and shares with him the stories of four people who ended up on his slab. Comedy horror anthology, with Ivor Francis and John Ericson

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A star rating of 2 out of 5.

David Parkinson

Making her only feature and clearly working on a shoestring, director Sharron Miller generates few scares with this portmanteau horror. The four stories are told by the Mortician (Ivor Francis), who recounts them to the adulterous Talmudge (John Ericson) after he seeks shelter from the rain at the mortician's residence. The opening story sees the house of child-hating teacher Miss Sibilier (Judith Novgrod) invaded by mask-wearing pupils, while the second is a riff on Peeping Tom (1960), in which a serial killer (Burr DeBenning) films his own crimes. In the third story, a British inspector (Bernard Fox) argues with his American counterpart (Charles Aidman) over who is the superior sleuth, and the final story sees a self-centred workaholic (Richard Gates) get trapped inside an empty building. While the tales are intriguing, the creepiest sequences revolve around the Mortician and his captive audience.

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