Howard, a shy morgue worker, falls in love with a girl who ends up in the morgue, but he doesn't let that stop him.Howard, a shy morgue worker, falls in love with a girl who ends up in the morgue, but he doesn't let that stop him.Howard, a shy morgue worker, falls in love with a girl who ends up in the morgue, but he doesn't let that stop him.
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- TriviaThe movie was shot entirely in London - despite being set in New York. The directors and star, Mark Jax, fly to New York for a weekend after production to shoot the cab journey and NYC exteriors you see in the finished film.
- Alternate versionsThe 18-rated 1990 UK VHS release was cut by the BBFC by 13 seconds to remove a scalpel incision to a woman's neck and the skin being pulled back to reveal flesh. A transvestite's neck being slashed and a close-up of decomposing breasts.
- SoundtracksLiving Doll
Performed by Gary Martin
Produced by Mike Stanley
Composed by Lionel Bart
Published by Peter Maurice Music Company Ltd.
used by permission
Featured review
Dead Dull
Here's a premise for ya: A morgue attendant, who's obsessed by a beautiful girl, soon finds her on the slab after a car crash, he takes her home where he creates a fantasy world in which she is alive and co-habiting with him, eventually leading to his total mental breakdown and destruction. Sounds intriguing doesn't it? WRONG! This film is a perfect example of a fair premise let down by totally uninspired film making. Instead of an interesting character development plot, what we are presented with is a film based almost entirely on a man coming in and out of his apartment, making excuses to people, and occasionally talking to or hiding a phony corpse. But at least the performances carry it through right? WRONG! Some of the most mind numbingly poor performances by any actors I have ever seen (just check out the girls meathead boyfriend) and not even in a laughable way, just in a truly 'couldn't care less if they all died' kinda way. It says a lot when one of the stronger performances is from Eartha Kitt! If you really need to complete guy falls in love with corpse film collection then do yourself a favour and fast forward most of the middle of the film, only the mildly deranged ending is worth the entry fee. Though it does have a great closing line. File under: mild curiosity.
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- DocEmmettBrown
- Dec 20, 2001
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- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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