Directed by:James Cummins
Detective Jersey Callum (Ed Nelson) and his dimwit partner Gordon (Jim Eustermann) coax troubled 300 lb. psychic Alley Oates (Deborah Rose) out of retirement when a series of unexplained homicides start adding up. Clues lead the trio to a mortuary one night where the dead bodies of three Asian children are resurrected into slime-spewing ghouls who trap the principal characters in the basement and go on a gory killing/possession spree. After a slowwwww start (and a "huh?" flashback that is SUPPOSED to explain things), this really picks up and becomes a nifty little horror comedy with a good sense of humor, attempts at characterization and some surprisingly cool comic book-style FX... like a giant mutant poodle! Good supporting roles for veteran character actors Nelson, Norman Fell as a mortician with a ponytail and Phyllis Diller (who promoted this film during the 1990 televised awards show THE HORROR HALL OF FAME) as the cranky night desk clerk who transforms into a creature that will make your eyes pop out of your head! The director also scripted and did the unique special effects for this fun feature.
Detective Jersey Callum (Ed Nelson) and his dimwit partner Gordon (Jim Eustermann) coax troubled 300 lb. psychic Alley Oates (Deborah Rose) out of retirement when a series of unexplained homicides start adding up. Clues lead the trio to a mortuary one night where the dead bodies of three Asian children are resurrected into slime-spewing ghouls who trap the principal characters in the basement and go on a gory killing/possession spree. After a slowwwww start (and a "huh?" flashback that is SUPPOSED to explain things), this really picks up and becomes a nifty little horror comedy with a good sense of humor, attempts at characterization and some surprisingly cool comic book-style FX... like a giant mutant poodle! Good supporting roles for veteran character actors Nelson, Norman Fell as a mortician with a ponytail and Phyllis Diller (who promoted this film during the 1990 televised awards show THE HORROR HALL OF FAME) as the cranky night desk clerk who transforms into a creature that will make your eyes pop out of your head! The director also scripted and did the unique special effects for this fun feature.
★★1/2
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