(1966)

Starring:Warren Ott, Rad Fulton, Marty Friedman and Sally Frei.

Written and Directed By: T.L.P. Swicegood.

VCI Home Entertainment - Full Frame - Dolby Digital Mono.
Ratings: Movie= Picture= Sound=

A macabre story of two motorcycle-riding, knife welding, shiv shaving, arm-twisting, chain-lashing, scalpel-flashing, acid-throwing, gun-shooting, bone-breaking, pathological nuts and their pal THE UNDERTAKER. In the tradition of fame director Hershel Gordon Lewis, comes The Undertaker and his Pals. This sick and twisted black comedy which involves of course an Undertaker and his Pals( a gang of bike riding psychos). In a small town the local mortician and a greasy spoon join forces in killing beautiful women. The mortician will get the money for the funeral while his pals can use their body parts for food at their local diner. What sounds really sick is actually very funny. Take for instance victim number one. This ruthless gang kill her then slice off her legs. The mortician has the funeral while the diners special for the day is now "Leg of Lamb". Funny...get it.
The killing scenes in the flick are so fake which makes it laughable and it is filled with lots of shlock. In this low budget cult film from the 60's, this film contains a mixture of both blood and laughs. The Undertaker goes overboard with his mortician character which I found to be very amusing. Lots of slang from the 60's in this gem and the woman are simply outlandish. The death scenes don't seem to go overboard while the humor is just right.
Not much of a story and only 63 minutes, makes you wonder if there just might be an uncut version of this flick floating around somewhere. The DVD is brought to us by VCI Home Video, who has a great selection of these midnight masterpieces available now on DVD.
The picture quality of this gem was fair. There was some heavy grain with some minor scratches in the film. The film was not remastered but overall the picture quality was fair. Presented in Dolby Digital sound with Chapter Stops and Bios.
Back To The Top Of The Page

Return to Screen 2

Return to the boxoffice
Return to DVD REVIEWS