Hollywood Mortuary (1998)

hyped garbage

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Ron Ford and Randal Malone have done an excellent job of paying tribute to their filmic heroes of fright.Ray Biddle has done the world a great justice by contacting INDIE FLIX and setting them up as the re-release distributors,Fans can now actually buy 'HoMo' and not just boot-leg it from those awful VHS shorts and dreary Lindenmuth editions !But, No extras,Maybe when it hits Blu-ray we can get some interviews with Randal Malone,We Deitrick or Ron Ford.Still,Its good to see this rare film that is almost like a '90s 'Rocky Horror' Cult Following. http://www.indieflix.com/Films/HollywoodMortuary

Possible minor spoilers ahead......Hollywood Mortuary is actually a pretty good no-budget movie. Two dead horror film stars who hate each other are resurrected as Zombies by their make-up artist to revive the genre of horror films...classic! The story is quite original, the script is well written, and most of the actors did an admirable job in the movie. There are a few funny moments peppered throughout the movie.Most of the movie is in black & white, and I guess the movie was originally shot on video of some kind. The movie jumps from farcical present-day interviews back to the glory days of earlier Hollywood. Sometimes it jumps to color for a few seconds, especially in the interviews.There are some problems in the movie, such as in the flashbacks to the bygone days you often see objects that are modern. But, this movie obviously had a small to non-existent budget so it's not that big of a deal.Even with the problems in Hollywood Mortuary, it is enjoyable and unique. Better than most no-budget movies, watch it once if you have the chance.

Janos Blasko (Ron Ford) and Pratt Borokof (Tim Sullivan) are two feuding horror actors who take their battle beyond the grave in "Hollywood Mortuary". Aided by a psychotic, washed-up makeup-artist who dabbles in Brazillian Voodoo rituals on the side, the two deceased Terrors of Tinseltown are resurrected to wreak havoc on an unsuspecting populace. Ford and Sullivan just can't be beat here. The two have a very natural chemistry that really helps the volley of insults between them fly. As the makeup-artist gone bad, Randal Malone turns in an impressive performance. In truth, everything about this movie works. A lot of great one-liners are peppered throughout the script, as well as some really bad ones (delivered, ironically, by a stand-up comedian). Possibly the best low-budget horror-comedy ever made. Certainly the best I've seen. As others have stressed, I will affirm: Go out of your way to find this movie. You will NOT be disappointed !

Forget SCREAM and its sequel and all the other rip-offs, this one is for real! Randal Malone gives an acid-like performance as a crazed make-up man in Hollywood who wants to bring back horror films so he can get back to work. To do that, he acquires a secret potion from a voodoo priestess, grabs a job at Hollywood Mortuary, and brings back to life the two greatest horror actors of all time (obvious tributes to Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi). Ron Ford as Blasko is hilarious! The two commit murders so they will appear in the papers, thus horror films will make a come-back due to frontpage events! Interesting concept, the first time I've seen it. Ron Ford has made a wonderful film that needs to be seen by every horror fan. Touched with liberal doses of gore, it doesn't really hurt the movie. It already has a nice, campy quality that is helped by over-the-top gore effects! Check this movie out, you might have to search around for it VERY HARD, but it is well worth it!