Blu-ray Review – Funeral Home

A Canadian production from 1981, "Funeral Home" (a.k.a. "Cries in the Night," which is the title on the Blu-ray presentation) dares to enter the then red-hot horror marketplace with a picture that contains extraordinarily little scary business. A few kills are present, and there's a black cat marching around the location, but screenwriter Ida Nelson and director William Fruet offer surprisingly little in the way of frights with the endeavor. "Funeral Home" is more of a missing persons mystery blended with a few drops of "Psycho," with the production focused on the investigative potential of the material instead of building a level of suspense. More of a T.V. movie than a chiller, the effort is capably performed by its cast, but there's lifelessness here that's bewildering, making for a tough sit. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com