Blu-ray Review – Embalmer

Writer/director S. Torriano Berry wanted to launch his own horror franchise with 1996’s “Embalmer.” There was even a plan to add to a growing list of Movie Maniacs, introducing the malicious ways of Undertaker Zach and his plan to stalk, kill, and zombify victims around his neighborhood. Berry also attempts to examine the ways of urban legends, but he selects a shot-on-video approach to the making of the movie, and it takes quite a bit of creativity to turn flat, low-res visuals into a growing screen nightmare. Berry doesn’t help the cause with his writing, showing little concern for consistent tone and suspenseful escalation as the picture basically sticks with four characters having conversations in a single space, periodically menaced by a madman who doesn’t even show up until the final act. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com