Plot
Frame story, part 1
In the small island town of Raven's End in the 1980s, mortician Montgomery Dark manages the Raven's End Mortuary. One day, a young woman named Sam shows curiosity about a small child-sized coffin which Montgomery has recently performed a funeral for. She then reveals that she has actually come to respond to the Help Wanted sign outside. He agrees to give her an interview and takes her on a tour of the facility. Montgomery agrees to tell Sam a series of stories about those that have died in Raven's End.Segment 1
In the 1950s, a young woman named Emma goes to the restroom during a party to check on the wallets she's pickpocketed while attending. However, the bathroom medicine cabinet piques her curiosity, and she tries to open it but is unable to. When she pries it open, she finds a tentacled monster inside, and is killed by it. The monster drags Emma’s lifeless body into the cabinet and shuts it.Segment 2: Unprotected
In the 1960s, frat boy Jake passes outSegment 3: Till Death
In the 1970s, Wendell Owens is depressed and devoted to taking care of hisFrame story, part 2
Sam complains that Montgomery's stories, however true they may be, are too predictable and follow a theme of people being punished for their sins. Montgomery leads Sam down to the mortuary subbasement and prepares to cremate the child-size coffin; Sam stops him and tells him she's not here for a job - she's here for the dead child. She tells him her own story.Segment 4: ''The Babysitter Murders''
One evening, Sam babysits for a child named Logan Kubler. She watches a horror movie as she cooks dinner but misses a news bulletin about an escaped patient from the local asylum. She then finds a strange man with a head wound in the house; not sure how he got in, Sam is uncertain about how to react until the phone rings and she hears an answering machine message about the escaped killer. This prompts her and the strange man to fight, the man charging upstairs to try to find Logan. After a series of encounters, the man tries to strangle Sam but she stops him by telling him he isn't a killer. She then throws the man down the stairs and drops a TV on his head, crushing it. When Logan's parents - Dr. Kubler and his wife Debra - come home, they find the dead man and recognize him as the real Sam as the broken television reveals that the woman claiming to be Sam is in fact a child murderer called the Tooth Fairy Killer whoFrame story, part 3
As Charlotte finishes her story, she uses her buck knife to remove a tooth from Logan's remains, not having had the chance to do so when she killed him. She then stabs Montgomery in the stomach; however, Montgomery - who appears to bleed embalming fluid - simply laughs, telling her that the job is now hers. Charlotte attempts to escape the mortuary but finds herself unable to do so via a supernatural force that sends her back into the mortuary entrance. Montgomery corners her in the library and explains that he was never able to leave either, and her story is "only just beginning", as certain books fall from the shelves. The charred spirits of her child victims crawl out of the fallen library books and tear Charlotte apart. Montgomery sews Charlotte's body back together and replaces her blood with embalming fluid. Finally he finds himself able to leave the mortuary for the first time after several decades. However, after a moment in sunlight, he explodes into dust. Her body reanimates inside the mortuary and a final scene shows that Charlotte has now become the new mortician, as she tells a boy named Bill, who was earlier seen delivering newspapers, that she is about to start “making dinner.”Cast
* Clancy Brown as Montgomery Dark * Caitlin Custer as Sam/Charlotte Gibbons * Christine Kilmer as Emma * Jacob Elordi as Jake * Ema Horvath as Sandra * Barak Hardley as Wendell Owens * Sarah Hay as Carol Owens * Ben Hethcoat as The Killer aka “Sam” * Mike C. Nelson as Dr. Harold Kubler * Jennifer Irwin as Margaret * James Bachman as Ralph * Alison Gallaher as Mrs. Debra Kubler * Phyllis Applegate as Mrs. Avery * Brennan Murray as Connor * Michael Bow as Todd * Tristan Byon as Bill * Bradley Bundlie as Logan Kubler * V Nixie as Carol's Body DoubleProduction
Spindell's 22-minute short film ''The Babysitter Murders'' (released in 2015) was featured in ''The Mortuary Collection'', as one of the segments.Release
The film had its world premiere at Fantastic Fest on September 22, 2019.Reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on critic reviews with an average rating of . The site's critics consensus reads "The rare anthology that maintains a consistently high level of quality, ''The Mortuary Collection'' is a must-see undertaking for horror fans."References
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mortuary Collection 2019 films American horror anthology films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films