The Morgue (2008)

This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Not even bad in a good way

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

For the most part, I enjoyed this film. I liked Margo, the main character. I just didn't like the ending at all.

"Where the dead live". Believe, this is written on the cover of the DVD case! Damn! Why did distributor spoiled the nice content of this film?!Well, you already know the story. But don't get it wrong, this film is a decent low budget horror flick totally worth seeing it - in spite of the not so fast first act (at least compared to what we're used to see nowadays), where it shows the protagonist on her lonely after hours heavy duty, cleaning a mausoleum. It's a movie about loneliness, in part, as i understood, and that's why I believe directors didn't rush at the beginning (thanks God, so i could appreciate more of cute Lisa Crilley). As the storyline progresses, all situations seemed extremely familiar - being at the wrong place at the wrong time, ghosts in state of confusion, etc, etc, etc... - to other horror movies i've seen before. Nevertheless, i was wrong on most of my guesses, as the final act revealed a very intriguing truth. What truth? Well, it all depends on what perception one sees it. A more substantial budget could have made The Morgue a much more intense film. The cover of the DVD doesn't match appropriately with the clever content of the movie.

This could have been a fine horror movie... of course if films like The Sixth Sense or The Others had not been released years before. The ending can be easily anticipated if one has watched the above mentioned films (approximately by the middle of the film). The resource of using the ghost's point of view at the time of departure has become almost a cliché. Also the character named Horace does not fit very well in the story. The most terrifying scene is the one where a shadow of a microphone appears behind the actors in the front yard. I put a 4 instead of a 3 because the little girl character also dies in the film. I must confess they fooled me there.

A country mausoleum janitor tries to help a group of stranded people survive the night in the apparently haunted mausoleum, but one by one they start disappearing.What can I say about this disappointing film? Annoying editing and fade effects. An ending twist (roll eyes) so obvious and overworn that you've already probably guessed it. Awkward pacing. Characters behaving EXTREMELY unnaturally. I mean so unnaturally that you'll find it hard to suspend disbelief. And the filmmakers never give us a good idea where the characters are in the structure. Sometimes they walk through long corridors to get to a location, and then other times it appears to be next door.There are no real scares, not even startling moments because the hoodie-wearing killer just kind of appears in scene. All kills except two are offscreen.And the ending drags on and on.This could have been so much more - even with the lame twist it could have been a better movie. With some better editing (or maybe this was all the editor had to work with?) and with more natural character actions this could have been worth a rental.