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      Corpses

      R 2004 1h 30m Horror Comedy List
      Reviews 17% Audience Score 500+ Ratings After discovering a serum that can reanimate the dead, a funeral director (Robert Donavan) uses it to drum up business at his funeral parlor. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Brain-dead on arrival tongue-in-cheek zombie flick in which a vengeful mortician uses a serum to bring the dead back to do his bidding for an hour at a time. The zombies are less than convincing, particularly the undead security guard with the supposedly severed arm clearly visible tucked under his shirt. The characters are stereotypical; creepy mortician, bitchy ex-wife who wants to turn his mortuary into a strip mall, straight-laced lawman, and rebellious teenager played by Tiffany Shepis, who is far and away the only good thing about this limp straight-to-video plopper. Even Jeff Fahey, who plays the police chief and would later appear in "Lost," is useless here, even more lifeless than the zombies themselves. "Corpses" owes a great deal to "Re-animator," but it lacks the wit and talent that made the latter film a horror classic. You may sit through it all -- I often found my attention wandering whenever Shepis wasn't on screen -- but you won't remember anything about it. I've already forgotten at least half of it. If you forget it right now, you'll save yourself an hour and a half. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Quirky low-budget Zombie comedy. Not as funny as it tries to be and it all comes off a bit too silly, but there's a couple humourous moments. Acting isn't the best and the plot is unoriginal and stale. It's got a bit of gore, nothing too disgusting but it's satisfactory enough, as was the bare flesh on show courtesy of a couple of hotties. Poor film overall, but there was enough entertainment to see me through to the end. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Ok this is a bad film. But I think everybody involved knew this. So thankfully this B-movie horror/comedy doesn't take itself too seriously. This is clearly shown in the over the top campy acting. It borrows a lot from Re-Animator. Even down to the glow-in-the-dark serum that reanimates the dead. But be assured that this is nowhere near the standard of that film. There are some decent death scenes, a couple of reasonable T&A moments. Jeff Fahey is amusing when his character tools up to go on a zombie killing spree. But when it comes down to it I only watched this film for Tiffany Shepis. Who is the best thing in this film by a mile. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member A mortician at a funeral home finds a way to bring back the dead for an hour at a time to do his dirty work. The town's chief of police (Fahey), gets suspicious and tries to get to the bottom of the mysterious and brutal deaths and events happening in the small town before too many people die. I'm usually a fan of Rolfe Kanefsky's films (The Hazing, There's Nothing Out There), but this one has to be one of my least favorite ones. The overall acting in this film was pretty atrocious, though it was nice to see Jeff Fahey in a lead role, as well as Tiffany Shepis, who is always fun to look at. It's so-so on the gore, and the humor in it never truly gets off the ground. Overall, not that great, but it killed the time for me. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member One of Rolfe Kanefsky's weaker flicks, but still a lot better than average. It's always cool to see Jeff Fahey, but this film is owned by Tiffany Shepis; she looks stunning and she can actually act, too. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Can't expect much. Poorly made, but it made me laugh. I was excited cause Jeff Fahey is on Lost now. I was like "hey that's that guy!!" Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis After discovering a serum that can reanimate the dead, a funeral director (Robert Donavan) uses it to drum up business at his funeral parlor.
      Director
      Rolfe Kanefsky
      Screenwriter
      Rolfe Kanefsky
      Rating
      R (Horror Violence/Gore|Nudity|Language)
      Genre
      Horror, Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Feb 15, 2005
      Runtime
      1h 30m