Product Details

• Actors: Richard Kennedy, Christopher Atkins, Perry Lang, Gary Veney, Bruce Wagner
• Directors: Michael Schroeder
• Writers: Bill Kelman, Paul Bartel
• Producers: Alain Silver, Chip Miller, Dennis Winfrey, Kim Jorgensen, Patrick Regan
• Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sony Pictures Home E
• VHS Release Date: October 9, 1991
• Run Time: 87 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302176840
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #366,318 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Put the fun in funeral with this flick, May 15, 2000

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Hearse Queen "grimrides" (northern california, usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mortuary Academy [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I bought this film since I am a former mortician, and I'm always dying for funny funeral home comedies. Brothers Sam Grimm (Christopher Atkins)& Max Grimm (Perry Lang), inherit a combination mortuary & mortuary school from their recently deceased uncle which is worth millions. Only catch is, they have to graduate from the school before they can collect on their inheritance, and there's many an obstacle on their way to graduation. The film pokes fiendish fun at the funeral industry, touching on all the major touchy subjects, i.e. necrophilia, price gouging, bad embalming, and ambulance chasing, etc. I dont want to spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it, but a highlight of the film involves Wolfman Jack, and the band Radio Werewolf singing "1960 Cadillac Hearse", which is a killer song! It also features the comedic team of Paul Bartel (playing Paul Truscott) & Mary Woronov (playing Mary Purcell), whom you might remember from the hilarious films, "Rock & Roll High School", and "Eating Raoul" as Mortuary School employees. If you like morbid comedy, I think you'll like this flick.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "Mortuary Academy: The Original "Six Feet Under", March 30, 2006

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Chip Miller (Palm Springs, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mortuary Academy (DVD)

I am partial to this dark, dry comedy, fashioned somewhat as Eating Raoul Part Two" meets the classic 60's pic "The Loved Ones." Considering it's ocassionally tasteless gags, the film received excellent reviews on it's screening at the 89 Cannes Film Festival. With the death of many of it's stars -- Cesar Romero, Wolfman Jack, Paul Bartel, and several supporting actors, there is a certain air of surreal aloofness to the characters. I actually have a cameo in the movie as an ambulance attendent during an accident scene. I developed the storyline and screenplay from my growing up the son of a mortician and living over a funeral home. I Co-Produced the movie and perform a song in the opening credits as a mock Beachboys rock band. And I agree totally with Hearse Queen's recent review of our little cult flic as well as her comments on that great Radio Werewolf tune. Gather a few of your insane friends, a cold six-pack, turn off the lights, and laugh your butt off. Chip Miller, Filmmaker

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Where There's A Will..., March 10, 2007

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Joshua Koppel (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mortuary Academy (DVD)

Two brothers discover they are the sole beneficiaries of their late uncle. They are to inherit a mortuary and school valued at several million dollars. The only catch is that they have to graduate from the mortuary academy in order to claim the inheritance. The current academy administration is not too thrilled with the situation. If the boys fail to pass the administration will retain control of the estate.

Paul Bartel and Mary Woronov represent the administration while a cast of colorful characters makes up the rest of the student body. The brothers are polar opposites in personality. One is willing to go with the flow while the other hates the idea and wants to be a real doctor (although no medical school will have him). The brothers and the administration face off and the other characters form their alliances until silly plots and complications bring the whole thing to a satisfying conclusion.

Bartel and Woronov are excellent. The movie is silly, only slightly dark at times, and just about what you would expect from such a comedy film. An unexpected plu is that Wolfman Jack plays a substantial role as the agent for a music group called Radio Werewolf. This is the sort of film I might have seen at a summer drive-in when it first came out. In other words it is silly, fun, and won't strain the brain too much while throwing in a fair bit of originality. Check it out.