Cremains Movie Review 2000

Anthology centers on a mortician (Chester Delacruz) who is being investigated for cremating two bodies at once. As he is questioned by an unseen panel of inquisitors, he relates three stories. In the first, a young woman (Plimmer) makes the mistake of driving through a small town famous for its ritual sacrifices. In the next story, a serial killer (Williams) captures a hitchhiker and then the mind-games begin. The third story features a woman (Cole) who seeks out the help of a horror author (Smith), as she's convinced that a female vampire is after her. The final segment returns to the mortician and the macabre results of his double-cremation. The stories are good; while they aren't incredibly original, they all have that "urban legend" feel, which makes them accessible. Howeverm the film is way too long, and all of the segments feel padded. Not perfect, but actually better than some studio horror films released lately.

Distribution

EI Independent Cinema, PO Box 371, Glenwood, NJ 07418, Phone: (973)838-3030, Fax: (973)509-3530, Email: eicinema@aol.com, URL: http://www.eicinema.com

Available on DVD
Running time 107 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Horror Anthologies

Screenplay

Steve Sessions

Cast

Chester Delacruz, Wanda Plimmer, Chris(topher) Williams, Kimberly Lynn Cole, R.W. Smith

Director

Steve Sessions