A deranged undertaker kills various people to keep as his friends in his seedy funeral home.A deranged undertaker kills various people to keep as his friends in his seedy funeral home.A deranged undertaker kills various people to keep as his friends in his seedy funeral home.
William James Kennedy
- Inspector Barry
- (as Will Kennedy)
Francis D. Poeta
- Security Guard
- (as France Poeta)
Linda Ipanema
- Mary Lawrence
- (as Ginny Franc)
Stanley Bogest
- Jogger
- (as Stan Bogest)
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- TriviaRichard Lynch was originally considered to play Roscoe, but Joe Spinell lobbied hard to secure the lead role of Roscoe in the film.
- Alternate versionsThe Code Red DVD is edited. The gory scenes are cut and some scenes are out of order.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Making 'the Undertaker' (2016)
- SoundtracksTheme From The Undertaker
By J. Eric Johnson
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If the undertaker doesn't kill you, the boredom or slow pacing most certainly will!
Like I'm sure it's the case for every single other reviewer around here, my sole reason for watching "The Undertaker" was because it stars the great (and late) Joe Spinell in a role very similar to the one he played in the legendary gore classic "Maniac" (1980). Joe Spinell may have appeared in several acclaimed A-listed cinematic landmarks, like "The Godfather", "Rocky" or Taxi Driver", but he'll always be most remembered for his role as the perverted, mother-obsessed psychopath Frank Zito. Presumably he was desperate to add another notorious horror role to his repertoire, as he allegedly lobbied intensively to be cast in the titular role, but it didn't quite work out as he hoped. By now "The Undertaker" is a forgotten horror movie from the 80s, and rightfully so because it's really boring, slow-paced and badly acted. Apart from being the local undertaker, Roscoe is also a deranged and megalomaniac killer who keeps the embalmed bodies of his victims hanging around in the basement like there's some kind of everlasting tea party going on! Roscoe and his murder patterns aren't exactly discrete or carefully planned, so there are many people that grow suspicious and attempt to stop him (subsequently his own nephew, a high-school teacher, a sleazy cinema owner and a couple of police officers) but they stupidly get themselves caught or killed as well. It's truly incomprehensible that "The Undertaker" is such a disappointment, as it basically contains all the necessary ingredients for success: a simple but effective plot, a very high body count, some gore, gratuitous nudity and a creep in the lead role! However, the whole film gets ruined due to slow-pacing, too many pointless boring scenes and an endless amount of inaudibly muttered dialogues/monologues. Not recommended, unless you feel the uncontrollable urge to track down and watch literally every 80s horror slasher ever made (which I'd understand if that's the case, by the way).
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