The story wasn't very well thought out. For a dark comedy/horror, the characters were too somber and depressing. The comedy bits didn't shine through. The horror bits weren't scary. I did see that the makers of this film were partially inspired by the movie Heredity (2018) because they copied some of the special light effects and that was one of my personal favorite horror film. They also used some horror tropes from other good films too. The sound effects were pretty good too. But the screenplay was just dog s__t and a big disappointment. Character development was poor. We never understand why the home is in partial disarray and dirty. I didn't care for the multiple scenes of the females peeing. Like WTH? The ending made little sense and the girl seemed like she never taken a ballet course ever. Anyway, this film is a pass as far as I am concern.
9 Reviews
Enjoyable enough Argentine ghost film with some issues
kannibalcorpsegrinder3 February 2021
Living with the rest of his dysfunctional family, the undertaker of a small village finds their lives being invaded by the restless spirits of those he's trying to prepare for their eternal rest, but when he becomes aware of a series of hauntings around their house he tries to understand why to save his family.
This was a solid if slightly flawed effort. This one gets a lot to like with the cold and chilling atmosphere present here that manages to feature some wholly creepy ideas throughout here. The slow introduction to the spirits in the house and what they're trying to do with the family is pretty well-handled, as they spend enough time comparing the stress of the situation to how they're trying to get by in life which is upended by the ghostly activity present there in the house. When they keep escalating through the various poltergeist antics throughout here, from the glimpses of them outside looking into the rooms or trying to break down doors to get at them, it's far more chilling knowing that these attacks are being built up to something impressive. This becomes far more enjoyable in the second half here where the supernatural attacks are far more chilling and impressive overall. As the attacks are given more credence with the attack on the mother within the bathroom which signals the start of the fun with the interactions involving the spirit medium trying to help them realize what's going on. These scenes pick up the action at a much steadier and more enjoyable pace involving the true reason for the hauntings and what the demons haunting them are really after leading to some pretty fun chases around the house leading to a lot to like. All of which feature plenty of strong make-up work in the ghosts and a few brutal kills, overall there's a lot to recommend. This one does have some issues. The main problem to be had here is the slow-burn atmosphere that makes the ghost action quite chilling as what happens during these scenes is so laid-back that it all feels quite tame. This one doesn't tend to differentiate between any of the various encounters or attacks and how they're living their lives in the house so nothing stands out beyond the suddenness of the ghost appearing and feeling out-of-place because of this development, resulting in scenes where it's obvious that there's not much happening due to the overall lack of action taking place with an obvious focus in the first half on the family drama living at the house. That brings about the second issue here where it's really difficult to get to care about anyone in the family or their issues which don't seem that interesting or original. Featuring an angsty teenage daughter who's still upset over the r\ecent loss of her dad and taking issue with the new living arrangement between everyone, a down-on-his-luck henpecked husband who seems more dedicated to work than anything and a quiet, introverted mother who doesn't speak up when she should, the family drama at the beginning of the film is a bit tough to get into with this dreary pacing to get going. Combined with a confusing ending that doesn't make much sense considering the action that's gone on before, these are what hold this one back.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language, Violence and Brief Nudity.
This was a solid if slightly flawed effort. This one gets a lot to like with the cold and chilling atmosphere present here that manages to feature some wholly creepy ideas throughout here. The slow introduction to the spirits in the house and what they're trying to do with the family is pretty well-handled, as they spend enough time comparing the stress of the situation to how they're trying to get by in life which is upended by the ghostly activity present there in the house. When they keep escalating through the various poltergeist antics throughout here, from the glimpses of them outside looking into the rooms or trying to break down doors to get at them, it's far more chilling knowing that these attacks are being built up to something impressive. This becomes far more enjoyable in the second half here where the supernatural attacks are far more chilling and impressive overall. As the attacks are given more credence with the attack on the mother within the bathroom which signals the start of the fun with the interactions involving the spirit medium trying to help them realize what's going on. These scenes pick up the action at a much steadier and more enjoyable pace involving the true reason for the hauntings and what the demons haunting them are really after leading to some pretty fun chases around the house leading to a lot to like. All of which feature plenty of strong make-up work in the ghosts and a few brutal kills, overall there's a lot to recommend. This one does have some issues. The main problem to be had here is the slow-burn atmosphere that makes the ghost action quite chilling as what happens during these scenes is so laid-back that it all feels quite tame. This one doesn't tend to differentiate between any of the various encounters or attacks and how they're living their lives in the house so nothing stands out beyond the suddenness of the ghost appearing and feeling out-of-place because of this development, resulting in scenes where it's obvious that there's not much happening due to the overall lack of action taking place with an obvious focus in the first half on the family drama living at the house. That brings about the second issue here where it's really difficult to get to care about anyone in the family or their issues which don't seem that interesting or original. Featuring an angsty teenage daughter who's still upset over the r\ecent loss of her dad and taking issue with the new living arrangement between everyone, a down-on-his-luck henpecked husband who seems more dedicated to work than anything and a quiet, introverted mother who doesn't speak up when she should, the family drama at the beginning of the film is a bit tough to get into with this dreary pacing to get going. Combined with a confusing ending that doesn't make much sense considering the action that's gone on before, these are what hold this one back.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language, Violence and Brief Nudity.
What a trash
acqurious5 June 2021
Suspenseful
ladymidath4 October 2021
I found The Funeral Home on Tubi and started watching it more out of curiosity. You can find the occasional gem as well as a lot of terrible movies. The Funeral Home is one of the better ones. It is well acted and the cinematography is excellent. So many films have terrible production values that can ruin a movie even if the acting and story is good. That is not the case here. The dialogue was a little uneven at times, but that could have been due to it being the English dubbed version. As horror movies go, this is one of the better ones..
Eh
staciarose2017 August 2021
What's happened Guillermo del Toro?
secretstory3 April 2021
Don't Trust Shudder
nixflixnpix13 May 2021
Known by its English title 'The Funeral Home'
marilynshelton53520 September 2021
A great story is there and it doesn't quite reach it
beagleymomof5 June 2022
The 1st half of the movie is very slow .I found it it's more enjoyable once the " ritual woman " showed up. I think the multiple scenes of the outhouse is unnecessary and nobody wants to see anyone using the restroom in any movie. There is one quick nude scene at least what I caught and that was when mama's in the bathtub and you could see her breasts. Which is pretty mild for a horror movie. I didn't understand the ballet the ballet at the end of it. The ritual woman should have been closer to the beginning ,add some more scenes where she could see different entities... some of that was pretty lame as she was walking through the house.
In my own opinion what would have made this a better movie is that everything that was going on ,the murders ,things moving about the house ,maybe make some things come up missing , and like where the stove was left on (it ends up being the girl was trying to kill her family by blowing the house up) and make lead it up to the end where when the girl goes outside into the yard the cops would pull up and arrest her then you find out that the entire time she's like schizophrenic or something and everything that was going on was actually her doing it......
In my own opinion what would have made this a better movie is that everything that was going on ,the murders ,things moving about the house ,maybe make some things come up missing , and like where the stove was left on (it ends up being the girl was trying to kill her family by blowing the house up) and make lead it up to the end where when the girl goes outside into the yard the cops would pull up and arrest her then you find out that the entire time she's like schizophrenic or something and everything that was going on was actually her doing it......
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