Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers

October. 11,1989      R
Rating:
3.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A doctor and a mortician have teamed up to do re-animation experiments on corpses using gangster money loaned for "remodeling." When they can't pay it back, the Mafia guy sends his nephews to work at the funeral home to keep a watch on the debtors, but the nephews end up helping in the search for new bodies, and mayhem ensues when some undesirable types are re-animated.

Vic Tayback as  Lou
Frank Gorshin as  Doc
Art Metrano as  Vic
Rodney Eastman as  Freddy
Keone Young as  Don Ho
Brooke Bundy as  Mona
Linda Carol as  Heather

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Reviews

Platicsco
1989/10/11

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

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Dynamixor
1989/10/12

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

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FirstWitch
1989/10/13

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

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Brendon Jones
1989/10/14

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

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Pepper Anne
1989/10/15

Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers takes place at a Beverly Hills mortuary where a scientist and I suppose, a mortician, have teamed up to experiment on bringing corpses back to life. But, the experiment was funded by a loan from a local mob boss who is breathing down the second-in-command's (Vic) neck to get their loan fully repaid. But Vic's got other plans and instead, tries to buy his time by forcing his two idiot (but not totally braindead) surfer nephews to work at the mortuary and keep an eye on his debtors. But actually, they work against their uncle, promised a cut in on the expected corpse-reviving scheme that the mortician and scientist say will make them rich. Needless to say, things do not go as planned.This movie was, for the most part, a disappointing comedy. I suppose by the animated cover art, I was expecting some stupid humor, but the film actually fails to offer many laughs, despite the potential in the story. Even the moments with the corpses running around unsupervised weren't funny. With the filmmakers having failed to take advantage of a rather idiotic series of events, it is mediocre at best.

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