I love this movie so much

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

Arriving at her grandmother's to help out, a teen trying to help her turn the funeral home she lives in into a bed-and-breakfast becomes concerned about a series of guest disappearances, and once she starts to investigate the claims finds a terrifying secret that haunts the funeral home.There are some really nice things in here. One of the better aspects of this one is the central mystery built up about who the killer is which does manage to get some good moments. The fact that there are at least four different possible killers is a great idea, making each red herring a real target is a great idea that comes across wonderfully while each one does manage to maintain throughout here by giving each some credibility to be the individual in question. The only other features here that are worthwhile are the several big stalking scenes which are quite well handled, especially the sequence where a truck comes up and attacks a couple in a car pushing them closer to a cliff edge. A nice chase through the basement at night where the combination of whispering voices and desire not to get caught makes the scene play out with all the suspense possible, while the best part is the conclusion which features several big scenes in the basement as well as the fantastic brawl with the real killer which is completely Hitchcockian in tone and action. It feels like a nice little rip-off of several big films with the tight, enclosed fighting take place in the dark location which is a really over-the-top way to end it on a high note. These here hold it up as there's a couple of problems here that really aren't that easy to get over. The biggest issue is the very slow pacing apparent throughout here, and it really holds up the film. There's a long period of time where nothing really happens other than setting up a red herring, and that just makes the film play out longer than it really should. The setup shouldn't take as long as it does to play out, as there's an hour before the film really gets going in delivering any kind of horror consistently. That whole first hour is really long and slow-going filled with her judgemental behavior against the guests, filling in the backstory of his disappearance or just the general exploits of the other citizens around the community, making it a really hard sit-through. This leads into the issue about the lack of kills in general which is another big handicap, as the prime audience interested in it will be mostly bored throughout without much of a body count to feature here. That also hurts in the gore factor, as only one death out of the couple actually killed off was slightly gory, and even then it wasn't anything all that remarkable yet compared to the blandness of the other kills here stands out slightly for that reason alone which is a shame considering that isn't even that good anyway. There really could've been a lot more to this one as it's an incredibly dull effort.Rated R: Violence and Graphic Language.

Heather (Lesleh Donaldson) our nubile teen in pigtails, arrives at Grandma Chalmers' (Kay Hawtrey) converted "tourist home" outside of Elora, Ontario. It was once a funeral home, hence the title. Maude Chalmers does an early "Psycho" scene giving away the entire mystery making the addition of the goofy guy to create a mystery a bust. The characters were stereotypes. Acting was fair, but the script didn't give them a chance.Perhaps my biggest objection was that the all black cat was named "Mittens" a named revered for cats with different colored paws, Guide: No swearing, sex, or nudity. Maude wouldn't allow it.

I by passed this film numerous times on Amazon Prime and finally, with nothing else to watch, decided to take a chance. AP's copy was dark and degraded and had a weird bubble 3D thing going on at times, but I'm sure it was the best of what it could be for the age and manner filmed.Made for HARD on the eyes watching, though. I'm sure most of the scares were lost on how dark everything was. There was a movie I saw a long time ago and I remember it had Yvonne DeCarlo in it...probably one of the last things she did. She and her husband seemed like everyday old folk but were an early version of the Devil's Rejects family.This movie reminded me of that.Not bad. Worth a watch. I just hope the copy you see is better than the one I watched.

To look at this movie, you'd think it was made in the middle 70s for no money. Instead, it's 1980 and a budget over a mil and a half. The money doesn't show in the production.It's a rather crudely made movie from Canada that doesn't have many chills or thrills. In fact, just about none. It sucksThe Plot An old funeral parlor now converted into a tourist home during certain periods such as the summer, develops a problem, when a escaped mental patient with a split personality moves in and proceeds to do away with those specific/certain guests or staff, he/she feels are nosy or immoral.