Mausoleum

Watched this film and have to say that it was rather fun. If only they had tightened this film up a bit it would have been a six or seven instead of just a five. There are a few to many scenes that play out very slowly though that could have been trimmed down which would have made this one flow better. It also had some rather silly things within, though they kind of made the film more fun to watch, scenes that were meant to be serious, but came across as funny.

The story has a little girl running through a cemetery after her mother’s funeral. She comes across a mausoleum and enters and this is going to be the starting of something evil. Years later she begins to show signs of not being herself. Nothing big at first, but once her eyes start glowing green and she sets the car of a guy who made a pass at her on fire you know that she is not quite right. So throughout the film she does more and more strange things like inviting the gardener into the garage for a quickie then killing him!

All the while her husband remains nearly oblivious to everything she is doing. She could have told him, “I had sex with the gardener then killed him.” And he would just pass it off as a joke. At least the housekeeper figured something was up and it was refreshing to see a person in a horror movie for once just book up and leave. Meanwhile, about the only thing that makes the husband show signs of concern when he wakes up in the middle of night and sees his wife in a rocker.

I realize she may have had monster make up on, but it is so dark you cannot tell so I laughed a bit after that cause it just seemed the only thing that could have upset him was being in the chair. A landscaper comes by and this poor guy does not even get some before he gets killed like the gardener at least did. Then the film wraps up as the woman’s psychiatrist learns the awful truth tells the hubby to stay away from his wife as much as possible and the hubby proceeds to not heed the doctor’s advice, but I am sure even the psychiatrist did not foresee her turning into a demon and ripping the husband’s chest with killer boobies.

Yes, this movie was a fun watch, the kills rather good and some interesting moments and moments of hilarity both intentional and not. Just tighten it up and remove the husband-and-wife dance scene and I would have given this film a higher score. This film though is not to be confused with the other “Mausoleum” movie made around the same time; it though is more commonly known now as “One Dark Night” I believe.

Both though could feel comfortable calling their movies mausoleum as they both do feature said place quite a bit. It is more of the catalyst though in this film, while in that one it is more of the setting. Want to watch that one again so I can review it again more accurately, this one though was a trip.