10-year-old Susan Walker, mourning her mother's death, is possessed by a demon who has been preying on her female ancestors for centuries. Years later, the demon takes over when she has married OIiver Farrell and entered psychoanalysis.
Mausoleum is a 1983 American supernatural horror film directed by Michael Dugan and starring Bobbie Bresee, Marjoe Gortner, Norman Burton, and LaWanda Page. That's right mother fucking Aunt Esther (LaWanda Page) is in this film. Watch it sucker. The plot follows a young woman who becomes possessed by the same demon that killed her mother.
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| My tits will eat you. |
Ex-Playboy bunny Bobbie Bresee offers a decent performance, but it's made abundantly clear throughout the movie that the film-makers' primary emphasis is on her multiple nude scenes. The set-ups for the murders are so transparent that they play out like scenes from a porno script, particularly the arrival of a delivery driver who Susan invites in to "use the phone". I kept waiting for a pizza man to show up and ask Bresee, "who ordered the extra sausage?"
As for the special effects. Sure, the movie was from 1983, but even for that period the special effects in the movie were less than mediocre. It was especially awful watching a still frame with the eyes painted green. The film reminded me more of a Lucio Fulci film than anything else. There is one basic plot concept which is laid out in the beginning and then the entire movie floats along through it.
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| Great googily moogily! |
The eighties was responsible for some of the worst (and some of the best) horror films ever made, and this is not one of the best! To pretend Mausoleum is a great work of art would be misguided, but if you can bring yourself down to the film's silly, trashy wavelength, I have a hard time believing you won't find anything to enjoy about this movie. Some of the effects are inventive and Bobbie Bresee is fun to watch as she switches from kind to demonic throughout the film.
Trivia
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| No more grievin', I'm leavin'! |
Trivia
It was produced by the "Yuppie Don" Michael Franzese, former capo of the Colombo crime family. It was allegedly a form of money laundering. Wether it was a passion for film or simply a business venture is unknown.
The scleral contact lenses that Bobbie Bresee had to wear during some possessed scenes damaged her eyes. This damage resulted in her filming some scenes towards the beginning of the film without her eyesight.
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| There's some strange shit goin' on in this house! |
Laura Hippe who plays the aunt of Bobbie Bersee's character is 3 years younger than she is.
When BCI Eclipse obtained the DVD rights to the film, they couldn't find any original elements to transfer. Forced to use a damaged print, BCI decided to release it as a double feature.On the DVD commentary,
Bobbie Bresee revealed that producers set up bleachers for crew members to watch the filming of her sex scene.
The car driven by Oliver Farrell is a 1980 Bradley GTElectric. It was a fully electric motor, the main battery bank was made up of 16 6-volt batteries connected in series for a total of 96 volts. A switch inside the car allowed the driver to switch from 'Boost' mode, which delivered the full 96 volts to the motor for extra power, to 'Cruise' mode, which reduced motor voltage to 48 volts and extended the driving range.
The car driven by Oliver Farrell is a 1980 Bradley GTElectric. It was a fully electric motor, the main battery bank was made up of 16 6-volt batteries connected in series for a total of 96 volts. A switch inside the car allowed the driver to switch from 'Boost' mode, which delivered the full 96 volts to the motor for extra power, to 'Cruise' mode, which reduced motor voltage to 48 volts and extended the driving range.
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Laura Hippe's last film.
Production on this film began in February 1981.
Make-up artist John Carl Buechler brought a sketch pad to his job interview for this film.
Final film of Cathi Peyton Erman.
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