Grave Robbers aka Dead Mate (1988) – Straw Weisman.
'Slave to the grave!!!!'
Seductively creepy undertaker (David Gregory) rapidly beguiles, and no less hurriedly weds a beautiful, hard-luck waitress (Elizabeth Mannino), who intimately discovers that all the grisliest rumours concerning a mortician's morbid proclivities are disturbingly valid! While the necromantic narrative owes much to cult cadaver classic Dead & Buried, Grave Robbers is blackly funny, with lively performances that recalls the very breast, or very worst of Troma. Highpoints include lava hot leading lady Mannino, the eyeball-popping practical FX, and there's a palpably sordid quality to the extra curricular activities undertaken within the Cox Funeral Home! While Grave Robbers is no unearthed horror gem, it sho' nuff 'ain't no stiff, and, happily, the epithet 'you couldn't get laid in a morgue!' can not be applied to Weisman's sexy Grave Robbers!



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