An urban legend-based slasher from acclaimed filmmaker S. Torriano Berry, EMBALMER is one of the few 1990s independent horror movies that was made for Black audiences. The story follows Chiffon, a troubled teenager with a dark past, as she and her friends run afoul of Undertaker Zach—a mortician who killed his family and turned his funeral home into an H.H. Holmes-style murder castle. Shot on 16mm film with a small budget in Washington, D.C., EMBALMER utilizes a hip-hop soundtrack, sly humor, and slasher mechanics to tell a deeper story of abuse, trauma, and the never-ending cycle of coping with pain. AGFA is honored to bring this powerful chapter of overlooked '90s horror to Blu-ray for the first time ever.
directed by: S. Torriano Berry starring: Jennifer T. Kelly, Kenneth E. Mullen, Myron Creek, Tracy Owens, Dexter K. Tennie 1996 / 86 min / 1.37:1 / English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Additional info:
Region Free Blu-ray
Preserved from the original 1” tape master
Video introduction by director S. Torriano Berry
Q&A with Berry
Archival behind the scenes featurette
Original trailers
EMBALMER: EARLY CUT, a previously unreleased version
Short films from Berry:
IN THE HOLE (1984)
DAY OF THE CROW'S CALL (1986)
EUPHRATES AWAKENING (1992)
Bonus movie: THE BLACK BEYOND (1985-92), Berry's previously unreleased shot-on-video sci-fi/horror anthology
