As promised, every Sunday in October we are going to bring you something horrific in PopCult.
We didn’t exactly promise that it’d be something good.
This week you will find floating somewhere above this text the 1966 Horror “Comedy” The Undertaker And His Pals.
Here’s part of a description…
Mort the Mortician, and his two friends Spike and Doc (who run the aptly named “Greasy Spoon Diner”), collaborate on an interesting business model. The owners kill and dismember people – with body parts ending up on the following day’s menu – and Mort provides $144.98 funerals to the survivors. Of course, Mort’s add-ons drive the price up a good bit…but he also gives trading stamps to cushion the financial blow.
If you go into it thinking that it’s a bit of a cross between Sweeny Todd, The Munsters and the sitcom, Alice…you still probably have higher expectations than you should.
Be warned that it’s gory, in poor taste and not very well-made. But what it lacks in quality is more than made up for by it’s near-total lack of charm.
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