Body Bags

TV Movie
1993
R
1h 34m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

13K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

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"Body Bags" is a 1993 anthology hosted horror movie with John Carpenter as "The Coroner"."Body Bags" is a 1993 anthology hosted horror movie with John Carpenter as "The Coroner"."Body Bags" is a 1993 anthology hosted horror movie with John Carpenter as "The Coroner".

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

13K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

3,095

743

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 nominations

Trivia
This film features many great horror directors who act and/or direct. John Carpenter, director of Halloween (1978), plays "The Coroner" who introduces each segment, as well as directs two of the stories, "The Gas Station" and "Hair." Tobe Hooper, director of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), plays "Morgue Worker # 2" and directs the last segment, "The Eye." Wes Craven, director of A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), plays "Pasty-Faced Man" at the gas station. Sam Raimi, director of "The Evil Dead (1981), plays "Dead Bill" in "The Gas Station. Roger Corman plays Dr. Bregman in the segment "Eye."

Goofs
In "The Gas Station" when "Bill" falls to the floor after being struck by Anne, you can briefly see his prop machete fold as it hits the ground.

Quotes
The Coroner: [looking at bodies] Natural causes... Natural causes... Natural causes... I hate natural causes! Give me a big stab wound to poke at and then I'm happy.

Alternate versions
The DVD version is a severely cut version of the original Pay TV release, eliminating a lot of the more violent and gory images.

Connections
Featured in Unzipping Body Bags (2013)

Soundtracks
Almost Cut My Hair
Written by David Crosby
Performed by Crosby Stills Nash & Young
Published by Stay Straight Music (BMI)
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By arrangement with Warner Special Products

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Review

Featured review

6/10

Good, But For The Wrong Reasons

Three short stories in the horror genre: The first about a serial killer. The second about a hair transplant going wrong. The third about a base ball player who receives a questionable eye transplant.

The sad truth is that giving this film as high a rating as I did really comes down to one thing: the endless supply of guest stars from the horror genre (and beyond). Who can dislike a film with Wes Craven, Sam Raimi, John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper and more? That is incredible.

As for the film itself, it is about average. The acting and directing are fine, and the gore really starts to add up in the third segment. But the script was really nothing special, and I am not shocked that Showtime declined to turn this into a regular series (any given episode of "Masters of Horror" is better).

The disc from Scream Factory makes this average film a little something more, with plenty of insight from Stacy Keach, John Carpenter and producer Sandy King. Horror fans may think the movie is average, but you are bound to learn a few things from the commentary.