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An urban-legend-based slasher from filmmaker S. Torriano Berry, Embalmer is one of the few 1990s independent horror films made specifically for Black audiences. The story follows Chiffon, a troubled teenager with a dark past, as she and her friends cross paths with Undertaker Zach — a mortician who murdered his family and turned his funeral home into an H. H. Holmes-style murder castle.
Shot on 16mm in Washington, D.C., Embalmer blends a hip-hop soundtrack, sly humor, and slasher mechanics to explore themes of abuse, trauma, and the ongoing struggle to cope with pain.
STARRING: Jennifer T. Kelly, Kenneth E. Mullen, Myron Creek, Tracey Owens