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.
Year: 1996
Genre: Horror
Slipcover: Yes (special limited edition spot gloss and embossed slipcover)
Specifications
Region free
Format: Blu-Ray
This film does not contain AI
Filming Location: Washington, D.C.
Special Features
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
THE BLACK BEYOND news segment
English SDH subtitles
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.
Year: 1996
Genre: Horror
Slipcover: Yes (special limited edition spot gloss and embossed slipcover)
Specifications
Region free
Format: Blu-Ray
This film does not contain AI
Filming Location: Washington, D.C.
Special Features
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
THE BLACK BEYOND news segment
English SDH subtitles
