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Body Bags

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Overview

Horror virtuoso John Carpenter hosts this goofy horror anthology, originally produced for Showtime as a gory stepchild of HBO's Tales from the Crypt series. Playing an emaciated, eye-rolling "coroner," John introduces the audience to a triptych of creepy vignettes in the EC horror-comics mode while paddling about in the guts of assorted cadavers and cracking jokes more gag-inducing than anything oozing on the slab. Two of the stories are directed by Carpenter himself: "The Gas Station" is a retread (pun intended) of Halloween-style scare tactics as a pretty gas-station attendant watches various oddballs pass by her window after hearing that an escaped killer is on the loose; "Hair" is a morbid, hilarious look at man's obsession with his own virility in which Stacy Keach turns to a bizarre hair-growth clinic (run by David Warner & Debbie Harry) which promises instant results, but at a horrific price. The third segment, directed by Tobe Hooper, involves a baseball player (Mark Hamill) who receives an eye transplant after a car accident and soon begins having optical flashbacks revealing (you guessed it) the identity and tendencies of the eye's former owner -- a serial killer. The second segment is by far the most entertaining, featuring a wonderfully neurotic performance by Keach, but the first and last chapters are too derivative to offer much for the discriminating horror buff, although the same fans will enjoy several cute cameos from other genre directors, including Wes Craven, Sam Raimi and Roger Corman.

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Product Details

Release Date:	11/12/2013
UPC:	0826663144390
Original Release:	1993
Rating:	NR
Source:	Shout Factory
Region Code:	A1
Time:	1:35:00

Special Features

Audio Commentary with Director John Carpenter and Actor Robert Carradine on "The Gas Station"; Audio Commentary with Director John Carpenter and Actor Stacy Keach on "Hair"; Audio Commentary with Producer Sandy King and Justin Beahm on "Eye"; Unzipping Body Bags featurette with John Carpenter, Producer Sandy King and actors Stacy Keach and Robert Carradine; Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Mark Hamill	Brent
Deborah Harry	The Nurse
Wes Craven	Pasty Faced Man
Roger Corman	Dr. Bregman
Sam Raimi	Bill - Dead Attendant
Tobe Hooper	Man #2
Stacy Keach	Richard
David Warner	Dr. Lock
John Carpenter	Coroner
David Naughton	Pete
Charles Napier	Manager
Sean McClory	Minister
Kim Alexis	Woman
Eddie Velez	Player
Gregory Nicotero	Man with Dog
Twiggy	Cathy
John Agar	Dr. Lang
Molly Cheek	Divorcee
Alex Datcher	Anne
Bebe Drake	Nurse
Robert Carradine	Bill
Peter Jason	Gent
Tom Arnold	Man #1
Sheena Easton	Megan
Lucy Boryer	Peggy
George "Buck" Flower	Stranger

Technical Credits

John Carpenter	Director,Score Composer,Executive Producer
Tobe Hooper	Director
Dan Angel	Co-producer,Executive Producer
Billy Brown	Screenwriter
Howard Jensen	Special Effects
Gary B. Kibbe	Cinematographer
Sandy King	Executive Producer
Jim Lang	Score Composer
Daniel Lomino	Production Designer
Claudia Rebar	Set Decoration/Design
Edward Warschilka	Editor

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Body Bags
1. Chapter 1 [6:14]
2. Chapter 2 [7:30]
3. Chapter 3 [6:50]
4. Chapter 4 [6:03]
5. Chapter 5 [6:31]
6. Chapter 6 [9:02]
7. Chapter 7 [6:12]
8. Chapter 8 [6:46]
9. Chapter 9 [:01]
10. Chapter 10 [9:22]
11. Chapter 11 [8:33]
12. Chapter 12 [10:40]