I'll Bury You Tomorrow

I came aware of this movie by searching on the net for independent horror movies, I found a lot by that way. So I watched the trailer of this movie and I contacted Alan Rowe Kelly to send me a signed copy. After all these years you really can tell when a movie is okay. And this one is. First I thought, damn, two hours watching an independent that will be boring but hey, it never was boring. You are in the movie from scene one and before you know it the movie is over. It was a delight to see that this wasn't a slasher but a dark Gothic story about necrophilia and body snatching. The acting is great by everybody. There is some nudity in it, luckily not gratuitous. This was the debut of Alan Rowe Kelly and it's a good one. Even the effects are nicely done and gory in some ways. Really, if your in a 70's mood, watch this one.

In fact, it's very gory. It is after all, a Horror film. My friends thought it was too gory for them. But I didn't think there was anything unnecessarily graphic about it just for the sake of gore. It's all necessary to the telling of the story. The acting was a little over the top in parts and some of the editing was a little rough. It is, after all, an independent film. But the story is very good, and I like the twist at the end.

I'll bury you tomorrow? -More like: "I'll bury you when I can't take your stink no more".

This movie was too long. Now that I think about it, being shorter wouldn't have saved it anyway. The acting was amateurish but passable. The sleazy, unscrupulous, doped-out brother of the town sheriff was probably the best. I found myself wondering at times if he was really acting or if he was a real dope fiend.

Here's a little preview: sick necrophiliac chick moves to a new town, probably because she was forced to. She looks for employment in a funeral parlor. Makes sense, right? Anyway, she lucks out and gets a job at one plus room and board. Also working at this place is the afore mentioned sheriff's brother who is secretly selling bodies and/or their parts on the side. His partner in crime is a transvestite (Didn't fool me for a second, uggh!) who also works at the funeral parlor as a make-up artist. Figures.

It seems like a formula for something interesting, right? Well it didn't work out that way. It was dull, dull, dull. And then some. Trust me, unless you have a high threshold for boredom, stay the hell away! Love, Boloxxxi.

The first hour of "I'll Bury You Tomorrow" is not unlike a train pulling out of the station, as it starts to gradually gain momentum. Taking time to develop characters, perhaps too much time, the almost two hour movie, would benefit from some tightening. The second half delivers some 70s style blood and gore, a bit too gratuitous perhaps, but not unwatchable. I found the acting to be overall above average, the music and sound effects contribute, and the script is not totally predictable. For a low budget movie, shot on video, I would have to call it a marginal success, something to build upon for what might be an intriguing future. - MERK

Exemplary no budget indie that knows exactly where it is going at all times, even if we do not. Most confident showing by director/ writer and super lead performance by Zoe Daelman make this, despite it's length a characterful, engaging and ultimately relentless ride. Full of sex and gore, although admittedly more of the latter and it all works so well because time has been spent in the early sequences introducing us to this bunch of (likeable) nutters. There is eventually a certain inevitability about proceedings but one is never really sure how far a scene will go or whether we really are going to delve into those little dark corners, like necrophilia or child abuse. I'm astonished (but glad) that this film has been released uncut in the UK where up until a few years ago a film would be banned if it used the word 'chainsaw'!! How times have changed and allowed us such delights as this fine full throttle exercise which whilst it has humourless moments does not clown about all the time. Excellent.