Morgue

This is every nightshiftworkers nightmare come alive, as you will reap as you saw, of whatever reason that may be, that usually gives you bad conciense or bad dreams inbetween. Because preaction become post mortem can take many directions and delutions are just one of them.

I shall not spoil the story segments, because the script isnt more than an a- writte page, but were the instructional directions may fill 30 pages of jump scare horrors. Its a small cast, paraguayan horror movie, that will be a hard hill to climb for everyone having a weak fear bladder, so do take precautionary actions and wear an ''up and go'' because its good sound and visionary well made jumpscares in this one. Might fell a little slow and you might sense some of the upcoming events due to that but dont get too cokeye.

Its a small well made horrorflick in the spanish language, the grumpy old man recommends a look.

Night shifts are scary enough, let alone being alone in a morgue as well. But is Diego really alone? Well, he also has a gun so he'll probably be fine?!

If you're tired of the Hollywood machine's output, horror movies from around the world can offer a slightly different experience. In most cases this is true, however Morgue seems to have a little trouble finding it's own voice and instead takes a leaf out of the Paranormal Activity playbook. Not that there's nothing to like here, the script is good, the atmosphere is quite creepy and there are some genuinely unnerving scenes.

Overall, if you like low-budget horror about secluded locations, you can do a lot worse than Morgue.

Diego Martínez is selfish and has no money. His girlfriend is concerned with his roaming eyes. He kills a pedestrian with his car in a hit-and-run. He gets a call from his boss. He has been assigned to guard a mostly empty hospital. There is one body in the morgue which presumably is the guy he ran over with his car.

This is a limited horror indie. The production is very limited. They probably had an empty building for a few nights and ran with this horror idea. I really like some of the ideas like catching the dead ghost in the background. The naked ghosts are very creepy. It's all very spooky. At the end of the day, this is limited. It has only one main character. There are no great special effects. It's really a Twilight Zone episode. It's a campfire ghost story. Even at less than ninety minutes, it does go on too long.

Morgue is a film that in my opinion suffered from the lack of a bigger budget and a better execution. The script is pretty good and the lead actor does it pretty well. The ending may for many be unexpected and to some extent quite original. Being Paraguayan and knowing how much it costs to make a film in my country, I just want to take the opportunity to congratulate the creators of the film, they did a great job. And for those who want to see more films from my country, I recommend "7 Cajas" which in my opinion is one of the best films I have seen in my life and I am not saying it because it is from my country but because it really is a film with a script and a very original execution.

Following a string of bad luck, a down-on-his-luck young man accepts a job as a security guard at a morgue and happily accepts the job, but the more he stays there the more he comes to believe that something might not like his presence at the location and tries to get out of the building alive.

For the most part, this was a rather impressive genre outing. When this one works rather well is the general atmosphere and eerieness of the location which is milked rather effectively. Given the already uneasy feeling and tone found in the location to begin with, the turn into a full-on genre effort is quite effective a the scenes playing with him are incredibly effective. The desolate nature of everything and the near-total silence a he wanders around checking on things and encountering the creaking doors, shadows running by in the background or the limbs of the deceased falling out from under the cloth on the gurney are all utilized to bring together an effective and wholly chilling atmosphere. This atmosphere is then utilized incredibly effectively to generate some rather impressive and fun encounters with supernatural entities. The initial scenes of him thinking that something's in there after looking at security camera footage or the selfies he takes on his phone start things off nicely, while the main confrontation is the big selling point here with the chase through the morgue's hallways tending to the trespassing vagrant. This becomes fun with the zooming chases and the shocking discovery that adds a wholly different dimension to the situation which is then carried along throughout the rest of the film carrying into a highly effective and chilling finale. These factors manage to hold this one up the most as there are a few issues to be had here. One of the biggest problems is the fact that this one decides to spend so much time on the build-up of his bad luck that it doesn't generate any kind of overt genre atmosphere for a while into the movie. The scenes of him getting stuck in the city with a crummy car that doesn't run, the inability to find a job and the demanding girlfriend who's completely unreasonable and mistrusting of his explanations don't do much to enhance the atmosphere of the film until he's already at the facility which in a film of this length doesn't generate any real interest since the point's already been made. The other slight issue with the film is the general lack of threatening actions carried out by the figures inside the building, which is rather curious. Rather than spend the time doing something to demonstrate their unpleasant attitude towards his presence there, the whole thing revolves around the eeriness of the building and how whether he's seeing things or not which doesn't have the intensity it should towards the latter half when they just uncharacteristically begin playing with him. It all feels out of order with how they acted towards him to begin with and sticks out rather obviously with how they suddenly begin tormenting him psychologically, so even though the action has a lot to like it's all the intent behind it. These factors bring the film down.

Rated Unrated/R: Language and Violence.