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.

FEATURES:

• 1. Preserved from the original 1” tape master
• 2. Video introduction by director S. Torriano Berry
• 3. Q&A with Berry
• 4. Archival behind the scenes featurette
• 5. Original trailers
• 6. EMBALMER: EARLY CUT, a previously unreleased version
• 7. Short films from Berry: IN THE HOLE (1984), DAY OF THE CROW'S CALL (1986), EUPHRATES AWAKENING (1992)
• 8. Bonus movie: THE BLACK BEYOND (1985-92), Berry's previously unreleased shot-on-video sci-fi/horror anthology
• 9. THE BLACK BEYOND news segment

EMBALMER - BLU-RAY