Orozco the Embalmer

Orozco the Embalmer (2001)

Radar 45Slightly unusual1h 32mDocumentary · Horror

The Radar read

A middle-of-the-pack signal worth a look, though the rating rests on a thin sample, so treat it as provisional.

Synopsis

In 1996, Tsurisaki Kiyotaka, one of Japan’s most infamous death photographers, ventured into the center of Hell itself - the Rue Morgue neighborhood of Bogota, Colombia. With death and murder rampant, the corpses eventually find their way to embalmer Froilan Orozco, who has been tending the dead for over 50 years. We watch as bodies are brought in to his shop and he prepares them for their funerals.

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✗ Not for kidsNo age rating on record
Scary / frightening

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Radar score45/100
Quality signal64/100
Audience rating6.4
Votes counted36
Trust signalSlightly unusual

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