John Carpenter Presents Body Bags was a very entertaining trio of tales . . .
The three stories were based on the remains found in the morgue and were as follows: The Gas Station - which was a story about a girl working her first night at an all night gas station who runs into some trouble with the employee of the month; Hair - which was a story about a very vain man who learns the ultimate lesson about growing old gracefully; and Eye - which was an interesting tale about organ donation which might actually make you think twice about accepting things from dead people.
The stories were introduced by none other than John Carpenter himself masquerading as what you first think is a morgue worker but you later learn otherwise. There were also a few other directors who had cameo roles in the film as well. Tobe Hooper was a morgue worker and Wes Craven played a pasty faced man. Not to mention Sam Raimi making a guest appearance as dead Bill.
With two parts horror, and one part comedy it all adds up to good fun. I would definitely recommend
John Carpenter Presents Body Bags for a light night of horror. One thing I kept thinking throughout the film though was that John Carpenter looked eerily like the crypt keeper during his introduction segments. Kinda freaky . . .
John Carpenter Presents Body Bags Movie Cast and Credits
Directed by
John Carpenter (segments "Gas Station, The" and "Hair")
Tobe Hooper (segment "Eye")
Writing credits (WGA)
Billy Brown (written by) &
Dan Angel (written by)
Cast (in credits order)
John Carpenter .... The Coroner (segment "The Morgue")
Tom Arnold .... Morgue Worker #1 (segment "The Morgue")
Tobe Hooper .... Morgue Worker #2 (segment "The Morgue")
Robert Carradine .... Bill (segment "The Gas Station")
Alex Datcher .... Anne (segment "The Gas Station")
Peter Jason .... Gent (segment "The Gas Station")
Molly Cheek .... Divorcee (segment "The Gas Station")
Wes Craven .... Pasty Faced Man
Sam Raimi .... Dead Bill (segment "The Gas Station")
David Naughton .... Pete (segment "The Gas Station")
George 'Buck' Flower .... Stranger (segment "The Gas Station") (as Buck Flower)
Lucy Boryer .... Peggy (segment "The Gas Station")
Roger Rooks .... TV Anchorman (segment "The Gas Station")
Stacy Keach .... Richard Coberts (segment "Hair")
David Warner .... Dr. Lock (segment "Hair")
Sheena Easton .... Megan (segment "Hair")
Dan Blom .... Dennis (segment "Hair")
Attila .... Man with Beautiful Hair (segment "Hair")
Kim Alexis .... Woman with Beautiful Hair (segment "Hair")
Gregory Nicotero .... Man with Dog (segment "Hair") (as Greg Nicotero)
Deborah Harry .... The Nurse (segment "Hair")
Mark Hamill .... Brent Matthews (segment "Eye")
Twiggy .... Cathy Matthews (segment "Eye")
John Agar .... Dr. Lang (segment "Eye")
Roger Corman .... Dr. Bregman (segment "Eye")
Charles Napier .... Baseball Team Manager (segment "Eye")
Eddie Velez .... Baseball Player (segment "Eye")
Betty Muramoto .... Librarian (segment "Eye")
Bebe Drake .... Nurse (segment "Eye") (as Bebe Drake-Massey)
Sean McClory .... Minister (segment "Eye")
Robert Lewis Bush .... Man (segment "Eye") (as Robert L. Bush)
Gregory Alpert .... Technician (segment "Eye") (as Gregory H. Alpert)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Martine LeBlanc .... Zombie Cathy (segment "Eye") (uncredited)
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