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No avid gorehound or SFX artist has seen the movie Laid to Rest and thought the kills were badly done. If you did, then reread the first part of my sentence. There are two movies in the series, and there would have been a third had director and creator Robert Green Hall not passed away in 2021.
These two films, Laid to Rest and ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest II are brutal slashers, showcasing realistic kills that are so gory and surprising it’s a wonder how they got an R rating and not an NR. It’s so bad that Germany removed 18 seconds of violence to meet their adult rating system. There are unrated director’s cuts that you can find if you want to further your curiosity.
The original R-rated movies are available on Tubi now.
As stated before, these films were directed by the late Robert Hall, a special effects makeup artist and a musician in his spare time. His work can be seen in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Vacancy (2007), The Crazies (2010), and Quarantine 2 (2011).
In almost the same vein as Damien Leone’s Terrifier movies, Laid to Rest was built around showcasing extremely gory practical effects. Leone, like Hall, has a background in the art and brings that into his own successful slasher series.
That being said, the Laid to Rest films aren’t particularly great when it comes to writing. Their plots have some questionable choices, and maybe the acting could have used some polish. But you don’t watch these types of movies for realism, you most likely are going to turn these on to ogle at the mastery of the special effects. They’re slashers through and through, but still entertaining and original enough to keep you watching until the final fade out.
If you haven’t seen them yet, it might be worth your while if you’re going through a particularly bad horror movie dry spell. Both are available on Tubi which is a free movie streaming service that only asks you to endure a few commercials during the runtime.