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ERA
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33 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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Body Bags
"Zip yourself in tight!"
1993 1h 35m EN
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6.2
MID
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73%
FRESH
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54
METACRITIC
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6.2
IMDB
★6.2TMDB · 404🍅73%Rotten Tomatoes●54Metacritic★6.2IMDB · 13,672
HorrorComedyScience FictionTV Movie
Synopsis
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A horror anthology containing three stories: a female college student working a graveyard shift is terrorized by a serial killer; a hair transplant goes horribly wrong; and a baseball player loses an eye and gets a new one from a recently executed murderer.
“Zip yourself in tight!”
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John Carpenter
Coroner
Tom Arnold
Man #1
Tobe Hooper
Man #2
Robert Carradine
Bill
Alex Datcher
Anne
Peter Jason
Gent
Molly Cheek
Divorcee
Wes Craven
Pasty Faced Man
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- John Carpenter
- Writers
- Billy Brown, Dan Angel
- Languages
- English, French
- Countries
- United States of America
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by John Carpenter, shot by Gary B. Kibbe. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by John Carpenter. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Edward A. Warschilka shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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ERA
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John Carpenter and Tom Arnold and Tobe Hooper carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "Zip yourself in tight!".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0106449 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
John Carpenter directs. Gary B. Kibbe behind the camera. John Carpenter scores. Edward A. Warschilka cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 133 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.
- 3Directed by John Carpenter, shot by Gary B. Kibbe. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Original score by John Carpenter. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Editor Edward A. Warschilka shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6John Carpenter and Tom Arnold and Tobe Hooper carry the top of the cast.
- 7Marketing tagline: "Zip yourself in tight!".
- 8IMDB entry: tt0106449 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Gary B. Kibbe
- Original score
- John Carpenter
- Editing
- Edward A. Warschilka
- Production design
- Daniel A. Lomino
- Makeup / hair
- Howard Berger
- Stunt coordinator
- Jeff Imada
- Runtime
- 95 min · 1h 35m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
- IMDB
- Body Bags (1993)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 73% 🍅 Fresh
- Metacritic
- 54/100
- IMDB rating
- 6.2/10 · 13,672 votes
- MPAA
- R
Awards
4 nominations total
Also by
John Carpenter
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Selected frames
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Trailers & featurettes
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Community reviews
What people are saying
- Dr Nostromo★ 6/10
57/100 A 3-story anthology presented by John Carpenter, as a guy in the morgue for the wraparound tale, and as director of the first 2 tales with Tobe Hooper doing the third. "The Gas Station" - long-winded with no one acting normally. The ending was sufficiently gory but I almost turned it off before I got there. "Hair" - The highlight story, Stacy Keach is awesome as a man who is hopelessly obsessed with his thinning hair. This would have worked well as a Creepshow story. "Eye" - Common story used plenty of times but done effectively with horrific results. -- DrNostromo.com
Production companies
Who made it
Showtime Networks
US
- 18
187 Corp.
Key crew
- Executive ProducerSandy King
- Makeup EffectsHoward Berger
- Makeup EffectsRobert Kurtzman
- Makeup EffectsGreg Nicotero
- Executive ProducerJohn Carpenter
- EditorEdward A. Warschilka
- Production DesignDaniel A. Lomino
- Executive ProducerDan Angel
- Sound MixerMark Bovos
- Sound MixerJames LaRue
- Boom OperatorScott Sherline
- Sound MixerRobert Wald
- Second Assistant DirectorChristian P. Della Penna
- Set DecorationCloudia Rebar
- Script SupervisorHope Williams
- Unit Production ManagerPeter L. Bergquist
- First Assistant DirectorArtist W. Robinson
- Makeup ArtistGreg LaCava
- Special EffectsHoward Jensen
- Stunt CoordinatorJeff Imada
- Special Effects Makeup ArtistHoward Berger
- Production CoordinatorCheryl Miller
- Sound EditorHector C. Gika
- Stunt CoordinatorHenry Kingi
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- anthology
- mechanic
- hair loss
- sinister
Release history · US
When it landed
- TV1993-08-08R
Also known as
International titles
- Sacs à cadavresFR
