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...a straightforward, well-made 30-minute drama about a woman torn between her responsibilities as a minister's wife and her longing for her former career as a jazz singer.
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At once gritty and tender, the character study features an intimate scene shot chiaroscuro on location at the Watts Towers
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Predating Full Moon releases like Killjoy by several years, Embalmer was one of the earliest of the "urban horror" films of the '90s.
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Predating Full Moon releases like Killjoy by several years, Embalmer was one of the earliest of the "urban horror" films of the '90s.
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A little-known pioneer in black horror, this Howard University professor not only directed the early "urban horror" entry The Embalmer in 1996, but he and Chester Norvell Turner were practically the only directors to provide all-black horror in the '80s.
