Mausoleum (1983) - Newspaper Ad

Oakland Tribune - April 29, 1983

Cool ad for a really trashy (i.e. 'bad') movie. Its biggest selling point for me is that the late John Buechler provided the special make-up and creature effects. Other potential selling points, for others, might include star Bobbi Bresee going topless and co-star Marjoe Gortner getting gnawed to death by a pair of demonically imbued breasts.

Yeah, that happens.

I also recognized Norman Burton, who plays a well-meaning psychiatrist, from his small role in 1974's The Towering Inferno. LaWanda Page, best known to me for playing Aunt Esther on Sanford & Son, shows up for a cameo. Maybe she owed somebody a favor, or lost a bet, or something.

This is Ed Wood level exploitation cheese that few will find entertaining and most an unpleasant and amateurish chore to sit though. One viewing of it was enough for me, it seems.

I checked the listing for the Roxie and discovered it was part of a banger of a triple-bill. For one ticket you Mausoleum, Funeral Home, and The Gates of Hell. Although the paper misprinted Funeral as General.

Oops.

The Parkway had it paired with just The Gates of Hell, while the Four Star was showing it alongside... E. T.!?!

WTAF!?!

Although that double-bill of Xtro and The Gates of Hell looks mighty sweet...