The Film (5/5)

    Nora Mae Edwards (Elizabeth Manino) is an urban waitress, who was formerly a prostitute, and has been trying to get away from that life, and stay out of it. One night while working a shift in a greasy spoon diner, John Henry Cox (David Gregory) pops by in his limo from a small town upstate, and he's looking for a bride. Trying to get away from her feelings of extreme lonliness she accepts his proposal about 2 minutes after meeting him, and is whisked away to the town of Newbury.

   She didn't ask Henry (what she calls him, because she knows too many Johns), what he did for a living, and is it turns out he is the local mortician. Henry’s family has worked in this business for generations, owning a huge house in the community that doubles as a funeral parlor and mortuary. This creeps out Nora almost immediately, but she attempts to deal. However, secrets begin to reveal themselves, like how she is the 3rd wife of Henry, and what he does in the embalming room with the corpses.

    The Grave Robbers is one of those films that Vinegar Syndrome has unearthed that I sat there in shock of its sheer awesomeness and absurdity as it unfolded in front of me.  This film starts out strong, and continues with a vibe and eclectic weirdness throughout. The film isn't a body-count horror film, rather, it plays in the small town conspiracy sandbox, and does so quite well. The film has some great, strange characters that viewers are likely to remember long after the film ends. The writing is great, and the dialogue is top notch with a lot of memorable dialogue.  

    The third act of the film changes pace quite a bit, and deals with Nora’s' attempted escape from the town. At this point it drives up the suspense elements and also the vast conspiracy vibe to create something that is running on all cylinders. If a viewer was just passively experiencing the Grave Robber's weirdness before this point, the third act should grab them through to the end.

Audio/Video (4/5)

    Vinegar Syndrome presents the Grave Robbers in a splendid 1:85:1 1080p AVC encoded transfer preserving the OAR of the fim. Everything looks quite solid here with no apparently issues.  Detail is excellent, textures are film like and natural, there is an organic grain structure present throughout the film.  I did not detect any issues throughout my viewing.

    Audio is handled by a DTS-HD mono track in English. Everything here sounds quite clear, with dialogue and score coming through quite strong.

Extras (3/5)

    Vinegar Syndrome provides a commentary track by Joe Rubin and director Straw Weisman. We also are treated to an 18 minute interview with Weisman, a director's introduction, and a trailer.

Overall

    You need to get this film into your eyeballs NOW! The Grave Robbers is one of those Vinegar Syndrome discoveries that I will be telling people to watch 5 years from now, it's a weird small town horror film, that immediately charmed it's way into my horror-loving heart. The Blu-ray looks and sound fantastic, and has some solid extras, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.