Synopsis
A woman working the late shift at a gas station while a killer is on the loose; a man who can't stand the thought of losing his hair; a baseball player that submits to an eye transplant. An anthology of terror.
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Cast
- John CarpenterCoroner
- Tom ArnoldMan #1
- Tobe HooperMan #2
- Robert CarradineBill
- Alex DatcherAnne
- Peter JasonGent
- Molly CheekDivorcee
- Wes CravenPasty Faced Man
- Sam RaimiBill - Dead Attendant
- David NaughtonPete
Recommendations
- 100
Entertainment Weekly
Gruesome stuff — and yet Body Bags moves along with such jaunty, good bad taste that it’s hard not to smile. - 80
Empire
Good, gory fun. - 75
Slant Magazine
That Body Bags largely succeeds, despite the perceptible lack of novel material, can be attributed to the strength of the assembled performances as well as the filmmakers’ attention to the dynamics of visual storytelling. - 60
The Dissolve
Even with the impressive talent assembled in front of and behind the camera, and a healthy budget for a television movie, Body Bags is still little more than an agreeable lark, and its breezy charm might not have survived a drastic cut in budget and shift in shooting locales. - 60
Variety
Scary moments are scattered throughout the teleplays by Billy Brown and Dan Angel, with a few jittery jolts to grab attention (particularly during the first episode), but the writing and stories are pedestrian. - 50
Time Out
Made for cable with many has-beens from hell. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
If you like gruesome stuff and familiar faces in unfamiliar roles, you might be entertained by Body Bags. If you're a fan of these fright-meister masters, you might enjoy the wit and style. But I'm not sure many others will, given the production's graphic nature. One maybe, but a trilogy is just too much. [06 Aug 1993] - 50
The New York Times
The plots are fairly basic, but the direction by John Carpenter and Tobe Hooper is droll, the effects are all a fan could ask for, and the playing is appropriately agitated. [06 Aug 1993, p.D15]
