The Mortuary Assistant [Movie Review]

The Mortuary Assistant [Movie Review] | Hooray for another video game adaptation. I have never played the game this film is based on, but the moment I heard it was a horror title, my curiosity kicked in. That alone was enough reason for me to give it a watch.

How well does it actually work as a film?

SYNOPSIS

The Mortuary Assistant (2026) Trivia

• Starring: Willa Holland & Paul Sparks
• Director: Jeremiah Kipp
• Producer: Patrick Ewald & Cole Payn
• Production Company: Epic Pictures Group & Creativity Capital
• Distributed by: Shudder 
• Release date: February 13, 2026
• Running time: 91 minutes
• Rating: MA
• Country: United States
• Language: English
• IMDb: 4.2/ 10
• Tomatometer: 38%
• Metascore: NA
• Based on the video game, the film explores a new storyline centered on the town’s demonic entities.
• Brian Clarke, creator of The Mortuary Assistant game, co-wrote the film to help preserve its eerie tone instead of turning it into a generic horror story. 
• The film deepens the demon lore and ties the possession to Rebecca’s trauma and guilt.
• The film introduces Valery, a former employee secretly kept in the mortuary’s basement by Raymond Delver. Possessed and restrained, she is used to help keep the demons at bay, adding a new layer to the story’s demonic lore.

Rebecca Owens is a newly certified mortician who has finally found a career that gives her purpose. After completing her final supervised embalming procedure, she earns a full-time position at River Fields Mortuary under the watchful eye of Raymond Delver, her superior. Raymond appears supportive, though strangely protective and a bit distant and cold. He insists on handling all overnight shifts himself while Rebecca works during the day.

At first, everything feels routine with the quiet rhythm of preparing bodies for their final rest. Rebecca is calm in this environment. In fact, she seems more at ease around the dead than the living. Having survived addiction and personal loss, the job feels like proof that she has rebuilt her life.

Raymond calls late one evening with urgency in his voice. A personal emergency has forced him away and several bodies have arrived that cannot wait until morning. Against his earlier warning, Rebecca must take her very first night shift alone.

River Fields Mortuary feels different after dark.

The building becomes something else entirely once the doors close and the world outside disappears. The silence grows heavier and the shadows stretch longer. What begins as small, unsettling moments slowly turns into something far more disturbing. A corpse that seems to move. A phone that rings too loudly. And the feeling that something is watching Rebecca from the dark.

As the night deepens, Rebecca realizes the mortuary holds more than bodies waiting for burial. Ancient rituals, demonic entities and secrets tied to Raymond himself begin to surface. Worse still, the darkness seems to know Rebecca’s past. Her grief, guilt and trauma.

And whatever is waiting inside River Fields is determined to claim her.

Before morning arrives, can she uncover the truth behind the evil stalking the mortuary or will she become its next vessel?

MY REVIEW

What I Like:  

• The dead are certainly scary. And the mortuary space certainly creates an unsettling feeling. 

What I Don't Like:

• As I don't play the game, the storyline confuses me (keeps on going back and forth at scenes).
• Kinda slow burn to my liking. 

Will I Watch It Again: No, thanks.

Overall: 3.6 / 5.0

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