Anton Yelchin's mortician apprentice gets VERY hands-on with the dead.
Wayne, an awkward loner, has just started working the graveyard shift as an apprentice mortician. When his merciless supervisor leaves him alone and in charge for the night, Wayne decides to make the most of it. Starring Anton Yelchin, this controversial short film was cut from the theatrical release of "Movie 43" for pushing the boundaries too far.
Acting
Yelchin's committed physical comedy sells every disgusting beat.
Practical Effects
Grotesque corpse effects that earned its Movie 43 ban.
Director
Steve Baker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Movie 43 producer Peter Farrelly fought to keep this in; the MPAA and studio heads overruled him.
This short represents the last gasp of transgressive gross-out comedy before the genre collapsed in the 2010s.
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