Feature1989·25m·10.0

Executioner: The Musical

HorrorComedy

Chicago-area filmmaker Scott Grenke’s infamous splatter comedy from 1989. When five teens throw a BBQ for their reanimated friend, a singing and dancing Executioner serves up more blood than ketchup. With five original songs, practical effects and hemorrhaging with dark humor, this classic is now available and licensed on VHS for the first time in 19 years (31 years since its Cablecom debut).

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Cast

Tim Gallagher

Tim

Jonathan Vick

Executioner/Mother

Bill Hainsworth

Greaser

Dave Vish

Stanley

Jess Nelson

Tad

Tom Monohan

Father/Skip

Kim Novak

Girlfriend

Details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Languages
English
Budget
Revenue
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision

Crew

Director

Scott Grenke

Writers

Scott Grenke

Scott Grenke

Editor

Reviews

sheamossefin

2/17/2020

10.0

"They Didn't Invite Me, So They're Gonna Die' This is low-budget, SOV filmmaking which perfectly embodies the late-80's. There's really nothing like this movie, either! Five songs, sitcom-length and packed with gags, gore, singing and dancing. An executioner who isn't invited to parties shows up uninvited and slaughters all party guests. As a result, the police put a ban on partying. When a murdered friend is resurrected inexplicably, his friends throw him a 'picnic', but you-know-who didn't get the memo and made sure they paid for their oversight! This debuted in 1989 on a cable access station in Chicago and fell into obscurity until director Scott Grenke dubbed some VHS tapes and peddled them at a local comicon. The tapes didn't sell well and he abandoned ship. In 2020, Black VVideo reissued it officially on VHS.