Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Pretty Good

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

This 1983 horror film begins at a cemetery where a young girl attends her mother's funeral and is tempted to enter a mausoleum where a demonic spirit possesses her. Years later, she still has flashbacks of that moment and the demon in her starts to break loose. Her husband starts to see a bit of a change in her behavior and confides in her psychiatrist to help her. This isn't that bad, except for some of the acting, the leading lady, Bobbie Bresee is not only very attractive, but does a decent job and some make-up is pretty good, but a bit cheesy in places. Give this a try if you're into supernatural horror flicks.

Shrouded in fog and subject to constant violent thunderstorms (despite being situated in an otherwise very sunny and pleasant looking cemetery), the Nomed (oooh, how clever is that?) family mausoleum would probably be the last place I would choose to enter if my lineage was cursed by demonic possession. However, after fleeing her mother's funeral, Young Susan Walker Farrell happily seeks solitude in the spooky burial chamber, and becomes a host for the creature that resides within.Years later, and the demon finally makes its presence known, turning the now married Susan (played by busty-but-otherwise-talentless starlet Bobbie Bresee) into a glowing-eyed, murderous nymphomaniac. After sleeping with and killing her gardener, bumping off a delivery boy, ripping her aunt apart, dropping a guy over a balcony in a shopping mall, scaring off the comic-relief home help (a crazy black housemaid who constantly jibber jabbers to herself), and partially devouring her husband with her slavering demonic breasts (I kid you not), Susan is saved by her shrink, who places a crown of thorns on her head, causing the monster within to crawl back to its crypt.Mausoleum, as you can probably tell from my description, is a rather crappy horror that lacks anything even remotely resembling a coherent and logical plot. It is laden with abysmal visual FX and make-up, loaded with genre clichés (fog, thunder and lightning, rats, cobwebs etc.), features tons of terrible acting, and, despite some very cheesy moments, is pretty dull viewing.Bresee gets her tits out quite a lot to try and compensate somewhat for her dreadful performance, but, even if she had done an explicit nude gymnastic routine in a hall of mirrors, it wouldn't have been enough to save the film from being a major waste of time. A dreadful twist/surprise ending (which also makes absolutely no sense) leaves viewers wondering just how such an obviously awful idea ever made it past the planning stage.

"Mausoleum" is a fairly entertaining and enjoyable supernatural horror.**SPOILERS**Following a traumatic childhood, Susan Farrell, (Bobbie Bresee) is having a perfectly normal life, according to her aunt Cora Nomed, (Laura Hippe) psychologist, Dr. Simon Andrews, (Norman Burton) and should be left alone. Despite her growing concerns that she's falling into a trap that the family is cursed to become involved in, her husband Oliver, (Marjoe Gortner) isn't too worried. When they start to notice that those around them are becoming involved in strange accidents, he finds something wrong with her cavalier attitude towards the mysterious events. Eventually realizing that it's something to do with her and their unique family history, he discovers that the mausoleum where her mother is buried led to her being possessed by a strange demon as a child, and is now out to destroy all those who anger her. Getting a handle on the situation, they try to put an end to her rampage before more people disappear.The Good News: This here isn't all that bad, and has some really great points about it. The film's at it's best when it goes for the cheesy 80s creature feature tactics. It's obvious that there's a rubber creature here for the possession, and while it's obvious, it still looks really great. With the glowing eyes, distorted features and much more in here that comes from the demonic facial features leave a great impression in viewers. There's also a lot of cheese to come from the film's deaths, which here are packed with several really cheesy sequences here which come from that sense of cheese. The makeup effects are good, with a scene involving the girl's breasts turning into snarling faces really standing out. During the early parts where the demonic happenings are confined to the different showings of that power. The attack on the house-guest, which comes complete with flowing fog, glowing lights and much more give it a really nice, cheesy feel. Aside from the cheese, it's also pretty creepy, as the beginning is one of the creepiest Gothic sequences around, and is backed up with a reprisal at the end which works wonders. The film also has a couple of really fun sequences, such as the aforementioned attack on the house-guest, as well as a couple of other attacks throughout the film which work incredibly well. The first one in the cemetery's mausoleum is pretty great, as is the set-up to the gardener one and the film's highlight, the showdown in the mall which is just superb. That one is fun, high action and much more in here which makes it seem really enjoyable. That also helps out the film's gore quotient, which here is pretty high. There's a lot more than expected for this kind of film, and there's some good stuff in this. There's a face scratched up with claws, an impaling through the chest with an umbrella, a garden trowel repeatedly stabbed in the head, being forced to scratch eyes out and having their chest bitten open and ribs separated, among other facets of gore. There's also the film's high amount of nudity, which is well-covered by those who are well-prepared to deliver it, and in some cases is fully utilized to it's best potential. These here are all apart of what makes the film work.The Bad News: There really isn't a whole lot to this one, and what little flaws there is aren't that bad. The biggest issue is the highly-unbelievable story that says that nearly all the family members are unable to understand the curse, and that it's persisted for so long without anything being done about it is a little hard to believe. That it's the subject of a diary entry that anyone in the family can access makes it all the more ridiculous, and with it being a fairly important part in the utterly ridiculous plot, that one stands up as the film's biggest issue. The cheese level could be something that won't sit well with some, and it's not entirely free of pretty lame scenes that aren't even in the slightest realistic, but picking apart the plot is what's going to be the biggest issue with this one.The Final Verdict: With a lot going for it and only a few problems, this is a pretty entertaining entry that is really enjoyable. Give it a chance if you enjoy these kinds of entries or find it interesting, while those who aren't really into these kinds of films should heed caution, as the flaws can be accentuated greatly in that case.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Full Nudity and a mild sex scene

I haven't got the slightest idea what the hell the story of "Mausoleum" was all about, but it sure was fun to watch! This is another imbecile and over-the-top cheesy 80's horror flick about demonic possession with an awfully bad script and hilarious special effects. Around her 30th birthday, beautiful Susan starts to suffer from the ancient family curse that also caused her mother to die when Susan was ten. Now and whenever she feels demonic, Susan can light her eyes funky green and whatever poor soul she's focusing on dies a very unpleasant death. The script foresees absolutely no logic or suspense, and the only enjoyable sequences (apart from Bobbie Bresee's many nude-scenes) are the imaginative murders. Her elder sister, for example, is lift up over a balcony and her body is torn open while floating around! Quite gory, but not at all scary. The origin of the family curse remains vague and the whole climax is very, VERY lame. Not even an exorcism or a battle between demonic forces. There are about a million better films handling about demons and possession, but if you have a soft spot for low-budget 80's cheese, you might find "Mausoleum" mildly entertaining.