Body Bags (film)
Body Bags is a 1993 American horror comedy anthology television film featuring three unconnected stories, with bookend segments featuring John Carpenter, Tom Arnold and Tobe Hooper as deranged morgue attendees. It was directed by Carpenter and Hooper, with Larry Sulkis handling the bookend segments. It first aired on August 8, 1993. It is notable for its numerous celebrity cameo appearances.
| Body Bags | |
|---|---|
US poster | |
| Genre | Horror |
| Written by | Billy Brown Dan Angel |
| Directed by | John Carpenter Tobe Hooper |
| Starring | Stacy Keach David Warner Sheena Easton Debbie Harry Mark Hamill Twiggy Robert Carradine |
| Music by | John Carpenter Jim Lang |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Dan Angel John Carpenter Sandy King |
| Producers | Dan Angel Sandy King |
| Production locations | 13030 Pearblossom Hwy, Pearblossom, California Newhall, California Downtown, Los Angeles Woodland Hills, Los Angeles Pearblossom, California |
| Cinematography | Gary B. Kibbe |
| Editor | Edward A. Warschilka |
| Running time | 91 minutes |
| Production companies | 187 Corp. Showtime Networks |
| Original release | |
| Release | August 8, 1993 |
The first story, "The Gas Station", features Robert Carradine as a gas station attendant with cameos by David Naughton, Sam Raimi, and Wes Craven. "Hair" follows Stacy Keach as he receives a botched hair transplant that infests him with an alien parasite. "Eye" features Mark Hamill as a baseball player who loses an eye in a car accident and receives a transplant, only to be taken over by the personality of the eye's previous owner, a murderous killer.