LAST RITES (DVD)

Marie Fonda's mother Mrs Bradley dies, and Dr. A. Lucard (Gerald Fielding) agrees to take care of her funeral arrangements. However, when Marie (Patricia Lee Hammond) and husband Ted (Michael Lally) later decide to hold the wake in their home, they phone Lucard and request that he return the body. Lucard cites technicalities and legalities but Ted shows up at the mortuary the next morning to collect the body anyway. Later that day, Lucard visits the Fondas to request that they return the body for proper preparation (the real reason is that he hasn't staked it yet). The Fondas refuse. That night, while the Fondas sleep, Lucard's assistant attempts to break into their house but he falls from a window and is impaled on a fencepost. The next morning, Mrs Bradley's body is missing. Unbeknown to her daughter, Mrs Bradley has 'awakened' during the night and wandered off. The Fondas, however, believe that Lucard has stolen it. Of course, Lucard denies it. That evening, Mrs Bradley (Mimi Wed