The Mortuary Assistant

What it’s about

Rebecca Owens, a recent mortuary science graduate, starts a night job at River Fields Mortuary. Her duties seem ordinary at first: embalming bodies, completing paperwork, keeping things tidy. But during her first shift she encounters a demon that tries to claim her soul, and the work turns into a fight for survival.

What hooks you

Willa Holland plays Rebecca, and Paul Sparks appears as Raymond Delver. The film is based on a video game and directed by Jeremiah Kipp. It draws on the game's premise of a mortuary assistant facing a demonic presence during a night shift, with catalogue facts noting the title's translation as "Mortuary Assistant" and its video-game origin.

Who it’s for

It is a good pick for those who like psychological horror set in confined, gloomy spaces, where a protagonist's desperation grows as the night wears on. It will also suit viewers who enjoy adaptations of horror video games and stories about confronting personal fears.