New on Blu-ray: EMBALMER (1996) - Shot-on-Video Horror

Product Description: An urban legend-based slasher from acclaimed filmmaker S. Torriano Berry, EMBALMER is one of the few 1990s independent horror movies that was made for Black audiences. The story follows Chiffon, a troubled teenager with a dark past, as she and her friends run afoul of Undertaker Zach—a mortician who killed his family and turned his funeral home into an H.H. Holmes-style murder castle. Shot on 16mm film with a small budget in Washington, D.C., EMBALMER utilizes a hip-hop soundtrack, sly humor, and slasher mechanics to tell a deeper story of abuse, trauma, and the never-ending cycle of coping with pain. AGFA is honored to bring this powerful chapter of overlooked '90s horror to Blu-ray for the first time ever.

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Director: S. Torriano Berry

Starring: Jennifer T. Kelly, Kenneth E. Mullen, Myron Creek, Tracey Owens

Genre: Horror

Runtime: 85 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: English

Studio: AGFA

Home Video Release Date: March 24, 2026

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Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Region: Region Free

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Blu-ray: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0

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Blu-ray: English SDH

SPECIAL FEATURES & EXTRAS

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Region Free Blu-ray
Preserved from the original 1” tape master
Video introduction by director S. Torriano Berry
Q&A with Berry
Archival behind the scenes featurette
Original trailers
EMBALMER: EARLY CUT, a previously unreleased version
Short films from Berry: IN THE HOLE (1984), DAY OF THE CROW'S CALL (1986), EUPHRATES AWAKENING (1992)
Bonus movie: THE BLACK BEYOND (1985-92), Berry's previously unreleased shot-on-video sci-fi/horror anthology
THE BLACK BEYOND news segment
English SDH subtitles