Somehow, the alternative title "Funeral Home" sounds more apt than "Cries In The Night" as for the first half of this routine horror (so-called) film there is little action. True, there is the mystery of a dumped car and its owner, who disappeared before the opening credits, then there is the mystery of who or what grandma is talking to in the cellar, and there is a double murder, one which sees a man and his loud-mouthed mistress shunted over a cliff in their car into the local quarry, but this all very low key.
Then there is the rookie cop no one takes seriously, especially his superior, who prefers to leave missing persons investigations to his cousins in the big city. Finally, if you can sit through this all the way through to the finale, film buffs will recognise the influence and most likely the inspiration, a certain Hitchcock film. The best thing that can be said about "Funeral Home" is that its ending is not quite as predictable as that of the film in question.
Then there is the rookie cop no one takes seriously, especially his superior, who prefers to leave missing persons investigations to his cousins in the big city. Finally, if you can sit through this all the way through to the finale, film buffs will recognise the influence and most likely the inspiration, a certain Hitchcock film. The best thing that can be said about "Funeral Home" is that its ending is not quite as predictable as that of the film in question.