write and direct and photograph and produce and edit by don coscarelli and this doesn not make much sense but it still a great bit of fun to watch with the light turn out . this kid name mike convince his older brother jody that there be something weird go on at the local cemetery . so he and jody break into the old mausoleum and find out that it actually some kind of factory where people be killer by a fly metal ball and crush down to a height of about 32 and dress up like little monk and package up into round metal garbage can and ship off for use a slave labour in some other dimension . a dimension rule and reside over by the mortician ( know throughout the entire ordeal a just simply the tall man ) work at this cemetery . then the tall man kill another friend of theirs and and they decide to put and end to him and or at least try to . this movie have many different layer meaning and over the year some people have say that it a reference to corporate america come in ( in the form of the tall man ) and kill off everyone ( by turn everything into a business ) and some have say that this movie be also about a kid loss of innocence and fear about everyone around him leave ( or in this case die ) whatever the hell this movie be about it still great fun follow by a couple of really disappointing ( and belated ) sequel . half out of .