two orphan boy and mike ( michael baldwin ) and jody ( bill thornbury ) notice some strange thing happen at morningside mortuary . body be disappear from coffin while a lady in lavender have sex with men in the graveyard and then stab them to death while little midget in brown cloak ( make sound like lion ) be roam about and there a fly silver orb with spike that embed itself in people head . and then there the tall man ( angus scrimm ) oversee it all . soon mike and jody and their friend reggie ( reggie bannister ) be fight for their life . the story be pretty thin ( and really out of whack at the end ) and the act dismal and there no characterization or depth and some of the special effect be horrible but . this be still a classic horror film . it take a while to get go ( nothing much happen in the first half hour ) and but when it do there scarcely a letup . action leap into high gear and there some fairly graphic gore ( include the now infamous fly sphere kill ) and there be plenty of scene guarantee to make you jump and the music score be very spooky . right up there with halloween . also some of the special effect be impressive ( consider there be no budget ) . also michael baldwin be a very attractive man and there gratuitous male and female nudity . what even more surprising be don coscarelli write and produce and direct and edit this at the age of 24. he never match it since and all the sequel really suck . but this stand alone a a classic . a must see for all horror fan . also scrimm be excellent ( and damn scary ) a the tall man . trivia represent this be award an x rating four time because of the sphere killing . coscarelli go all the way to the head of the rating board who overturn it and give it an r a rare occurrence that the rating board keep in a gore scene .