Back In Black

OPENING NIGHT FILM

Dir. Ron Murphy, 2026, 92 mins.

Christopher Walken, Jane Curtain, Ella Ballentine.

PEI Premiere

A macabre comedy about murder in a small town where the family running the local funeral home stands to make a killing. Christopher Walken is hilarious as the foul-mouthed mortician Clyde Mortimer who bemoans the fact that people simply aren’t dying like they used to. Weighed down by the sight of Clyde and his beloved wife Autumn (Jane Curtin) having to struggle so much in their golden years, their taciturn granddaughter Sam happens upon a potential means of reversing the clan’s decline. Soon enough, people all around town are falling prey to “accidents” that help provide the Mortimer Family Funeral Home with a bounty of new clients. It’s a hilarious and sharply observed satire from the longtime director of Trailer Park Boys – Ron Murphy.

This screening is part of ANCHOR Fest 2026.