| Body Bags | |
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| Genre | Horror |
| Written by | Billy Brown Dan Angel |
| Directed by | John Carpenter Tobe Hooper |
| Starring | Stacy Keach David Warner Sheena Easton Debbie Harry Mark Hamill Twiggy Robert Carradine |
| Music by | John Carpenter Jim Lang |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Dan Angel John Carpenter Sandy King |
| Producers | Dan Angel Sandy King |
| Production locations | 13030 Pearblossom Hwy, Pearblossom, California Newhall, California Downtown, Los Angeles Woodland Hills, Los Angeles Pearblossom, California |
| Cinematography | Gary B. Kibbe |
| Editor | Edward A. Warschilka |
| Running time | 91 minutes |
| Production companies | 187 Corp. Showtime Networks |
| Original release | |
| Release | August 8, 1993 |
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Body Bags is a 1993 American horror comedy anthology television film featuring three unconnected stories, with bookend segments featuring John Carpenter, Tom Arnold and Tobe Hooper as deranged morgue attendees.[1] It was directed by Carpenter and Hooper, with Larry Sulkis handling the bookend segments.[1] It first aired on August 8, 1993. It is notable for its numerous celebrity cameo appearances.
The first story, "The Gas Station", features Robert Carradine as a gas station attendant with cameos by David Naughton, Sam Raimi, and Wes Craven. "Hair" follows Stacy Keach as he receives a botched hair transplant that infests him with an alien parasite. "Eye" features Mark Hamill as a baseball player who loses an eye in a car accident and receives a transplant, only to be taken over by the personality of the eye's previous owner, a murderous killer.
- ^ a b Maçek III, J.C. (12 November 2013). "'Body Bags' Gives Us John Carpenter at His Funniest". PopMatters.