Bad Movie Review: Michael J. Murphy's The Hereafter (AKA Qualen)

We are back with another ultra low budget film from British director Michael J, Murphy. The Hereafter (AKA Qualen)
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Summary: Neville Harmer thinks his troubles are over when his wheel-chair bound father meets with an untimely death due to Neville's negligence leaving him with a hefty inheritance. But stipulations in the will means that Neville will have to continue to run his father's sawmill and live in his house or forfeit the inheritance. But the house has a dark history where many unexplained things occur causing many to question their sanity.
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Written and presented by Robin Bailes @robinbailes
Directed and Edited by Graham Trelfer
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[@raymondtillotson6985]

A zero budget ghost story? Well, that IS what we're hereafter...

[@ConnorNotyerbidness]

Get out. Get out of my house. Dont make me get the spray bottle that joke was terrible just get out

[@christopherwall2121]

BooooOOOOooooOOOOO!

[@rsacchi100]

Nice pun. I wonder who died?

[@TheJohnnyCalifornia]

"I did not expect Neville to depart at this early juncture..." But no one's complaining.

[@thrashpondopons8348]

My Granddaughter had a Rocking-Horse we suspected to be haunted!

[@christopherwall2121]

"I don't want Les Dawson to see me cry!"

[@DarkCornersReviews]

A joke that flies over the heads of our mostly American audience.

[@jonathanmulondo9206]

Michael J Murphy was a very underrated B Movie director

[@hanolodo]

It's hard to believe that he flew under the radar in the B-Movie scene. His films may have been low budget but he had good/decent passion in each film.

[@davidromeroblaya7920]

When you see the ghost of you dead father and your impression is the same as when you put a foot in cold water.

[@goldenboy8334]

I do remember this one. Great upload. 👍

[@briang9581]

The horror is that they have to live in a large country house with a substantial income... seemingly against their will. Trapped by the house or simply their own greed, characters that have prided themselves on being in control are confronted with the realization that even death is not an escape. Is that horrifying enough for you? Even in the mundane world wealthy people that live in nice houses can suffer horrors that appear real. I concede that this may be a bad movie regardless. I enjoy the reviews and thanks.

[@tomjohnson4922]

this is almost like a retelling of another British horror The Haunting but not quite good... but screw it I'll watch it.

[@trull122]

This is bad enough to be American. Good Job.

[@skylx0812]

...Canadian

[@chde-r8j]

As talentless but trying really hard directors go, Jean-Marie Pallardy is one of the best examples. I mean, his White Fire, oh mama!

[@rogermorris9696]

Why does this remind me of Garth Marenghi's Darlkplace?

[@raymonddaniels1658]

I remember this: My mum and I watched this and it had us howling with laughter.

[@skylx0812]

Tyrone F. Horneigh: _Do you believe in the Hereafter?_ Gladys Ormphby: _...yes._ Tyrone F. Horneigh: _Then you should know what it is I'm here after._ Gladys Ormphby: *Whack! with her giant purse

[@tmrezzek5728]

A tip of the hat to Michael J. Murphy! Murphy, Ed Wood, Don Dohler, Ray Dennis Steckler...makers of bizarre, no-budget films but I give them 100% respect for going out and making movies instead of just sitting around, talking about doing so. Alas, this maverick spirit seems to be nearly extinct, but we still have New Jersey's WILLIAM HELLFIRE (The Duct Tape Killer, 1998; The Devil's Bloody Playthings, 2005) who's been cranking 'em out since 1996 and still going!

[@stillhuntre55]

Gotta give the folks like Murphy credit - they were out there living their best life! I have to answer to a department head, a floor manager, a store manager, and owner. Maybe I have enough to make a movie?

[@varanid9]

Chopping Mall

[@stillhuntre55]

@@varanid9 LOL

[@chucklivid]

I'm really enjoying Michael J. Murphy's Indicator box set.

[@xkumanekox]

This movie has an early 80s Peter Jackson vibes about it. If Peter Jackson had absolutely $0 to begin with.

[@varanid9]

And 0 talent.

[@slangislayer]

Thankfully he didn't need any $ They gave him some NZD😂

[@shannondore]

Ed Wood will always be the master of the "God love 'em for trying" director's. And this movie doesn't look that bad and also looks really bad but I like bad movies so I'm on the hunt for this one.

[@euansmith3699]

Hereafter? Whereafter? Thereafter? Michael J Murphy sounds like Ed Wood, but without the latter's talent 😄😄😄

[@freakyzed8467]

Haunting a rocking horse seems like a waste of a perfectly good afterlife.

[@timtheskeptic1147]

Probably should have possessed something with opposable thumbs that couldn't be stopped by a closed door.

[@GleeChan]

The thing is, I can see elements here that could make a good movie. Some re-writes could solve a lot of weird plotholes.

[@doublep1980]

Fun Fact: "Qualen" in German means "agony" ( or rather it´s the plural form of it), which is very fitting for describing what everyone unlucky enough to watch this, is going through.

[@glenmcculla6843]

Andy Milligan would have to be top of the list of zero talent persistent cinematic offenders as far as I'm concerned. Tragically, I'm addicted to his baffling excretions.

[@AmityvilleFan]

Obviously: Neil Breen. And don't forget whoever made Suburban Sasquatch.

[@buzzawuzza3743]

If Murphy had tried even harder he could have made this film much dumber. It needed a really dopey local cop who could have suspected the wrong person. Or suspected the house itself!

[@euansmith3699]

PC Plod, "Okay, 'ouse; I'll stand none o' yer funny business. Let's see what a night in the cells will do fer yer disposition. Come along, now; you don't want me to add resisting to yer current crimes."

[@fredflintstone7943]

Richard Harris was brilliant! Movie star, Broadway star and pop star. "Someone left a clown out in the rain" was a huge hit for him!

[@leebritnell2405]

A cake out in the rain,methinks.

[@rsacchi100]

Yes, it's horrible living in a large house that you have to maintain with nothing but tons of money to help you.

[@JoeyXSmith]

"But why did you have to kill her?" I dont know why, but low-key tone delivery with the British accent just made burst out laughing. Are you sure this wasn't directed by Garth Marenghi? This screams Tommy Wiseau levels of its so bad it good type of film for me.

[@Cameroo]

Man. Being able to live a life of relative ease and with the caveat of only getting to go on a vacation 1 month out of the year seems like an amazingly low bar to be upset about. The rich really are different.

[@nedludd7622]

"Once again Neville is disturbed by banging." A guddun.

[@alandhopewell]

Without doubt, my choice for entertaining hack Director would be the late, great Al Adamson; say what you will, with the exception of DOCTOR DRACULA, Al's films were never dull.

[@beanbaka]

This is painful🤕

[@varanid9]

In your condensed version, this actually looks like it could have been halfway interesting.

[@skylx0812]

After spending my teen years watching Brit tv on PBS; Masterpiece Theater and Mystery an such I never thought the UK could produce garbage. Then I saw Primeval ...now, this

[@grapeshot]

I'm glad I don't believe in an afterlife. Once I'm gone I will sleep to sleep that you can't be waked up from.

[@mnky75]

3:36 The slightly darker, alternative lyrics to McArther Park.

[@TheMadAfrican1]

I gotta get the Michael J Murphy blu-ray collection.

[@naparry4772]

I strongly recommend it - it's great fun!

[@ajivins1]

He's out every Saturday, you could get his TV too!

[@Emulous79]

Oh my god. The same guy made something called Death Run which is a so-bad-its-good microbudget Mad Max rip-off. Just hilarious.

[@docthemetalfreak]

you may have to be on something that might be a similar name to Qualen to sit thru this movie

[@artirony410]

Glad to see someone reviewing Michael J. Murphy's stuff, I'm most of the way through his filmography and he truly made some of the movies of all time. Bloodstream, Death Run, and Avalon are my favorites from him

[@dannyspitzer1267]

Looks like a fun piece of cinematic excrement.

[@boscopappas234]

Thumbnail is cool.

[@anthonymunn8633]

I would say Larry Buchanan and his no-budget remakes of 50s American International monster flicks!

[@darkangel076]

...if only someone would curse me with living in a large country house with a substantial income. Is there a gypsy I can make angry somewhere, or...?

[@BigSlimyBlob]

Everytime I see "Bad Movie Review" I think "OK but tell us how you really feel". And you do. In the video.

[@jasonmussett2129]

The scene with the wheelchair had me in stitches😂😂😂😂

[@rotterdammer5243]

Don Doh;ler films are great! Did`nt you say, "God bless him he tries"?

[@mrgeeization]

Thanks for this. I have not heard of the film or the director. By the way ‘Patrick’ is very hot!

[@rangerrick816]

I hear laughter in "The Hereafter"

[@kpaulblume47]

Garth Merenghi based ALL his work on this flick.

[@skipdonaghue9451]

Les Dawson? It's clearly Bernard Manning!

[@francoisgermain3991]

Sounds like They used the very first draft of the ''script''..

[@euansmith3699]

I hear that the script couldn't be developed further as the house had got a draft excluder."

[@ritawing1064]

Should have got Madame Arcati.

[@Galantski]

🎶 *_Someone left the clown out in the rain..._* 🎶

[@marlasotherchannel9847]

Wow, I thought things here bad here in the US!

[@TheRealNormanBates]

3:35 I'd prefer a High over a Medium.

[@Ektalon]

No, no Mr. Murphy! It’s “Someone left a CAKE out in the rain” not clown! Oh, never mind . . .

[@Subjectivity13]

Odd choice to call it "the Hereafter," when it doesn't really have anything to do with the afterlife. I'm sure they were trying to imply the mansion is some kind of purgatory or something, but the characters are still alive. Better title: "The Curse of White Privilege."

[@D__T_____]

Is this the Garth Marenghi of cinema

[@paultapner2769]

Cheer up makers of mac and me. Your film doesn't actually contain the worst shot of a person in a wheelchair going over a cliff after all. Too bad Paul Rudd has probably never seen this. Fave no talent directors@; Tommy Wiseau. He at least wised up and has been riding it ever since. And people who have met him say he's a nice guy. Also; Edward D. Wood. I know, but he at least had passion for his material. And only came really unstuck when trying to use visual effects. I can admire him for it. I can't admire Uwe Boll as he's a prime example of 'they just did not care.' James Nguyen because nobody else in the world cares about directing traffic. And the thought that Neil Breen might still be making films in forty years , doubtless in a new humanoid body given to him by his alien god, is just too depressing for words.

[@jbkrawczyk]

Cleaver Shirt! Nice!

[@1kylecurry]

There's some interesting concepts initiated , however poorly executed. With some detail this would probably be a good remake the potential is apparent.

[@danddoty3981]

At least there were no jars with stupid lights in them. John Waters comes to mind. But he did finally move up with movies like HAIR SPRAY and SERIAL MOM.

[@rickluque6429]

That is one odd movie

[@andresschiffino1262]

Michael J. Murphy is totally unknown here in the United States. We didn't have his films in our video stores or on cable TV at all. I wouldn't be surprised that Dark Corners would be responsible for creating a cult following for his work here in America.

[@fj103]

Thanks!

[@DarkCornersReviews]

Thank you very much. This warms the Dark Corners of Hearts.

[@seamusmacaindreasa3598]

Where in England is that accent from? I'm not very good with English geography, but that particular accent is very common in Michael J. Murphy's films.

[@robinbailes5236]

West Country. My area actually.

[@seamusmacaindreasa3598]

@@robinbailes5236 cheers for that.👍

[@maplebob23]

Missed this one!

[@a.champagne6238]

Gotta go with Jerry Warren. The Fleshtones dedicated their latest LP "Curse of the Screaming Werewolf" (named after one of his films) to his memory. It even comes with free werewolf mask!

[@JeffreyDeCristofaro]

I can definitely use a seance for the hereafter of sitting through this film!

[@leebritnell2405]

Familiar with Pete Walker,Norman I Warren,etc.Never heard of Michael I Murphy.As a horror fan of 50 years standing this represents a big gap in my education.Must seem him out IMMEDIATELY!

[@BGNOLA]

Was this guy the British Andy Milligan?

[@markditoro8836]

At least Murphy did not try to do this as a period piece like Andy Milligan would have.

[@itowmyhome797]

Thank you

[@NinjaNezumi]

5:00 Make sense, providing the police are from the LAPD (Columbo excepting).

[@jim40135]

My fave talentless but love 'em for trying director? Tough call but probably George Lucas.

[@paulforder591]

My choice of ultra low-budget director would be the late Al Adamson. Though bad movies, they were still fun. 🤣🎥

[@NinjaNezumi]

He literally screams PUT THE BLOODY BRAKE ON! I don't see how it's his fault.

[@colleencrouch4346]

Wonder if Neville could have built a new house on the property, fulfilling the requirements of the will, without having to live in the haunted house…

[@Torgo-and-the-Lucifer-Cat]

Hate to say it, but this one was just boring... could've been interesting if the house had been haunted more obviously.

[@robotrix]

I don't know - ever see Coppola's Dementia 13?

[@Torgo-and-the-Lucifer-Cat]

@@robotrix yeah, that was made on the fly, beyond a few scenes it was a bit boring too

[@fj103]

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😎😎☄️☄️☄️☄️☄️☄️☄️🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽

[@tuckerbowen4626]

"did the medium not notice the rotting clown head?" most likely she was just someone they hired to pose as a medium and pretend she didn't see it

[@colleencrouch4346]

They didn’t even have to stay in the house full time, they got one month off each year to travel.

[@dbsommers1]

It feels like there could have been a good movie in this.

[@davidsimpson8192]

Was that a cameo from Jockey Wilson 😂

[@john_blues]

Definitely Neil Breen is my favorite.

[@FailSonOfAnarchy]

2:31 Garth Marenghi vibes.

[@maplebob23]

Hey! Is this The Boy!!!

[@Inpreesme]

🎉

[@dalebaker9109]

Qualen is a 15 rated horror originally 18. It has its moments. Not brilliant nor bad. Watchable. Great video top notch.

[@paulbrown6464]

What does Qualen mean?

[@michaellaplant8659]

​@@paulbrown6464 It literally means : "Agonies", in German.

[@tigerheart3824]

Neil Breen, and the guys who made The Empiricist and Champagne and Bullets.

[@davidlionheart2438]

Cor! Patrick can tend my roses anytime. Woof!

[@BabestationShow]

what a lovely review 💖