The film follows a new mortician working alone at River Field Mortuary.
Rebecca Owens begins overnight work at River Field Mortuary in The Mortuary Assistant, where the threat includes a demonic attempt to use her body. She has recently qualified as a mortician and is assigned to embalm bodies alone. Primary source: official synopsis and credits.
The job introduces a second set of demands beyond the work itself. Shudder’s official synopsis connects Rebecca’s survival to rituals, her mentor’s concealed history and experiences from her own past. Primary source: official synopsis and credits.
Willa Holland plays Rebecca, with Paul Sparks also starring. Jeremiah Kipp directs from a screenplay credited to Tracee Beebe and Brian Clarke. Primary source: official synopsis and credits.
The shift provides the story’s immediate time frame. Rebecca must deal with what is happening around her while trying to prevent possession, making the workplace both the site of her professional duties and the location of the supernatural threat. These are the film’s fictional circumstances, rather than claims about mortuary work. Primary source: official synopsis and credits.