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12. Half-Way Horrible

The owner of a chemical company's sinister past dealings come back to haunt him when he identifies the body of a business associate.

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Roger Lassen ( Clancy Brown ), the ruthless president of a chemical company, discovers that his key partners are being murdered one by one. He is also told that the FDA have contacted his company, which is currently developing a new long-lasting preservative known as Xenthion-B, to announce that they are considering suspending the preservative's release because of the murders. Thinking back to when he and his friends traveled to Brazil on a business trip, Roger remembers that he offered his best friend, Alex ( Jon Tenney ), as a human sacrifice in exchange for receiving samples of the plant Xenthion-B is created from an indigenous tribe. Concluding that Alex is the one responsible, Roger is suddenly visited by his undead former friend, who reveals that the actual killer may be closer to Roger than he thinks. Also starring Cheech Marin, Martin Kove, Charles Martin Smith, and Costas Mandylor.

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