Dead & Buried (1981)

Dead & Buried (1981)

Directed by: Gary Sherman
Screenplay by: Ronald Shusett and Dan O'Bannon

Genre: Horror | Mystery
Running Time: 94 Minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Viewed: Owned DVD

It will take your breath away... all of it.

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Comments: Dead & Buried is a solid and very underrated film from the early '80s. The whole style and course the film takes is very reminiscent of 1973's The Wicker Man, where a man struggles to understand what's going on around him in a small town where seemingly everyone else is in on it. Dead & Buried is also played very straight; there's no humor or '80s cheesiness to be found - the latter of which is a certainly good thing. If you haven't seen the film (or even heard of it), I strongly suggest giving it a look. Blue Underground has a pretty snazzy two-disc edition out, although the picture quality isn't the greatest, especially during scenes at night. It appears to me that older DVDs tend to look much shittier on an HDTV than a good ol' CRT beast most of the time, but I'm no A/V junkie. Anyway, you should definitely go check out Dead & Buried.