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Buried Alive (Edgar Allan Poe's Buried Alive) (1989)

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Release Date: Jun 1, 1989 Wide

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Although this bloody, relentlessly weird South African production purports to be a modern-day treatment of the works of Edgar Allan Poe (most promotional materials list the author's name above the title), it actually bears so little relation to Poe's writing that it makes Roger Corman's Poe "adaptations" seem meticulously loyal by comparison. The story involves a young psychologist whose arrival at the creepy Ravenscroft Institute for troubled girls is followed by the disappearance of several

R, 1 hr. 37 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Horror

Directed By: G�rard Kiko�ne

In Theaters: Jun 1, 1989 Wide

On DVD: Oct 3, 1990

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Sounds like it could be good, but its just awful. With porn star Ginger Lynn, the Thriller girl Nia Long, Donald Pleasence & Robert Vaughn.

May 4, 2011

CJ C.

Just plain awful. Plus, to use the name of Edgar Allen Poe in the beginning of this poor excuse of a horror flick is blasphemy. The problem with this film is that nobody gets buried, let alone alive. This film jumps back and forth between reality and fantasy. It really makes no sense. The film is good for a date

November 19, 2010