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Dead and Buried (1981)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:6
Rotten:3
Average Rating:5.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: From the writers of ALIEN, this thriller is the story of a mysterious coastal town called Potters Bluff. For years the town has harbored a dark secret, one that the town sheriff has just stumbled... From the writers of ALIEN, this thriller is the story of a mysterious coastal town called Potters Bluff. For years the town has harbored a dark secret, one that the town sheriff has just stumbled across. It seems that a number of strangers who have crossed through Potters Bluff have not only been brutally murdered, but have turned up in town as locals after being killed. Sure that there must be some explanation, the sheriff and the town mortician try to uncover the mystery and find something more shocking than they could have imagined. [More]
Starring: James Farentino, Melody Anderson, Robert Englund, Jack Albertson
Starring: James Farentino, Melody Anderson, Robert Englund, Jack Albertson, Lisa Blount
Director: Gary Sherman
Director: Gary Sherman
Screenwriter: Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett
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Release:
Jan 27, 2009
Reviews for Dead and Buried
Dead & Buried is indescribable to modern audiences despite its familiar elements
The kind of horror movie that can't be made in Hollywood today -- serious but not high-minded, meticulously crafted but not showy.
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August 19, 2005:
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