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I Bury the Living (1958)
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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:6
Rotten:4
Average Rating:6.3/10
Runtime: 80 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: The new manager of a cemetery (Richard Boone) begins to question reality when he places black pins instead of white in the cemetery map, seemingly causing the owners of the plots to die. As the... The new manager of a cemetery (Richard Boone) begins to question reality when he places black pins instead of white in the cemetery map, seemingly causing the owners of the plots to die. As the death count rises, the mystery gets deeper and deeper, pointing to a resolution almost too strange to face. An overlooked classic of the genre. [More]
Starring: Richard Boone, Theodore Bikel, Peggy Maurer, Howard Smith
Starring: Richard Boone, Theodore Bikel, Peggy Maurer, Howard Smith, Robert Osterloh, Russ Bender, Matt Moore
Director: Albert Band
Director: Albert Band
Screenwriter: Louis Garfinkle
Producer: Albert Band, Louis Garfinkle
Composer: Gerald Fried
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I Bury the Living proves to be a dark little horror morsel, a creepy, compact and crisp little tale that’s half Alfred Hitchcock and half Rod Serling.
Turns out it's a lot like an Outer Limits episode that somehow escaped and became a feature.
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