Dead & Buried

1981 94 min ★ 6.4 Horror, Mystery

After a series of gory murders commited by mobs of townspeople against visiting tourists, the corpses appear to be coming back to life and living normally as locals in the small town.

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Cast

James Farentino

Sheriff Dan Gillis

Melody Anderson

Janet Gillis

Jack Albertson

William G. Dobbs

Dennis Redfield

Ron

Nancy Locke

Linda

Lisa Blount

Girl on the Beach / Nurse Lisa

Robert Englund

Harry

Bill Quinn

Ernie

Michael Currie

Herman

Christopher Allport

George Le Moyne / Freddie

Details

Director

Gary Sherman

Screenplay

Dan O'Bannon

Tagline

"It will take your breath away. All of it."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$3,000,000

Revenue

$216,166

Production

Barclays Mercantile Industrial Finance

Reviews

W

Wuchak

March 28, 2021

★ 7/10

_**Mysterious deaths in a foggy coastal town**_ A puzzled sheriff in a hazy seaside hamlet in Maine (James Farentino) investigates a string of violent murders. Jack Albertson plays the mortician while Robert Englund appears as a mechanic in his pre-Freddy Krueger days. "Dead & Buried" (1981) is a unique, atmospheric horror that is reminiscent of other spooky flicks taking place in coastal to...

J

JPV852

July 3, 2021

★ 8/10

"Tales from the Crypt" (meets The Stepford Wives) like story that has plenty of entertainment value even though it's more on the creepy spectrum than scary. Jack Albertson as the mortician was a lot of fun and James Farentino had his moments. **3.75/5**