Dead & Buried

– After a series of gory murders commited by mobs of townspeople against visiting tourists, the corpse..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.60 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 34 Minutes
Release Year:
1981
Dead & Buried (1981)

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.

Story Timeline:
Producing Country:
USA
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Genre:
Release Date:

09 Oct 1981

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Gary Sherman

Writer:

Jeff Millar (story), Alex Stern (story), Ronald Shusett (screenplay), Dan O'Bannon (screenplay), Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (novel)

Main Actors:

James Farentino, Melody Anderson, Jack Albertson, Dennis Redfield

Plot:

Sheriff Dan Gillis has a nice life with his wife, the teacher Janet Gillis, in the small coastal and friendly town of Potter's Bluff. When visitors are mysterious killed in the town, Sheriff Gillis investigates the cases carefully and finds that dead people are reanimating and coming back to life. Dan finds a book of witchcraft and voodoo in his wife's drawer and he suspects that she might be practicing black magic. Dan meets the coroner-mortician William G. Dobbs and learns the dreadful and surprising secret.

Awards:

2 nominations.

Production:

Blue Underground

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
69%