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DEAD & BURIED

1981 • US HMDB
May 29, 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.

Directors

Gary Sherman

Cast

James Farentino, Melody Anderson, Jack Albertson, Dennis Redfield, Nancy Locke, Lisa Blount, Robert Englund, Bill Quinn, Michael Currie, Christopher Allport
Horror Mistero

REVIEWS (1)

MC

Marco Castellini

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Several murders disrupt the tranquility of a quiet town in New England. The most disturbing thing is that the same victims seem to come back to life to become, in turn, terrible murderers… It stands out for its discretion and the suggestion of atmospheres a title that in Italy did not have much success, perhaps because today, as in the past, good taste does not always pay off. This "Dead & Buried" by Gary Sherman is a disturbing story in proposing the hypothesis that the "brought back to life" dead person is unaware of their condition as a walking corpse, and chilling when it explains that the author of the horrific machination has decided to replace God purely for the purpose of improving the aesthetics of the human species. A small great cult of horror cinema that bears the signatures of experts in the genre such as Dan O'Bannon (screenwriter), Stan Winston (special effects) and Robert "Freddy" Englund (among the protagonists). Absolutely worth rediscovering.