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Buried Alive

BURIED ALIVE

1989 • ZA HMDB

September 1, 1989

A young woman goes to teach at the Ravenscroft Institute, a spooky old girls' school overrun by ants and staffed by some unusual types. Spurred on by a series of horrific hallucinations, she begins to investigate the mysterious disappearances of several students.

Directors

Gérard Kikoïne

Horror Thriller

Cast

Robert Vaughn

Dr. Gary Julian

Donald Pleasence

Dr. Schaeffer

Karen Lorre

Janet Pendleton

John Carradine

Jacob Julian

Ginger Lynn

Debbie

Nia Long

Fingers

William Butler

Tim

Janine Denison

Shiro

Arnold Vosloo

Ken Wade

Ashley Hayden

Boze

Stefa Popic

Amy

Hayley Dorskey

Sue-Sue

Roslynn Farrell

Tina

Dee Dee Eybers

Yvonne

Isabel Kastrikis

Rita

Sharlene Benn

Roxy

Blanche Frolich

Miss Rye

Lynne White

Doris Raeburn

Christine Le Brocq

April

John Bruce

Duke

Crew

Production: Harry Alan Towers (Producer) — Avi Lerner (Executive Producer)

Screenplay: Jake Chesi (Screenplay) — Stuart Lee (Screenplay)

Music: Frédéric Talgorn (Music)

Cinematography: Gérard Loubeau (Director of Photography)

REVIEWS (1)

Marco Castellini

• December 13, 2025

Janet, a young professor of natural history, is transferred and obtains the chair of a female correctional college. Here she will encounter a bad adventure! Cinematic adaptation of a Poe novella featuring two horror cinema icons, John Carradine and Donald Pleasence, but their presence is not enough to raise the film's mediocre level.