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Dead & Buried

1981 · 94 min

A slow, unsettling small-town nightmare that mixes grisly shocks with a dreamlike, almost absurd sense of dread.

Directed by
Gary Sherman
Genres
Horror, Mystery
Tagline
It will take your breath away. All of it.
Overview
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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Directed by
Gary Sherman
Genres
Horror, Mystery
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • deception
  • madness
Places
  • small town
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror8
Humour3
Realism4
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
horror, mystery
Directed by
Gary Sherman
Written by
Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett
Starring
James Farentino, Melody Anderson, Jack Albertson, Dennis Redfield, Nancy Locke, Lisa Blount, Robert Englund, Bill Quinn
Music
Joe Renzetti
Cinematography
Steven Poster
Runtime
94 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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