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Buried Alive [VHS]

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Here's a great one that's been "buried" in time. It was originally made for television. However, it had all the suspense/ twist and turns in the style of Hitchcock tradition. Why this little gem of a horror flick hasn't been released onto dvd yet is truly a mystery. I came to Amazon, hoping to upgrade this film. (*I still have it on VHS*) However, it looks as though I'll have to wait a bit longer. Hopefully not too much longer. This really is overdue. Matheson was great in this, as was the rest of the cast.

I remember watching this thriller on the USA network in the 90s. Haven't seen it on TV since then. This is a great triller! Acting is superb, and the film is not cheesy at all. I just wish they would release it on DVD already...But being that Universal owns the rights to this movie, we probably will not be seeing this on DVD, which is sad.

This was an inventive horror/crime film with a lot of suspense and a nice ending. Very worthwhile movie. It's too bad it's not out on DVD.

I saw this movie years ago on TV and loved it. I taped it and have worn out the tape. Why oh why has this gem never been released on dvd? I would buy it in a heartbeat as well as several for gifts-the movie is that good.

I saw this move years ago but it always stayed in my mind and I recently looked for it again. It was more expensive and I was hoping for a dvd but did enjoy seeing it again. I have a fear being enclosed but I sure enjoyed seeing these two rotten people get their due and the dog survived. Great thriller

The thing I liked the most about this movie was the in the end where Goodman got some serious payback in the most creative way.It really reminded of an Alfred Hitchcock thriller.The beauty of the whole movie for me was that Clint Goodman didn't even keep the money his wife and the doctor thought they killed him over.That was classic how he buried them both in a coffin with the money they wanted so badly.That's irony and poetic justice!

We both like the main actor, Tim Matheson. Even though he now directs movies more than anything else. In the end of the movie, good prevails over evil.

I do not fancy myself as a movie critic. I don't get paid by the number of useless words I write/spew; I won't use a lot of words and say nothing. The idea of killing someone with poison from a fish is not a bad idea. If this were to happen in a restaurant, a law suit would bring forth lots of money. However, doing it at home to your husband, you have to very careful and not be greedy about the money, don't spare the final expenses. Forty-five minutes into the movie, the climax, the best line in the movie is spoken, "Honey, I'm home".

Director Frank Darabont has more skill at non-exploitive treatment than casting in this horror TVM. The teleplay by Mark Patrick Carducci based on a story by David A. Davies is thin, reading more like an anthology episode, with Jennifer Jason Leigh and her lover William Atherton planning the murder of Leigh's husband Tim Matheson. Darabont establishes the gothic terror of the title predicament, even if the act of revenge fails to duplicate the same level of dread.
The narrative has convenient plot contrivances - the haste of the burial bypassing the embalming procedure and cheap choise of coffin, rain allowing for a "resurrection" from a shallow grave, and especially the climactic house reconstruction - though Matheson's dog disliking JJL is an acceptable touch. The idea of JJL and Atherton fighting amongst themselves is meant to present them as disloyal characters though thankfully they have the sense to see it also weakens their position against a common foe.
JJL's femme fatale may have no subtlety - she has a bad dye job and is a chain smoker - but at least she has some honest moments. Matheson's earnestness cannot bring him tube empathy, and his Frankenstein-like coffin-wear scores a titter. And although Atherton is hardly the romantic type, he at least can deliver funny lines in "It never woulda worked darlin'. Too much of a slob" (funnier in the context), and "We got Jason upstairs and Cujo in the frontyard".

this one pits Tim Matheson getting buried alive and then he rises again seeking his vengence. good movie with lots of good scenes. you gotta see it, and if your interested view the sequel with Ally Sheedy and Tim Matheson as well, but in that one Matheson dies(which was a bummer really).