Dead and Buried
(1981)
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Dead and Buried
(1981)
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| James Farentino | ... |
Sheriff Dan Gillis
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| Melody Anderson | ... |
Janet Gillis
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| Jack Albertson | ... |
William G. Dobbs
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Dennis Redfield | ... |
Ron
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| Nancy Locke | ... |
Linda
(as Nancy Locke Hauser)
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| Lisa Blount | ... |
Girl on the Beach /
Nurse Lisa
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| Robert Englund | ... |
Harry
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Bill Quinn | ... |
Ernie
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Michael Currie | ... |
Herman
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| Christopher Allport | ... |
George Le Moyne /
Freddie
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Joseph G. Medalis | ... |
Doctor
(as Joe Medalis)
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| Macon McCalman | ... |
Ben
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| Lisa Marie | ... |
Hitchhiker
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Estelle Omens | ... |
Betty
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| Barry Corbin | ... |
Phil
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Potters Bluff, Rhode Island. may seem to be a sleepy little town. At least for the casual visitor and the local sheriff, Daniel Gillis. However, all of a sudden, there are a lot of strange murders where strangers or people passing through are killed by mobs of townspeople. Only Sheriff Gillis has no clue to what's going on. Fortunately, the town has an excellent undertaker, William G. Dobbs, who is happy to take care of this sudden death-wave which is good for his business. Gillis soon discovers clues that lead to many of the local inhabitants involved in the killings, including his own wife Janet. Written by Mattias Thuresson
This is a real sleeper, although the presence of screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's ('Alien') name in the credits automatically assures us we are in for a treat. And this is most certainly the case; 'Dead and Buried' is a real class act. James Farentino is excellent as the bewildered sheriff of the small American fishing community of Potter's Bluff. And the opening scene, in which an unsuspecting photographer is burned alive in broad daylight, still shocks more than twenty years after the film's release. To reveal too much of the plot would be to spoil the surprise; suffice it to say that it involves a series of bizarre and brutal murders investigated by Farentino's character.
Stan Winston provides some great special makeup effects; witness the particularly gruesome sequence in which a man is embalmed... while still alive! Also, Lisa Blount appears as the seductive young lady on the beach in the opening scene (she can be seen in 'John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness'), and watch out for a fledgling Robert Englund before he rose to international stardom as serial killer Freddy Krueger in the 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' franchise. 'Dead and Buried''s final twist is really kick-ass and wonderfully macabre, and it wraps up a creepy, atmospheric outing. Definitely worth a look.