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Director:
Writers:
Ronald Shusett (screenplay) &
Dan O'Bannon (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
29 May 1981 (USA) more
Tagline:
The writers of alien... ...bring a new terror to earth. more
Plot:
A suspense horror film set in a small coastal town where, after a series of gory murders commited by mobs of townspeople against visiting tourists, the corpses begin to come back to life. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Fantasia 2006 Complete preview : American & European Films
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User Comments:
Great sleeper horror; a real find. more (80 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| James Farentino | ... | Sheriff Dan Gillis | |
| Melody Anderson | ... | Janet Gillis | |
| Jack Albertson | ... | William G. Dobbs | |
| Dennis Redfield | ... | Ron | |
| Nancy Locke | ... | Linda (as Nancy Locke Hauser) | |
| Lisa Blount | ... | Girl on the Beach / Lisa | |
| Robert Englund | ... | Harry | |
| Bill Quinn | ... | Ernie | |
| Michael Currie | ... | Herman | |
| Christopher Allport | ... | George Le Moyne / Freddie | |
| Joseph G. Medalis | ... | Doctor (as Joe Medalis) | |
| Macon McCalman | ... | Ben | |
| Lisa Marie | ... | Hitchhiker | |
| Estelle Omens | ... | Betty | |
| Barry Corbin | ... | Phil |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Dead and Buried (UK)
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Runtime:
94 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Singapore:M18 | Finland:K-16 (heavily cut) | Finland:K-18 (DVD rating) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Germany:16 (re-rating) (2007) | Sweden:15 | Australia:R | Finland:(Banned) | France:-16 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Norway:18 (video) (1984) | Norway:(Banned) (video) (1986) | Norway:(Banned) (1981-2003) (cinema release)
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The effects team who created the "dissolving head" effect for Doc's murder mentioned in an interview that the director had originally told them that he wanted to do the scene in one unbroken shot, meaning they had to build a head that was both convincing and also would "melt" the way they wanted it to. They lamented the fact that, while they did the best they could with what they had, the director ended up using a cutaway shot anyway, which would have given them the opportunity to make the scene much more realistic. more
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Continuity: When the young female hitchhiker is taken from the truck, she is thrown onto the muddy ground. Her face is covered in mud, before the rock is smashed onto her face. Later when we see the videos of Dobb's "murders and creations" the young female hitchhiker is being held down on the hood of the truck, and her face is clean before they smash the rock down on her face. more
Quotes:
Harry:
I was just telling these guys about that accident last night. Find out who that guy was?
Dan Gillis:
Not a thing. No ID. No license plates. No nothing.
Ernie:
Dan, old buddy, with that fancy salary the city of Potters Bluff pays you, and the amount of money the state spends getting you educated, you ought to be able to find some clues.
Herman:
If you can't solve a traffic accident, what are you gonna do if a crime happens?
Harry:
Now boys, don't be riding Danny too hard. He's out to lead this town. We're lucky to have him. A Masters Degree in Criminology. Big cities fighting over him, and he comes back to his old home town to help us poor folks out.
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Referenced in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) more
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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.