A bored housewife kills her husband for her freedom and his money. What she doesn't realize is that he is in fact not dead and was simply Buried Alive.
We meet a very unhappy and bored housewife named Joanna and the man she's married to named Clint. He is a nice and generally content working man who cares for his wife, but she is clearly over him every second his back is turned to her. The root of her displeasure seems to be their move from the big city into a small deserted desert town where she spends her days alone in a big house he built for them.
Joanna is having an affair with a doctor named Cort thanks to these issues she's facing, and he suggests that they kill Clint with poison and take all the money he's worth - almost two million dollars. At dinner one night, Joanna puts the poison in Clint's wine causing him to collapse at the table. He is pronounced dead at the scene by the coroner and doctor (the same doctor Joanna is having an affair with). The death however is greatly exaggerated as we soon find out that Clint has been buried alive, the poison didn't fully kill him! He manages to dig himself out and creates his own revenge trap for Joanna and Cort.
Buried Alive is a very fun and entertaining made-for-TV horror/thriller! The flaws come from the fact that it is a made for TV movie, and with that comes limitations such as budget and what is allowed in terms of gore/action/dialogue/etc. Other than that, it is an edge of your seat movie that has a very satisfying ending. Jennifer Jason Leigh plays this lead role perfectly. She is thoroughly disgusted everytime Clint opens his mouth or enters the room. The eye rolls and shady under the breath comments are perfectly placed. Tim Matheson and William Atherton do a good job as well, with Hoyt Axton in a supporting role as the sheriff.
I highly recommend seeing Buried Alive if you get the chance. It is one of the better early 90's made for TV horror flicks out there.
7/10
We meet a very unhappy and bored housewife named Joanna and the man she's married to named Clint. He is a nice and generally content working man who cares for his wife, but she is clearly over him every second his back is turned to her. The root of her displeasure seems to be their move from the big city into a small deserted desert town where she spends her days alone in a big house he built for them.
Joanna is having an affair with a doctor named Cort thanks to these issues she's facing, and he suggests that they kill Clint with poison and take all the money he's worth - almost two million dollars. At dinner one night, Joanna puts the poison in Clint's wine causing him to collapse at the table. He is pronounced dead at the scene by the coroner and doctor (the same doctor Joanna is having an affair with). The death however is greatly exaggerated as we soon find out that Clint has been buried alive, the poison didn't fully kill him! He manages to dig himself out and creates his own revenge trap for Joanna and Cort.
Buried Alive is a very fun and entertaining made-for-TV horror/thriller! The flaws come from the fact that it is a made for TV movie, and with that comes limitations such as budget and what is allowed in terms of gore/action/dialogue/etc. Other than that, it is an edge of your seat movie that has a very satisfying ending. Jennifer Jason Leigh plays this lead role perfectly. She is thoroughly disgusted everytime Clint opens his mouth or enters the room. The eye rolls and shady under the breath comments are perfectly placed. Tim Matheson and William Atherton do a good job as well, with Hoyt Axton in a supporting role as the sheriff.
I highly recommend seeing Buried Alive if you get the chance. It is one of the better early 90's made for TV horror flicks out there.
7/10