| R,1hr 32min Released: January 1, 1981 Distributor:Blue Underground Synopsis: Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett, the screenwriters behind the highly successful Alien, turned their attention to earthbound terrors with this creepy horror tale. Dead and Buried focuses on Dan Gillis (James Farentino), a man who has recently returned to his hometown of Potter's Bluff to be its sheriff. His job becomes difficult when a series of strangers who visit Potter's Bluff begin dying in violent and mysterious ways. To make matters worse, his wife, Janet (Melody Anderson), has begun to act ... Full Synopsis
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| This horror oddity, an attempt to update Twilight Zone-styled spookiness with a splash of early '80s gore, doesn't fully achieve this aim, but remains worth a look for hardcore horror buffs. The best element of Dead and Buried is the intelligent script by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett. They populate their bizarre story with intelligent, believable characters and dole out the clues to the film's central ... Read Review | |
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DVD Features Disc One:
Audio Commentary With Director Gary A Sherman.
Audio Commentary With Co-Writer - Co-Producer Ronald Shusett and Actress Linda Turley.
Audio Commentary With Cinematography Steve Poster.
Disc Two:
Stan Winston's Dead & Buried EFX.
Robert Englund: An Early Work Of Horror.
Dan O'Bannon: Crafting Fear.
Trailers.
Stills Gallery.
Biographies. Extreme Horror: Dead & Buried/Two Evil Eyes [4 Discs] Dead and Buried [Blu-ray] Dead and Buried [Blu-ray] | |