Review of Dead & Buried (1981) by Tim B — 21 Mar 2009
Old school, simple, graphic and fairly bleak genre effort. Think Return of the Living Dead meets a bit of Scream. The mystery was what brought me into this one and kept me engaged. It helped that for a "video nasty," the actors here were pretty good.
The Sheriff played by James Farentino made sure I was on his side the whole way and the crazy bitches (Blout and Anderson) freaked me out every time they would pop up (while also arousing me... that's another story).
Gary Sherman kept it pretty much straight forward, which worked in its favor. Stan Winston of Aliens fame did the gore effects here and while they didn't always work, it got the job done admirably.
Towards the end is where is started to fall. Plot holes started to come a-plenty once the mystery was "revealed". The last few minutes did get a little bit absurd, since I was impressed by its "grounded down feel" for the last hour and a half.
But if you dig your undead films, love a good mystery or are looking for a cult classic, ask this one for a square-dance.
This review of Dead & Buried (1981) was written by Tim B on 21 Mar 2009.
Dead & Buried has generally received positive reviews.
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