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Dead & Buried

Dead & Buried (AKA Dead and Buried)

1981

Gary Sherman

James Farentino, Melody Anderson, Jack Albertson, Robert Englund ...

6.2

2,489

Horror. Mystery. Sci-Fi From the writers of ALIEN, this thriller is the story of a mysterious coastal town called Potters Bluff. For years the town has harbored a dark secret, one that the town sheriff has just stumbled across. It seems that a number of strangers who have crossed through Potters Bluff have not only been brutally murdered, but have turned up in town as locals after being killed. Sure that there must be some explanation, the sheriff and the town ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Budd Wilkins Slant	"With eerie atmosphere to spare, and an emphasis on communal terrors and long-buried secrets, this surprisingly wistful film hews closer to folk horror"	POS
United States	Jason Bailey The Playlist	"Elegantly constructed, wittily executed, delightfully ruthless, and scary as hell."	POS
United States	Jennifer Dunning The New York Times	"Fairly standard and cynical stuff, with enough threatening incidents to satisfy the most jaded horror-film buff."	POS
United States	TV Guide	"Most of the plot twists are confusing and haphazardly developed, leaving the movie as little more than an excuse to show off Stan Winston's admittedly effective gore effects."	NEU
United Kingdom	Time Out	"Gruesome almost to a fault, but not quite, it emerges as an efficient shocker."	POS
United Kingdom	Justin Bowyer Empire	"A nice twist on the usual small-town-hides-sinister-secret setup, this offers some genuine scares and impressive gore. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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