Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Movie Review: "Dead and Buried" 10/09/81


This is the movie review for "Dead and Buried", released October 9, 1981. I watched this on VHS on May 29, 2019.



Genre: Horror, Mystery
Run Time: 1 Hour 34 Minutes

Trailer







(Main) Cast

James Farentino ... Sheriff Dan Gillis
Melody Anderson ... Janet Gillis
Jack Albertson ... William G. Dobbs



Plot

Crimes start popping up in the quiet town of Potter's Bluff, in weird ways. While looking into the crimes around town, Sheriff Dan Gillis also notices his wife talking about voodoo and dark arts. Is there more to the story than mere crimes? Could something or someone be taking over the town? Can the Sheriff save himself, his wife, and his town from whatever this is?



Official MPAA Rating (According to IMDB.com):
G / General Audiences
PG / Parental Guidance Suggested
PG-13 / Parents Strongly Cautioned
R / Restricted
X
Not Rated


Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.

3/5 - *SPOILERS* Zombie voodoo movie. Good mystery but pathetic character/mystery building. Oh, the whole town is dead and brought back to life by the mortician who is far too eager to add to his collection.

The ending disappointed me severely, even worse than any Stephen King book ending. Like "Oh, sorry, everything and everyone is dead and you are too. No way back from this and probably no way forward."

Not that great of a movie. If you want to watch some old school horror, then go for it. I would personally recommend "The Shining" over this if you wanted an older horror. Honestly, I kinda don't want this VHS for "Dead and Buried" in my collection anymore after being so disappointed in it but it will stay in the collection for a while longer.

Well, that's my movie review. Thanks for reading. More reviews to come!



~ Gracie Mae DeLunac

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