Tim Matheson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, William Atherton

Clint is an every day working man whose wife Joanna is having an affair with a doctor. They plot to kill him and get the insurance money. Only trouble the drug overdose they give him doesn't kill him....( read more  read more... ) Lucky for Clint he's buried in a cheap wooden box and he unburies himself. Just remember, Hell hath no fury like a man buried alive!

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PG-13, 93 min.

Directed by: Frank Darabont

Release Date: May 9, 1990

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  • April 1, 2007
    Poor clint.Loving a unstable woman.
  • August 6, 2009
    Tim Matheson stars as a working man who's wife (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is cheating on with a doctor (William Atherton). They plan on killing him and they think they succeeded when they heavily drug him. But it wears off when he's underground and buried. He digs himself out and is ...( read more)soon plotting revenge. The movie is better than you'd expect and the performances are perfect. It offers plenty of suspense and it's funny in a dark sort of way.
  • September 14, 2009
    She planned on her husband's death. But not on his coming back for revenge.
  • March 1, 2009
    Cheesy and far-fetched, but still mildly entertaining, if you can manage not to take it too seriously.
  • February 4, 2009
    I actually liked this movie. I thought it was pretty clever.
  • March 24, 2008
    This movie had potential, but fell through the cracks. To bad.
  • February 3, 2008
    The story of a bored, cheating housewife who's lover manipulates her into killing her husband, but the wife spills the poison and it ends up not being enough to kill him. Watch what happens when he wakes up!
  • November 17, 2007
    I like this rather silly movie. Tim Matheson is really good.
  • October 5, 2007
    Not exactly the hight of motion picture madness but it still hasi its amusing moments.
  • September 23, 2007
    I remember watching this movie when it came out... it was spooky... not spooky any more, but still a good flick.

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