I Bury the Living (1958)
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64% of critics liked it
(11 reviews) -
22% want to see it
(1,248 ratings)
Unjustly ignored by many books on the horror film, I Bury the Living is a bone-chilling little mood piece, almost completed dominated by Richard Boone. Expertly avoiding the obvious throughout the film, Boone gives a thoroughly credible performance of a troubled man who labors under the… More Unjustly ignored by many books on the horror film, I Bury the Living is a bone-chilling little mood piece, almost completed dominated by Richard Boone. Expertly avoiding the obvious throughout the film, Boone gives a thoroughly credible performance of a troubled man who labors under the misapprehension that he is God. Boone plays the new chairman of a large cemetery; in his office is a map of the grounds, with black pins representing the occupied plots, and white pins representing plots that have been purchased but not yet filled. When Boone inadvertently mixes up the black and white pins, several of the plot owners suffer untimely deaths. Inevitably, Boone becomes convinced that he has the power of life and death--a conviction that doesn't completely dissipate once the secret behind the sudden deaths is revealed. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Albert Band
- Written By
- Louis Garfinkle
- Genres
- Horror, Kids & Family, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
Unrated,
Critic Reviews
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Ian Berriman, SFX Magazine
Sure, this is basically just like an extended episode of The Twilight Zone, but that's no bad thing, since it's like a good episode.
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Bill Gibron, DVD Verdict
While it suffers from "corpus interruptus", I Bury the Living is still a fairly decent little fright flick.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Dismally ends with a whimper instead of fright.
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Widgett Walls, Needcoffee.com
Turns out it's a lot like an Outer Limits episode that somehow escaped and became a feature.
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Interesting, thoughtful horror flick that falls apart at the end
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Cast
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Richard Boone
as Robert Kraft
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Theodore Bikel
as Andy McKee
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Peggy Maurer
as Ann Craig
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Howard I. Smith
as George Kraft
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Robert Osterloh
as Lt. Clayborne
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Russ Bender
as Henry Trowbridge
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Matt Moore
as Charles Bates Sr.
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Ken Drake
as Bill Honegger
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Glenn Vernon
as Stu Drexel
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Lynn Bernay
as Beth Drexel
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Cyril Delevanti
as W. Isham
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Herbert Anderson
as Jess Jessup
- Lynette Bernay
