When it comes to good Horror, a big budget can be a disaster. With rare exception, (Most being sequels that managed to be good) it's the low budget Horror that scares us the most. This is because there is no budget to 'buy' a SFX shortcut. This is very true of 'Dead and Buried'.
I remember seeing this on cable (HBO, I think) and being totally creeped out. I couldn't look away, the dark and forboding mood reached right out of the TV and kept me in it's thrall. When I saw it on tape many years later (And finally saw the first 15 minutes) it had lost nothing over time. It had still managed to keep me interested, jaded on Horror that I was.
The film is essentially a Zombie flick, or could be. It's never really clear, nor should it be. Things start off weird and then get weirder, and doesn't stop till the shock ending. (No, I didn't see it coming the first time.)
Fine performances were turned in by James Farentino (About half of what's on TV, not counting guest spots) as the Sheriff, Melody Anderson (Flash Gordon, Manimal) as his beautiful wife, Robert Englund in a Pre-Freddy (C'mon, EVERYBODY knows HIM) role and Jack Albertson (The other half of what's on TV, most notably Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Chico and the Man) as the Mortician.
I give it a full 5 stars.
Steelblade
I remember seeing this on cable (HBO, I think) and being totally creeped out. I couldn't look away, the dark and forboding mood reached right out of the TV and kept me in it's thrall. When I saw it on tape many years later (And finally saw the first 15 minutes) it had lost nothing over time. It had still managed to keep me interested, jaded on Horror that I was.
The film is essentially a Zombie flick, or could be. It's never really clear, nor should it be. Things start off weird and then get weirder, and doesn't stop till the shock ending. (No, I didn't see it coming the first time.)
Fine performances were turned in by James Farentino (About half of what's on TV, not counting guest spots) as the Sheriff, Melody Anderson (Flash Gordon, Manimal) as his beautiful wife, Robert Englund in a Pre-Freddy (C'mon, EVERYBODY knows HIM) role and Jack Albertson (The other half of what's on TV, most notably Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Chico and the Man) as the Mortician.
I give it a full 5 stars.
Steelblade