Lots of reviews for this one, so I will just add a few thoughts to the collective.
First, this movie has one of the best horror lines of all time (this is not a spoiler): "I'm dead! I'm dead, please bury me!"
Secondly, every time I watch this movie the last 10 minutes blow my socks off, so also one of the best horror climaxes of all time.
I'm giving it 7 instead of 8 or 9 stars for a couple of reasons. The acting and some of the dialogue is uneven, especially during the first half. Also, while the great Stan Winston did the special effects, some of which are pretty good, there are nontheless a couple of pretty weak effects scenes. In one, the head of the victim who is about to suffer a violent death is so obviously fake that it takes me right out of the scene every time. If the director or DP had just moved the camera back instead of insisting on the extreme close-up, it would have been much more effective. There are a few other moments like this, too, where a miscalculation on the part of the director brings it down a notch.
Still, Dead & Buried is considered at least a minor classic by many horror aficionados, and for good reason. While it is an extraordinarily dark film, it is gruesomely entertaining. And wow, what an ending!
First, this movie has one of the best horror lines of all time (this is not a spoiler): "I'm dead! I'm dead, please bury me!"
Secondly, every time I watch this movie the last 10 minutes blow my socks off, so also one of the best horror climaxes of all time.
I'm giving it 7 instead of 8 or 9 stars for a couple of reasons. The acting and some of the dialogue is uneven, especially during the first half. Also, while the great Stan Winston did the special effects, some of which are pretty good, there are nontheless a couple of pretty weak effects scenes. In one, the head of the victim who is about to suffer a violent death is so obviously fake that it takes me right out of the scene every time. If the director or DP had just moved the camera back instead of insisting on the extreme close-up, it would have been much more effective. There are a few other moments like this, too, where a miscalculation on the part of the director brings it down a notch.
Still, Dead & Buried is considered at least a minor classic by many horror aficionados, and for good reason. While it is an extraordinarily dark film, it is gruesomely entertaining. And wow, what an ending!