Dead & Buried
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| Directed by | Gary Sherman |
| Produced by | Robert Fentress Richard R. St. Johns Ronald Shusett |
| Written by | Short Story Author: Alex Stern Jeff Millar Screenwriters: Ronald Shusett Dan O'Bannon |
| Starring | James Farentino Melody Anderson Jack Albertson Dennis Redfield Nancy Locke |
| Music by | Joe Renzetti |
| Cinematography | Steven Poster |
| Editing by | Alan Balsam |
| Distributed by | Avco Embassy Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1981 |
| Running time | 92 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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Dead & Buried is a 1981 horror movie directed by Gary Sherman and starring Melody Anderson and James Farentino. The screenplay was written by Dan O'Bannon.
The movie gained some fame when it was listed as one of the 39 “Video Nasties” in 1984. Plot DEAD & BURIED stars James Farentino (PSYCHOMANIA, [TV] THE POSSESSED) as Sheriff Dan Gillis. Without warning, his peaceful tiny Rhode Island town of Potter's Bluff starts having murders. Strangers to the town are turning up dead. Naturally, Dan has to find out why. With some able assistance from the local coronor and mortician Dobbs (Jack Albertson), these two become more horrified as each passing day reveals yet another gruesome murder. That is actually a clue, all the murders aren't simple, bang, bang, stab, stab; but gruesome. The murderer(s) actually take photos of the victims as they are killed.
The mystery becomes weirder. The audience sees what is happening, and know who the killers are. They can see Sheriff Gillis when he is in the company of friends, and when he is in the company of Grave Danger. One of the questionable people in the Sheriff's life is none other than his wife Nancy (Melody Anderson), who has some rather odd reasons for her frequent night time disappearances.
