I Bury the Living

Starring:Richard Boone, Thoedore Bikel
Studio: Vidtape
Product Type: DVD

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This is one of the better B-movie double-bills you will find out there
Great low budget turkey - lots of laughs!
FUN DVD's and the Power Of Cheese
A bargain! Pass this up at your own risk!

The Killer Shrews/I Bury the Living
Starring: Richard Boone , Theodore Bikel , Peggy Maurer , Robert Osterloh , and Herbert Anderson
Director: Albert Band , and Ray Kellogg
Manufacturer: Madacy Records
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ASIN: B00005A07I
Release Date: 2001-03-20

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This is one of the better B-movie double-bills you will find out there.......2006-01-22

There are lots of double-bill DVDs that put together B-movies from the 1950s in all sorts of interesting combinations, and with "The Killer Shrews"/"I Bury the Living" you get one of the better ones even though we are not talking about a natural combo here. "The Killer Shrews," a 1959 movie that takes itself seriously despite having Miss Universe 1957, dogs dressed up in shag carpets, rubber heads with big teeth, and an escape plan that you have to see to believe. This one has to be on my list of top ten bad monster movies. Thorne Sherman (James Best) delivers supplies to an island just as a hurricane is coming. He wants to wait out the story, but Dr. Milo Craigis (Baruch Lumet) wants Thorne to leave right away and take his daughter Ann (Ingrid Goude, Miss Sweden 1956 and then Miss Universe 1957), with him. The Doctor sounds German while his daughter has a very interesting Swedish accent, but that is not the biggest mystery on the island.

Dr. Craigis is concerned with over population and apparently his idea is was to shrink people to make food go farther. To this end he experiments with the DNA of shrews who (a) grow to the size of dogs wearing shag carpeting, (b) have all of their worst traits becoming dominant, and (c) develop poison saliva. You would think that any one of those three could cause problems when there are 300 shrews running around on an island, but no, all three happen. The number of humans starts dwindling as the shrews need desert after eating all of the livestock on the island, so everybody starts drinking more (think about it: do you really want DRUNK giant vicious shrews with poison saliva?). Jerry Farrell (Ken Curtis) decides that Ann sparking to Thorne is worse than having giant shrews attacking them, but soon sees the error of his ways and decides that going up on the roof would be a good idea. That is also because he thinks that the idea that Thorne comes up with to escape to the boat is stupid, but I have to say, in terms of 1950s black & white monster movies this plan actually makes sense.

Special mention must be made of Gordon McLendon who plays Dr. Radford Baines, the dedicated assistant to Dr. Craigis and who remains the consummate scientist even once he has been bitten. His death sets up what is probably the funniest line of the movie until we get to the end where the last exchange of dialogue provides a pretty funny punch line to the entire experience of pure terror trying to get away from the giant vicious shrews with poison saliva. There is just too much to enjoy in this movie, from listening to Goude's accent (you know it has to be Swedish but it does not sound Swedish and trying to figure out what it does sound like will drive you crazy), to watching the dogs covered in carpet frolick around the silly humans rolling on the ground, and waiting for one of the teeth on the rubber shrew heads to get caught on something and break off. "The Killer Shrews" is my kind of 5-star classic bad movie..

"I Bury the Living" is one of the best long episodes of "The Twilight Zone," except that this 1958 film came out a year before the classic television anthology series started and the script was not written by Rod Serling but by Louis Garfinkle (who would eventually get a story credit for "The Deer Hunter"). But you watch this movie and you would swear it was a "Zone" episode. Richard Kraft (Richard Boone), is a local businessman who becomes the committee chairman of Immortal Hills Cemetery. In the cemetery office there is a huge map of the cemetery, with white pins for the unoccupied plots and black pins for the occupied plots. The first day on the job a young couple purchase plots and Kraft accidentally puts black pins instead of white to make their plots on the map. When the couple are killed in a car accident, Kraft is understandably spooked. He picks a name at random and substitutes a black pin for a white and again the person suddenly dies. Kraft is now becoming convinced that he has the power to kill anybody by put a black pin on their plot.

Obviously at some point Kraft is going to see what happens when he substitutes a white pin for a black one, but what helps this film avoid becoming painfully predictable is that Kraft does not hide his fears. He tells his fiancé (Peggy Maurer), a reporter (Herbert Anderson), a cop (Robert Osterloh), and the other members of the cemetery committee. They all insist what is happening is mere coincidence, and come up with ways to test this hypothesis. The only person who takes Kraft seriously is Andy McKee (Theodore Bikel), the old caretaker that the committee is trying to get to retire.

Boone's performance underplays the part a bit too much. There is a fine line between restraint and lethargy, but you cannot argue with the fact that he is not forcing the character and is leaving ample room for the viewers to impose their worst imaginings on Kraft's plight. But director Albert Band and cinematographer Frederick Gately deserve most of the credit for what works best here with some quite stylish camera shots and a rather effective use of close ups on the pin pushing. What will make or break this film for you is whether or not you think the ending works in terms of the set up. I was a bit disappointed in this regard and would end up rounding down to 4-stars, but otherwise this is a very solid black & white chiller. As I said up top, this is an unusual double-bill because they are entertaining in quite different ways. "The Killer Shrews" would match up better with "The Brain That Would Not Die" and "I Bury the Living" should go with something like "Dementia 13," but if you get two movies worth seeing on one of these DVDs you are way ahead of the game.

Great low budget turkey - lots of laughs!.......2002-01-23

"Wa(t)ch ou(t) for the killer shoes!" says the actress who can't pronounce her "r"'s or her "t"'s in this fun packed B fossil. There is much here to enjoy for bad movie lovers: the co-pilot of the boat who is such an offensive African-American stereotype that even racists would roll their eyes, the actress who has so many speech defects that she is sometimes unintelligible ("don' you evah wonduh abou' the many unusual dings around heah? The shews, my accen(t)?"), the absurd shrews who are nothing but dogs with silly masks on them, the studly lead actor with bad skin who has the best line in the movie when the scientist, relieved that the shrews are no longer a danger, states that we still need to worry about overpopulation. Our manly hero grabs the heroine, plants a wet one on her and says, "oh, I don't think I'll worry about overpopulation for a while" (maybe not, but make sure your kids get a good speech therapist if the heroine is going to be their mother!). This is everything a low budget horror movie should be. The disc also contains a Gumby movie, trailers, and another B movie. Lots of fun!

FUN DVD's and the Power Of Cheese.......2001-05-18

OH THE POWER OF CHEESE!

I love schlock! I can't help it, I just do. I have several of these Killer Creature Double Features and I think that they are great. The whole drive-in motif and the cartoon intermissions are really fabulous.

The Killer Shrews is a good way to see James Best (remember Roscoe P. Coltraine from the Dukes Of Hazzard?) Well, this is Roscoe, only MUCH younger. The Shrews (poor dogs dressed up with fangs and long hair) are a stitch.

I Bury The Living is a surprisingly good movie and not as schlocky as The Killer Shrews.

I like watching films of this nature and these DVD's are a steal! Yes, the quality isn't there, but who..[cares]! The lines and poor sound actually ADD to the whole experience. For those of you who are HARD CORE DVD lovers, this is bad news for you . But I think that the [bad] quality is great. It's like listening to an old LP on a turntable...

To view all of the Killer Creature Double Features, just do a search under : MADACY

They are the distributor of these gems....Keep em' coming Madacy!

A bargain! Pass this up at your own risk!.......2001-04-10

If you've gone so far as to look this one up, you may as well take my word for it and purchase it before they're all gone. It's that simple.

OK, no one expects Ingmar Bergman when we're talking about "The Killer Shrews", and the good folks at MST had *their* take on it. It *is* silly - the "shrews" are dogs with rubber fangs and carpet remnants glued on - heck, you can even see some of them wagging their tails. But still, this is the good old-fashioned cheese: no pretensions, no frills, and prime material for your own riffing (or to wax nostalgic over, recalling some rainy Saturday afternoon when you were stuck with this or watching professional bowling....)

And to continue in the MST mode, you get a "Gumby" feature - the very same "robot" feature that we saw on MST! (Sigh - I would have preferred a different "Gumby", or better yet, how about a "Bosko"?)

But the treat on this disc is "I Bury The Living" - a "waste no time" thriller starring Richard Boone (looking a LOT like a poor man's Vincent Price here) as the reluctant chairman of the local cemetary. Poor man finds out about 15 minutes after being sworn in that when he sticks a black pin (indicating deceased) into a map of the cemetary's plots (instead of a white one, indicating "lot purchased"), well, the owner is going to buy the farm, and darned soon, too. Neat, uncomplicated, fast-moving: "Twilight Zone" would have been proud to have this one.

The transfers? THAT'S the surprise - they're pretty good! Oh, sure, "I Bury The Living" has some dark spots, but I'm willing to wager that the original print looks like that. "Shrews" is just as good, even if the movie is kid stuff.

So - trailers, a cartoon, and two decent (well, let's say "watchable", ok?) old-tyme "Creature Features" for about a ten-spot. That's about the best bargain I've seen in a LONG time. I can't speak for the other "Double Features", but this one is a "best buy".

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Newly appointed cemetery chairman Robert Craft (Richard Boone) notices some odd things about his new post: a creepy sense of déjà vu, an inability to get heat in the caretaker's shack, and Andy the caretaker's Scottish accent, one of the thickest in all cinematic history. Craft soon discovers to his horror that sticking pins into his map of the cemetery seems to make people die. As if this weren't bad enough, no one believes him. As Craft grows more and more distraught, his forehead covered in some of the most brightly glistening sweat you've ever seen, people keep trying to prove it's all a coincidence by getting him to stick more and more pins in the map. Though hilariously overwrought, I Bury the Living does take a couple of nice creepy twists at the end. Never before has a movie so eloquently made the case for keeping cemetery records in a text-only database. --Ali Davis

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BEST TRANSFER - GET IT WHILE YOU CAN.......2007-04-14

The Midnite Movies series from MGM has been out of print for some time now and with the various changing of the guards for ownership as well as distribution, you may never get another chance to pick up this Official Release of "I Bury The Living". Single title Midnite Movies are the rarest so get it while you can. Skip the public domain versions... you won't find a better transfer of this late night movie classic.

A Classic Of Its Kind........2006-12-17

Let me start out by saying that I use the term classic loosely. I consider this 1958 film a classic of its kind but that doesn't make it a "classic". However it follows honorably in the footsteps of 1940s film producer Val Lewton in the "less is more" category by using sight and sound rather than shock to create a profound sense of unease. It's a B movie all the way and clearly shows what can be done on a meager budget with that most valuable of resources...imagination. Richard Boone (just before he played Paladin in HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL) stars as a caretaker who discovers that he has the power of life and death by sticking black and white pins in a cemetery map. The film becomes increasingly nightmarish when Boone decides to reverse the pins with terrifying results. If you've read a few of the other reviews you know about the ending that everybody loves to hate. It attempts to put a logical as opposed to supernatural explanation on what happens much like the ending to Tod Browning's MARK OF THE VAMPIRE. The original ending (part of which is in the trailer) was meant to be supernatural but it was ultimately rejected. Despite the present ending, I BURY THE LIVING still has the ability to remain with you long after countless other "scarier" movies have been forgotten. Just ask Stephen King who talks about it in his book DANSE MACABRE. If it's B movie blood and gore you want than head for the original NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD but if you enjoy a literate script with TWILIGHT ZONE/ALFRED HITCHCOCK twists and turns, effective music, and solid performances then check this "classic" out. Be advised there are a number of low budget DVD versions out there but the one to get is the MGM Midnite Movies edition from 2001. It's no longer available new but there are plenty of used copies at good prices. The print quality and sound are the best available and give this little black and white gem its maximum impact.

Fantastic Flick......just don't bother to watch the last 10 min........2006-07-08

It's a 1958 black and white horror movie that IS WONDERFUL......up until the last 10 minutes. The movie drastically spirals downward after that point. Overall, it's a Must See!

It's the story of a man named Robert who becomes chairman of some dumb volunteer committee for the small town. Part of his new duties are to manage the cemetery, which he is informed will be about as time consuming as one afternoon a month.

Inside the cemetery's office is a large map that displays the grave plots. Plots marked with a white pin denote plots owned by living people, and plots marked with a black pin denote plots with a body buried in them. Likewise, plots without any pins are up for sale. I am pointing this out because the map is a key focal point during the entire movie.

On the first day of the job, Robert accidently marks two recently sold grave plots with black pins. That day, the couple who bought the plots are killed in a car accident. After that, anytime Robert marks a grave with a black pin, the person is destined to die. Later on, Robert tries to reverse the process with white pins...

The movie itself had a fantastic buildup. It's rare to find a movie that is THAT engrossing/enchanting/spellbinding/etc. I couldn't wait to find out how they would finish it. (And of course I was hoping to see some ghoulies or zombies). However, I think because of the great start and middle - the climax was very, very, very, very, disappointing. To put it ineloquently, the ending was crap! The writer was obviously trying (very poorly I might add) to finish it with a realistic approach and ended up ruining the entire effect.

I highly recommend watching this movie, and then turning it off when you get to the part where Andy McKee comes into the cemetery's office covered in mud. Let your imagination finish the scene. Just about anything would be better than how they ended it.

A wonderfully atmospheric thriller -- but the ending disappoints.......2006-05-03

I Bury the Living is one of many classic films that prove you don't need big money, big names, and big effects to achieve suspense or completely capture your audience's attention. I found the premise of this film quite intriguing, and the pace plays out just right as we descend further into the realm of the surreal as our protagonist inches closer and closer to possible insanity. It's unfortunate that all that commitment and effort was significantly offset by the ending. Personally, I thought the conclusion fell flat on its face. It's like going to Disneyworld, only to find a great big hole in the ground when you get there; you could squeeze the state of Texas through the plot hole at the end. I was all set to give this film five stars, and now I feel as if I'm being rather generous in giving it four.

The setup's rather simple. Robert Kraft (Richard Boone) is this year's chairman of the Cemetery Committee in town, which means it's now his responsibility to oversee the paperwork down at the Immortal Hills Cemetery. When someone buys a plot, you stick a white pin on the designated spot on the big cemetery plot map; when someone dies, you replace the white pin with a black pin. Doesn't really sound like a recipe for disaster, does it? When a couple of newlyweds show up wanting reservations for the hereafter, in go the white pins - then, when the couple dies soon thereafter, Bob is creeped out to find two black pins where the white pins should have been. He decides to pick a white pin at random, replace it with a black pin, and see what happens. Sure enough, that fellow falls over dead. Experimenting seems to be really popular in this little town, so a quick succession of pin replacements - and deaths - follows. Pretty soon, Bob starts wigging out, and the cops actually get involved - even though all of the deaths were seemingly due to natural causes.

Except for the ending, this film is great. The suspense really builds up, the writer keeps things interesting by giving you several things to think about in terms of your own theory, and there are some rather impressive visual effects. The big cemetery plot board is just weird in and of itself, as it sports some weird swirls that look like something in between a Dali-drawn bicycle and a distorted human face. The director uses light to great effect (an art form quickly lost once color became the norm), zooms in and out with the best of them, and basically just adds a Hitchcockian touch to it all.

Don't be fooled by the various posters and DVD covers, as you will find no real frights (and certainly no zombies) here. I would not classify I Bury the Living as a horror film at all - it's a suspenseful mystery/thriller. That's why, to some degree, I think you need to be a fan of classic B-movies in order to really enjoy this film. Otherwise, there's a chance you'll find it somewhat boring, as it's remarkably free of action, monsters, and fiends. While the building suspense is effective, it's not the kind of suspense that digs its claws into your arms, and there really is a sort of woodenness about each of the characters. I also have to believe that a number of people, B-movie fans or not, will be rather disappointed by the ending of this otherwise well-made film.

This is what a Cartographer's nightmare feels like..........2006-02-06

Marketing ruined this film. Think about this for a moment. The taglines to I Bury the Living have absolutely nothing to do with the actual film. The distribution team behind this feature was obviously trying to connect to the zombie fan-base when attempting to release this film. With taglines like, "A creature to freeze your blood!" and "A story to chill your bones" it becomes clear that the creators of this film did not realize the full potential of what they were sitting on. I Bury the Living is better than most zombie films and gives us a powerfully original story that will capture your attention and keep you guessing until the final moments. While most films will clutter the center of most films of this nature with meaningless love stories or idiotic secondary character development, I Bury the Living keeps us focused throughout the film on one centralized and intense character, Richard Kraft. By keep our attention based on this one man, we are able to feel the insanity beginning to creep up on this mild-mannered executive. Take this decent "B" acting and couple it with a director that knew, and felt passionate, about the story and a cinematographer that challenged the predetermined structure of most films like this during the 50s, and you have the collective body of I Bury the Living.

For me to sit here and say that the acting in this film was phenomenal would be a downright lie. This was a "Midnight Movie" special meaning that there was "B" grade actors attempting to break into the bigger Hollywood pictures. Typically, especially in today's horror/suspense genre in the independent arena, the acting is what generally hurts the film. You cannot create amazing special effects for your film if most of your money is going into bigger named stars, so this is why you see very original horror films coupled with terrible acting. In this film, it is a little better. Richard Boone is a decent lead that actually conveyed quite a bit of human emotion and fully demonstrated the obsessive nature surrounding the events. I believed in him both as an actor as well as a character. This is tough to pull off, but Boone did a decent job. He seemed like a regular "Joe" that was caught up in a supernatural force that he could not control. The character of Andy McKee (played by the energetic Theodore Bikel) was also another great character. What made I Bury the Living great was that the characters were simple, you didn't need this deep complex story to fully bring these guys to life, they did it themselves. They were fun, yet freaky instantaneously. This is a rare combination in modern Hollywood horror cinema.

While the acting was decent, it is the map that fully takes credit for stealing the film. While I have watched other films where inanimate objects rule the screen, this one was by far one of the best. The map in this film was spooky. It nearly had a face when you removed all the pins and backdrop. It felt, and looked, like a demonic face staring at you. It allowed this possessed feel to come through the television screen. Throughout the film I found myself staring at the map when the other characters were talking about the plot. The map was that engrossing and perplexing. I wished there were more discussed about this map, perhaps a back-story on its arrival to the cemetery or a quick opening on how it was made. Director Albert Band did a great job of giving the map the spotlight it deserved. He even did a fantastic job of bringing suspense to the pins which determined who would live and who would die. There were several scenes in which the camera lighting would shift, we would zoom into the marked plots, or follow the pin symbolizing death. This was extremely creative and effective tool used especially in the 1950s. It is hard to find films today that would use that type of emphasis on the elements, but Band was not afraid to experiment. That is why this film succeeded. It went beyond your typical suspense film and brought you an original tale that kept you engrossed until the final scenes. Even at that time, Band doesn't quite give you all of the truth, leaving some parts up to the imagination.

While I do speak very highly of this film, it wasn't perfect. I don't expect many horror/suspense films of the 50s to be unless big-budget Hollywood released them. With I Bury the Living, there could have been more dedicated to the plot. I couldn't help but laugh as I watched this film because Robert is causing these deaths by replacing white pins with black ones. Yet, after the second occurrence, nobody seems to believe him so they keep asking him to put more pins in. You would think that somebody would play the counter-conscious with Robert saying that if he does put another pin in the map, another will die. I think we needed a stronger bond between death and humanity. I didn't think Robert cared about those he was obviously marking for death. I especially saw this when the entire Board of Directors asks Robert to place black pins on their plots, then nearly following this horrific event, the police officer asks Robert to put another pin on the map. I would think that by this time Robert would be mad with obsession. I wouldn't think that he would want to do that again, but even with this minor sidestep, I Bury the Living is still a deeply conceptual film.

Overall, I thought this was a great early horror/suspense film that will play Parcheesi with your mind. The characters are strong and enjoyable (who doesn't enjoy a good Scotsman?); the plot needed some more work, but was carefully balanced out by the exceptional work by director Albert Band and his cinematographer. I didn't see the ending happening until the final door opened revealing the truth. It didn't overdevelop useless plot-points like love, secondary characters, or that annoying alien copout. I Bury the Living kept it simple, and it succeeded. I would not be ashamed to show this film to my friends on a dark and spooky night. For being created in the 50s, I believe this film could challenge the originality of some of the Hollywood hits today and find itself victorious each and every time!

Grade: **** out of *****

Drive-In Discs, Vol. 3: I Bury the Living/The Hand

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A Classic Of Its Kind.
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This is what a Cartographer's nightmare feels like...

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Starring: Richard Boone , Theodore Bikel , Peggy Maurer , Robert Osterloh , and Herbert Anderson
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BEST TRANSFER - GET IT WHILE YOU CAN.......2007-04-14

A Classic Of Its Kind........2006-12-17

Fantastic Flick......just don't bother to watch the last 10 min........2006-07-08

A wonderfully atmospheric thriller -- but the ending disappoints.......2006-05-03

This is what a Cartographer's nightmare feels like..........2006-02-06

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I Bury the Living
Starring: Herbert Anderson , Theodore Bikel , Richard Boone , Cyril Delevanti , and Ken Drake
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A bone-chilling story of cemetary manager Robert Craft (Boone), a disturbed man who comes to believe that he is actually God. Robert discovers that when he sticks a black pin into a wall-sized map of the cemetary, he can cause the owner of that plot to die. After several such untimely deaths, Robert believes he has the power of life and death. But will Robert still believe this once he discovers the true secret behind these deaths?

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Worth it just for the first film.......2007-03-19

I picked up this low-price DVD because "I Bury the Living" was recommended to me, and the small price was well worth the good quality of this 1958 suspense/horror movie. Although in B&W, the picture quality is very good, as is the sound, and the entire film has all the earmarks of a high standard production such as good use of lighting and shadow, various visual effects, professional actors and a clever, well-planned script. The story moves along at a good pace as it escalates in suspense, and Richard Boone is very effective in portraying the psychological turmoil his character experiences when faced with a situation reminiscent of sticking pins into a voodoo doll. The idea is quite brilliant and would surely appeal to viewers who prefer an intelligent horror/thriller/supernatural theme without gory and gruesome scenes, but with enough strangeness to stretch the imagination. In this story, the pins are put into a cemetery map to denote people: black pins for the dead, and white ones for those who have purchased a cemetery plot but are still living. The suspense begins as soon as Boone, the new cemetery director, puts black pins into the map instead of white, resulting in the sudden death of those people. The viewer relates to his anguish as he becomes convinced that he has some supernatural powers causing these deaths and begins to wonder if replacing black with white pins will bring those ones back to life. Just on the verge of desperation and suicide, there is a twist that many of you won't see coming, and it may be satisfying or disappointing - depending on your expectations. In any case, this is a refreshingly good, clever and well-made horror/suspense film worthy of 4 stars, but together with the other film, "The Severed Arm" this DVD only averages 3 stars.

In total contrast to "I Bury the Living" in every aspect, "The Severed Arm" was obviously made on a very small budget in 1973 and is quite simply the worst film I've seen in a long time. It is mediocre at best, extremely dull and flat with poor lighting and even poorer script delivered by average actors. Even the sound seems to be of rather low quality, and there is very little suspense in this predictable plot, even though the ending does have a bit of a twist. I can imagine that the story itself could be salvaged with a much better script and more inventive directing, making it a psychological thriller about the long-term effects of a desperate act to cut off and eat a man's arm after a group of men were trapped in a cave-in for over a week and were starving to death. Some years later, a mysterious axe-wielding attacker takes revenge on the members of that party by chopping off their arms, but the climax shows that things are not as they seem. Nevertheless, the twist at the end doesn't save the film from barely rating 2 stars, and it seems a shame to have this low quality budget movie on the same DVD as "I Bury the Living" unless it serves only to show by contrast just how good the latter film really is! For such a low-priced DVD it still has some extra features and is overall pretty good quality, so it is definitely worth the few dollars just for a good film like "I Bury the Living".

Wrong!.......2004-08-30

I recently purchased this DVD based on the other reviewer's recommendation and especially for the "Saturday night at the movies" mode that he/she talks about. Well I got news for ya - there is no Saturday night at the movies mode. I have no idea what the reviewer was watching, but it was definitely not this DVD. Just a heads up.

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Fantastic Flick......just don't bother to watch the last 10 min.
A wonderfully atmospheric thriller -- but the ending disappoints
This is what a Cartographer's nightmare feels like...

I Bury the Living
Starring: Richard Boone , Theodore Bikel , Peggy Maurer , Robert Osterloh , and Herbert Anderson
Director: Albert Band
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
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BEST TRANSFER - GET IT WHILE YOU CAN.......2007-04-14

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[DVD] Double Feature: Buried Alive (1939) + I Bury The Living (1958)

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[DVD] Double Feature: Buried Alive (1939) + I Bury The Living (1958)

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Buried Alive (1939) A prison trustee rescues a despondent executioner from a bar-room brawl, and is blamed for the fight by a tabloid reporter who actually started it, and loses parole, becomes embittered, and gets blamed for murder of guard. I Bury the Living (1958) A newly appointed cemetery chairman discovers that, merely by inserting a black pin into a wall-sized map of the cemetery, he can cause the deaths of that plot's owner.

Thriller Movie Marathon Volume 1: 8 Movie Pack

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Thriller Movie Marathon Volume 1: 8 Movie Pack

Manufacturer: RightNow Disc
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BONUS: Each movie comes with a portable-media friendly version that can be downloaded to your Apple iPod!
Eight feature films on four DVDs
Blue Beard;The House on Haunted Hill;British Intelligence;Slave of the Cannibal God;Inner Sanctum;Medusa;Gothic;I Bury the Living

ASIN: B000GW7WFS

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The legends of Thriller are gathered here for you in this definitive DVD collection of some of the greatest Thriller classics to ever come out of Hollywood. This 8 DVD collection is sure to provide you with countless hours of entertainment. Thriller Movie Marathon Volume 1: 8 Movie Pack includes: Blue Beard directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring John Carradine; The House on Haunted Hill directed by William Castle and starring Vincent Price; British Intelligence directed by Terry O'Morse and starring Boris Karloff; Slave of the Cannibal God directed by Sergio Martino and starring Ursula Andress; Inner Sanctum directed by Lew Landers and starring Mary Beth Hughes; Medusa directed by Gordon Hessler and starring George Hamilton; Gothic directed by Ken Russell and starring Julian Sands; I Bury the Living directed by Albert Band and starring Richard Boone

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