Dead & Buried
“It will take your breath away. All of it.”
After a series of gory murders commited by mobs of townspeople against visiting tourists, the corpses appear to be coming back to life and living normally as locals in the small town.
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Cast
31 people
James Farentino
Sheriff Dan Gillis
Known for
Jesus of Nazareth
Blue Thunder
Melody Anderson
Janet Gillis
Known for
Flash Gordon
Manimal
Jack Albertson
William G. Dobbs
Known for
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
The Fox and the Hound
Dennis Redfield
Ron
Known for
Problem Child 2
Pulse
Nancy Locke
Linda
Known for
Eve of Destruction
Lisa Blount
Girl on the Beach / Nurse Lisa
Known for
Prince of Darkness
An Officer and a Gentleman
Robert Englund
Harry
Known for
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Freddy vs. Jason
Bill Quinn
Ernie
Known for
The Birds
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Michael Currie
Herman
Known for
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
The Dead Pool
Christopher Allport
George Le Moyne / Freddie
Known for
Jack Frost
Savage Weekend
Joseph G. Medalis
Doctor
Also in
Brewster's Millions
The Amazing Spider-Man
Macon McCalman
Ben
Known for
Falling Down
Smokey and the Bandit
Gary Sherman Director · Dan O'Bannon Screenplay Ronald Shusett Screenplay
Worldwide gross $216K · Budget $3M · United States release May 29, 1981
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Budget
$3,000,000
Worldwide gross
$216,166
Gross vs. budget
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Production
Barclays Mercantile Industrial Finance
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 29, 1981
Limited theatrical · Special Screening
United States
September 4, 1981 · Limited theatrical · Tucson, AZ
October 9, 1981 · Limited theatrical
November 18, 1981 · Limited theatrical · Los Angeles, California
France
August 19, 1981 · Theatrical
September 13, 2019 · Premiere · L'Étrange Festival
Germany
July 27, 1981 · Theatrical · West Germany
Ireland
September 26, 1982 · Theatrical
October 29, 2016 · Premiere · Horrorthon Festival Dublin
Portugal
March 12, 1982 · Theatrical
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