Buried Alive [Blu-ray]

Director: Gérard Kikoïne, Gerard Kikoine Gérard Kikoïne

Overview

Although this bloody, relentlessly weird South African production purports to be a modern-day treatment of the works of Edgar Allan Poe (most promotional materials list the author's name above the title), it actually bears so little relation to Poe's writing that it makes Roger Corman's Poe "adaptations" seem meticulously loyal by comparison. The story involves a young psychologist whose arrival at the creepy Ravenscroft Institute for troubled girls is followed by the disappearance of several students. Tormented by a series of grotesque nightmares involving a deranged killer, the heroine eventually learns of the bizarre goings-on within the school's hallowed halls. Some oddball touches and outlandish performances from Robert Vaughn and Donald Pleasence (in a bad wig) make this film just campy enough to be entertaining. Alert viewers can spot John Carradine in his final role.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/25/2022
UPC:	0814456026015
Original Release:	1989
Rating:	R
Source:	Vinegar Syndrome
Language:	English
Time:	1:31:00
Sales rank:	30,376

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Robert Vaughn	Gary Julian
Donald Pleasence	Dr. Schaeffer
Karen Witter	Janet
John Carradine	Jacob
Ginger Allen	Debbie
Nia Long	Fingers
Arnold Vosloo	Actor
Lynn White	Actor
Frédéric Talgorn	Composer

Technical Credits

Gérard Kikoïne	Director
Harry Alan Towers	Producer
Gerard Kikoine	Director