Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Dead and Buried (1981)

Potters Bluff is a small town full of friendly faces, but recently it's also been the scene of multiple grisly murders, mainly of tourists and hitchhikers.   What makes this even more alarming is later when the murder victims start showing up in town, wandering the streets, and socializing as if they had never been killed.

Sheriff Gillis is puzzled by this turn of events and unsure how to proceed with the investigation.  But Dobbs, the local  mortician, is happy about all the business he's getting.

The movie has a fairly slow pace, but has a creepy overall feel to it.  There are some disturbing murder scenes, especially the opening one as it's so unexpected.  Also I did not see the twist ending coming.

My favorite scene occurs when a man is hit by a car.  The driver gets out and finds a severed arm in the grill.  As he's looking at the body on the ground, he feels a tap on the shoulder.   It's the arm.  As he turns to look, the guy on he ground gets up, smacks him, grabs the arm and runs off.  Wow.

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