A local businessman is obliged to become a cemetery's director and subsequently discovers that by prematurely pinning a map for reserved graves, the new proprietors soon mysteriously wind up dead somehow. At first his claims are not believed but presently he is tested by various interested parties. Eventually, the guilt gets to him and he comes close to a complete nervous breakdown. However, it ends with finding out he was not responsible for the deaths and that his caretaker was behind it all along.
There are some misleading aspects to this film, such as the title implies people are being buried alive. This, sadly, is not the case! Also, even though the overall body-count is significant you only see one man having a heart attack, all the other victims are off-screen. This is counter-productive to the movie's final twist, as it it proves the caretaker could not be blamed for all of the deaths. The ending is therefore confusing and appears nonsensical.
This movie is slow-paced and takes what feels like an age to reveal anything relevant. Seeing the same shot of the map, repeated over and over, only emphasises how monotonous the pacing actually is. Despite all it's problems, this movie still manages a modicum of entertainment. As others have observed, it feels like an extended episode of classic 'Twilight Zone', and would have possibly fared better in this shorter format. Richard Boone's performance, although not award winning, still convinces as his paranoia grows. And we are rewarded with an interesting visual segment, where psychedelic imagery is employed to project Boone's hysterical hallucinations.
'I Bury the Living' is not a classic horror - or a horror or a classic, for that matter! What it is a clunky yet amusing title, written in a very 'Amazing Tales' sort of way that would appeal to fans of these kind of old mysteries.
There are some misleading aspects to this film, such as the title implies people are being buried alive. This, sadly, is not the case! Also, even though the overall body-count is significant you only see one man having a heart attack, all the other victims are off-screen. This is counter-productive to the movie's final twist, as it it proves the caretaker could not be blamed for all of the deaths. The ending is therefore confusing and appears nonsensical.
This movie is slow-paced and takes what feels like an age to reveal anything relevant. Seeing the same shot of the map, repeated over and over, only emphasises how monotonous the pacing actually is. Despite all it's problems, this movie still manages a modicum of entertainment. As others have observed, it feels like an extended episode of classic 'Twilight Zone', and would have possibly fared better in this shorter format. Richard Boone's performance, although not award winning, still convinces as his paranoia grows. And we are rewarded with an interesting visual segment, where psychedelic imagery is employed to project Boone's hysterical hallucinations.
'I Bury the Living' is not a classic horror - or a horror or a classic, for that matter! What it is a clunky yet amusing title, written in a very 'Amazing Tales' sort of way that would appeal to fans of these kind of old mysteries.