loomis78-815-989034 I wish someone could tell me how many horror films are going to be named "Buried Alive" when it's all said and done? Yes I know, it's a question without an answer. This version of this extremely overused title introduces two cousins Zane (Jay) and Rene (Rachel) who are traveling to family estate in the middle of the desert. Rene arrives with two pledges from her sorority and her boyfriend Danny (Sandvoss). A slumming Tobin Bell plays Lester, the family loser who warns everyone to beware of an ex-family member who was a desert witch (Beth Biasella) and burned alive for her gold years ago. Make up effects man Robert Kurtzman is a wizard in his craft but this time he sits in the director's chair and the results are far from good. This thin excuse for a plot isn't helped by Kurtzman parading around all his actresses nude and then having characters split in half with an Ax. Of course every character is written and played as a complete asshole including lead Leah Rachel who takes the prize as a complete bitch! Apparently the writers felt like the characters should have another layer other than being asshole's so they came up with the idea to make them blithering idiots as well. If watching these lousy characters don't wear you down, the fact that it takes forever before the deranged desert witch show's up and does anything will. The sad part of this is that the film's monster, the desert witch has a great look and is quite scary. Kurtzman uses her well like in the scene where you see her in the distant in the middle of the desert as they drive by. This repeats several times until suddenly she is in the middle of the road. Kurtzman's F/X efforts certainly helped and a few chilling bits are included. Still, the movie can't seem to manage a Jump anywhere in its running time despite having a creepy looking killer. This killer in a different movie with a good script would be something to be excited about.

Bob The Barbarian I hate to see all the bad reviews and bad ratings. The movie isn't anything spectacular, but as a slasher movie it's great. This movie is a good time, and Tobin Bell is what really makes it. A couple of kids go out to their families mansion out in the middle of the desert with no one around but Old Lester. The film has a thin story line that could have been good but they didn't really do anything with it to make it very effective. The best parts in the movie are when Lester the caretaker played by Tobin Bell shows up to mess with the kids and what not, he's definitely the most entertaining part of the movie, but you have to give props on the ending. The villain one of the best I've seen in a slasher in a long time, and the ending is one of the most realistic I've seen in a slasher. One girl goes to get the car, she pulls up to the house waiting for her friends to come out, she waits a while but then she says the heck with that and she takes off without them. Overall I found this one very enjoyable, it's a fun little movie that has some good points in it.

Scarecrow-88 The ole "sins of the father" is mined once again in another vengeful spirit story as troubled college student Zane(Terence Jay)is hard up to find his great grandfather's buried gold and was recently put on probation for not paying as much attention to studies as he was clowning around and partying. He has the dweeby Phil(Germaine De Leon)studying up on Zane's past, letting him tag along for being such a loyal friend(..well, Phil also helped him in making better grades, using the kid's brains to get ahead). Zane's cousin is Rene(Leah Rachel), head of a sorority who will accompany him with two pledges, Laura(Erin Reese;looking like a young Charisma Carpenter)& Julie(Lindsey Scott), and boyfriend Danny(Steve Sandvoss). They head off to Zane's father's home for different reasons. Zane to find the location of the gold, manipulating Rene into thinking that the trip was so that she could mistreat her two potential sisters. A thorn in Zane's side is his father's grounds keeper, Lester(Tobin Bell, given star treatment), a foul, dirty lout who lives all alone, secretly discovering the spot in the sub-cellar where some gold was buried. Lester constantly warns Zane about being out when night falls because of the dangers of the dark. Lester is a perverted rascal who often makes sneering remarks and gestures to the girls, while also playing a series of scare-pranks on them.A Native American girl was murdered by her husband, Zane's great-grandfather(..who remarried, which birthed the new family line that would lead to Zane and Rene), buried alive presumably where the gold was hidden. Her spirit seeks revenge on all those whose blood derived from the murdering bastard who left her to die a slow and agonizing death. Equipped with an ax and the ability to pop wherever she so wishes, and a very hostile attitude, the ghoul will take no prisoners..all are fair game. There's this amulet worn around Rene's neck which works as protection from death..it's symbol will assist in keeping one character safe from harm. One victim is sliced in half(..right down the middle) while another's face slides right from the head..the ax chop happens so fast in fact that you don't(..or can barely)see the blade. The film spends an amount of time with the characters as they get acquainted with their temporary environment, with Rene, basically a bitch always ordering her girls around(..I absolutely loathe this whole process, running candidates through a series of trials just to join some stupid institution)or jealous of Julie who has caught the attention of Zane..an angle established at the beginning points out this incestuous desire present between Zane and Rene(..Rene simmers with disgust when Zane and Julie flirt). I will admit that I could care less what happened to Zane, Danny(..your basic garden variety handsome jock, a WB pretty boy Rene keeps as a trophy), or especially Rene. Rene never gains our sympathy as she insists on ridiculing and tormenting her pledges, especially Julie, who is playful, naive, and bubbly(..not to mention positively yummy in a playboy bunny kind of way). Laura is the sultry brunette, with silky smooth skin and dynamic figure. She has a thing for religious symbols of various beliefs(..like a Celtic and Chinese symbols tattooed on parts of her body)and is well studied in the practices of other countries' cultures. Bell is basically a creep, nasty and crude..but the best thing about this supernatural slasher, for at least he has presence. Despite a grim conclusion for certain characters, I was rather satisfied..not sure that was supposed to be the appropriate reaction.

Dragoneyed363 Gore, drugs, sex, nudity, teens, and bad dialogue; perfect ingredients for a B-movie; Buried Alive has them all. I had my doubts when the film first started off, as would anyone with this. About the first 20 minutes or so, you really could not care less about the film or about the characters. Then, things start get a little bit more entertaining and interesting, as watchable as they could be. Characters who you want to die start dying, for example, Phil was one of the most annoying characters ever, and I really hated Danny and Julie and actually got a little smile when they were slaughtered, and characters who you want to live survive, which I actually wanted Laura to be the only character that lived, no joke, which shocked me and totally blew my world when it ended, because I was so surprised. She's really the only interesting and good character that deserves any love, and movie survivors never turn out how I want them to be, so I enjoyed that. The plot left a lot unsaid and had a few holes, but overall not bad at all for a B-movie. The suspense scenes were actually very well done, such as the ones around the end, and they keep your eyes locked on the screen. Overall, the first 20 minutes suck, and you don't get a real performance out of anyone except Tobin Bell and Erin Reese which they both gave great ones. As a B-movie, it's pretty awesome, and I enjoyed watching it. I will say the rating is a little unfair, but I can see why it would have so many people who hate it, but yet I'm a person who can enjoy these types of movies for what they are and they have always had a small place in my heart, whether they are so bad it's good or just all around okay for any film in general. All in all, it's just to watch for a good time, and no one should have been expecting anything fantastic, or vice versa, and that's they key in appreciating it for what it is.