Buried Alive (2007)

Humor: 2
Blood: 3, you can’t go wrong with a bathtub full of it
Nudity: 3, let's run naked through the woods
Minutes FF’ed thru: none
Overall rating: 3

Ahhh, another Dimension Extreme release, get your waders cause shit could get deep. As I mentioned before, anytime you see with the red and white banner doning Dimension Extreme, be very cautious in what you’re picking up, as it could deceive you into thinking it’s a great movie. Surprisingly, Buried Alive was a pretty good, and actually kept my interest, although there was nothing earth-shattering in story, or outside-the-box creatively. Maybe it was just the hot blonde’s jubblies that kept me watching….naw, it actually was a decent movie, one of which I will add to my collection.

This is the story of a Native-American woman who was buried alive by her husband. She wore an amulet that protected her from evil. Well, several generations later, this necklace is found by a descendant and given to his favorite female cousin. So, they decide to take a weekend trip to the uncle’s abandon cabin, and maybe check out the old gold mine that accompanies it, which is overseen by Lester (Tobin Bell from the Saw movies). So, who comes along for the ride? The nerd who helped do research on the uncle’s place, the cousins, the cousin’s boyfriend, and 2 sorority pledges (cow and dog). Who knew what was lurking in the basement, but an undead axe-wielding aunt hellbent on revenge? The group starts seeing her in windows and mirrors, then soon meet their demise by her axe. The only three survivors are the two cousins, and the brunette pledge who happens to have a tattoo of the amulet on her neck, thus protecting her. But, the amulet is nabbed by old lady axe, and she buries her two kin alive in the same coffin she came out of.

I think I liked this because it had all the major elements of slasher movies: blood, a relentless weapon-bearing villain, and nudity. For me, it was much better than Black Sheep and Broken, DE’s last two releases. It’s definitely worth a rent, and now let’s see if Welcome to the Jungle (11-13-07) can live up to the hype it’s getting. It’s compared to the king of all Italian cannibal movies, Cannibal Holocaust. Eeekk, those are big shoes to fill!