Dead and Buried is an obscure, early 80's science fiction horror movie from Dan O'Bannon (Alien / Total Recall) and director Gary Sherman. It's a kind of riffing on the Invasion of the Body Snatchers like an extended Outer Limits episode.
Anyone familiar with Sherman's work (Wanted: Dead or Alive / Poltergeist III) will know the man's in no rush to tell his story, but has little to keep us invested while we wait. It's a little uninteresting. So much so, that as I write this a week and a half after I saw it, I struggle to remember much about the darn thing.
Lead James Farantino is fine...until he goes all Shatner-on-speed in the final act. Melody Anderson is glorious eye-candy as usual, but isn't integral enough to elevate the interest levels.
