I Bury the Living
Directed by Albert Band
Written by Louis Garfinkle
1958/USA
Maxim Productions
First viewing/Netflix rental
[box] Robert Kraft: Andy, you better get this straight right now. You heard that lieutenant. It’s possible for some people to have things inside them that make other things happen. Nothing is impossible for a man like that, if he thinks about it hard enough.[/box]
This is predictable but of fairly high quality for a B horror flick.
Robert Kraft (Richard Boone) is on the management committee of a conglomerate. One of the business’s concerns is the local mortuary and cemetery. The committee members take turns managing that business. Despite Kraft’s considerable objections, it is now his turn to take over. One of his first actions is to give the elderly caretaker, Andy McKee (Theodore Bikkel), retirement on full pay for his forty years of faithful service.
In the office is a detailed map of all the grave sites. Black pins mark “occupied” plots while plots with white pins have been purchased. Kraft discovers that when he accidentally replaces a white pin with a black pin the plot owner dies. Kraft is driven almost insane as the death toll mounts.
I figured out the ending about 10 minutes into the movie and then it was just a matter of waiting. Despite this there were actually a few moments of mild scares en route. This is better acted and produced than most such fare. Bikkel gives it his all with the Scottish accent.
TrailerI B
