Movies like Buried Alive
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Buried Alive (1990)
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Genre: Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Clint is an every day working man whose wife Joanna is having an affair with a doctor. They plot to kill him and get the insurance money. Only trouble the drug overdose they give him doesn't kill him. Lucky for Clint he's buried in a cheap wooden box and he unburies himself. Just remember, Hell hath no fury like a man buried alive!
Style:
scary, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
buried alive, betrayal, infidelity, poisoning, lethal injection, poison, investigation, love affair, coffin, crimes, vengeance, confined, couple relations, stalking, family problems, couples, dishonesty, overdose, mind game, crumbling marriage, rivalry, woman in danger, tragic hero, unlikely criminals, unsupportive spouse ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic and tense films with plots about murder, crimes, deadly, danger, dishonesty, couples and infidelity mostly in Thriller, Horror and Romance genres. Some movies like Buried Alive: Purgatory Flats (2003), Across the Hall (2009), Tempted (2001), Fair Game (1988), Death Ride (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 97 min.
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Duration: 95 min.
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Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Story:
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