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, crimes, vengeance, investigation, confined, couple relations, stalking, family problems, couples, dishonesty, mind game, crumbling marriage, rivalry, tragic hero, unlikely criminals, unsupportive spouse, cons and scams, failed attempt, woman in danger, overdose ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, tense and realistic films with plots about crimes, murder, deadly, dishonesty, rivalry, couples and infidelity mostly in Thriller, Horror and Romance genres. Some movies like Buried Alive: Fair Game (1988), Hitched (2001), Tempted (2001), Purgatory Flats (2003), Amityville: The Awakening (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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