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Jan-Michael Vincent, Brinke Stevens, Karen Black, Michael Berryman, Sherri Graham ... see more see more... , Robert Quarry , Jay Richardson , Deila Sheppard , Robert Clarke , Hoke Howell , Jeff Yesko

Exploitation king Fred Olen Ray bulldozes Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Premature Burial" in this sleazy direct-to-video thriller. B-movie babe Brinke Stevens stars as an heiress tormented night and da... read more read more...y by the ever-present phobia of being buried alive. Thanks to hypnotic past-life regression sessions under the guidance of New Age therapist Karen Black, she learns that she was indeed buried alive in a previous existence. Despite her relief at this discovery, Stevens' money-hungry husband (Jay Richardson) still goes through with his plan to place her in a sealed box while she sleeps, hoping it will cause her to die of fright. Instead, she goes completely berserk, breaking free and coming after him with a knife. Though no cheaper than Roger Corman's early forays into Poe territory, this incoherent and sex-laden mess more closely resembles recent exploitation product from Corman's Concorde-New Horizons direct-to-video outfit, and makes 1962's The Premature Burial seem masterful by comparison. ~ Cavett Binion, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 28 min.

Directed by: Fred Olen Ray

Release Date: June 1, 1991

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DVD Release Date: January 30, 1992

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