DEAD & BURIED (1981) Review: Grotesque SFX & Unjustified Moral Panic

Yes, it’s grotesque but Gary Sherman’s direction remains effectively creepy, Stan Winston’s SFX is impressive 40+ years later – and Joe Renzetti’s soundtrack is to die for!

Yes, it’s grotesque but Gary Sherman’s direction remains effectively creepy, Stan Winston’s SFX is impressive 40+ years later – and Joe Renzetti’s soundtrack is to die for!

Directed by Lewis Teague, and written by acclaimed horror novelist Stephen King, Cat’s Eye is a horror anthology film comprising three segments: “Quitters, Inc.”, “The Ledge”, and “General”.

Widely regarded as a cinematic icon of the horror genre, Vincent Price’s first foray into the world of the macabre was working alongside Boris Karloff in 1939’s Tower of London for Universal Pictures. However, it was 1953’s House of Wax that would elevate Price into the pantheon of horror stardom.