There isn't a whole lot to "I Bury the Living" but Albert Band, father of Charles, gets every last drop out of it. Robert Kraft has become the new chairman of a cemetery that the Kraft family owns when he is introduced to outgoing Scottish grounds-keeper Andy McKee. A quick tour of his new cold office brings Robert's attention to the detailed map of the funeral plots that Andy has kept pegged with black pins for those filled and white for empty ones. When The Drexel's, a newlywed couple, arrive at the cemetery to reserve their plots (very suave of you!) Robert accidentally marks the graves with the black pins. Later that day the Drexels die in a car crash. This small detail is not ignored by Robert as he ponders the odds of them dying the same day he used the wrong colored pins. When it hits another resident of Milford under the same circumstances Robert immediately becomes horrified that he has killed these people. What separates this movie from so many others is how Robert goes about trying to remedy the situation. Instead of developing into some dastardly murderer with his new found power he tries to alert as many people as possible as to what is killing everyone. He even tries to turn himself into the police which of course is laughed at when Robert tells them what the cause is. As the body count rises Robert quickly begins to lose his mind as the map becomes an obsession that he can't walk away from. If you are expecting a polished film with plenty of different scenery, deaths, and effects of any kind you will not like this film. However, if you can get past the fact that about 95% of the scenes are in the cemetery you will be treated to a smartly written thriller that doesn't take long to build up steam. My only complaint is the ending which made it seem like it was building up to a climax along the lines of "Return of the Living Dead" which would of made this movie that much more cooler in my book. Jump onto the Band-wagon and enjoy the creepy ride.
Review of I Bury the Living
