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Reanimated townspeople of Potters Bluff

FilmUndeadScience gone wrong1968 to 1999

In this 1981 film the residents of a town turn out to be corpses reanimated and controlled by the local coroner. Some of them speak and act with purpose. Reviewers compare its style to EC Comics and The Twilight Zone, and Stan Winston's effects were praised.12

Battle it
First appeared
1981
Released 1981
Source work
Dead & Buried (1981)
Gary Sherman
Age rating
R
Made in
USA
What causes it
Science gone wrong
The town coroner has a secret technique for reanimating and controlling corpses.
How you become one
The coroner applies his reanimation technique to a corpse.
Intelligence
Clever

When did it first appear?

Ancient worldMiddle Ages1500 to 18991900 to 19671968 to 19992000 to 20092010 to today1981

Released 1981

field notes

What the sources say

1

The coroner has used the technique on himself12

2

Stan Winston created the special effects12

3

Banned in Britain as a video nasty, then acquitted and removed from the list12

4

Earned about 216,000 dollars against a budget of 5 to 6 million12

5

Every townsperson turns out to be one of the reanimated; some speak and act with purpose12

Sources

  1. Dead & Buried - Wikipedia
  2. Dead & Buried - Rotten Tomatoes

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