Buried Alive II
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| Genre | Horror Thriller |
| Written by | Walter Klenhard |
| Directed by | Tim Matheson |
| Starring |
Ally Sheedy Stephen Caffrey Tracey Needham |
| Theme music composer | Michel Colombier |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) | John V. Stuckmeyer Niki Marvin (executive producer) |
| Cinematography | Jacques Haitkin |
| Editor(s) | Virginia Katz |
| Running time | 97 min. |
| Production company(s) | Niki Marvin Productions USA Pictures Universal Television |
| Distributor | USA Network |
| Release | |
| Original network | USA Network |
| Original release | June 18, 1997 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Buried Alive (1990) |
Buried Alive II is a horror/thriller television film, a sequel to the 1990 film, Buried Alive. It starred Ally Sheedy, Stephen Caffrey and Tracey Needham. It was directed by Tim Matheson, who also reprised his character from the previous film, Clint Goodman. It first aired on June 18, 1997 on the USA Network.
The film stars Ally Sheedy as Laura Riskin, Stephen Caffrey as Randy Riskin and Tracey Needham as Roxanne. Others in the film include Tim Matheson as Clint Goodman, Brian Libby reprising his role as Earl, the Embalmer, Clifton Daniel as Walter and Tommy Hinkley as Sheriff Jim Puller. The film was produced by Niki Marvin who also produced the original film.
Since the film's release, the film remained only available on out-of-print VHS in America, distributed by Universal Home Video. A VHS was also released in the Netherlands via Universal Pictures Benelux. In mid-2011, the film was released on DVD in the UK via Boulevard Entertainment.
The film's video premiere was in the summer/autumn of 1997 for America, the UK, Hungary and Portugal. The film made its premiere in Finland on August 11, 2005, via Mainostelevisio (MTV3).
Buried Alive II has a similar plot to Buried Alive, with the gender of the main characters reversed.
The film takes place ten years later after the events of the first film. Clint Goodman, the man whose wife, Joanna and lover, Cort, tried to murder by giving him a toxin, was buried alive after being mistaken for dead. He woke up in the coffin and exacted revenge on his wife and her lover. Following the first film, Clint has been living a solitary life elsewhere under the name Michael Haden, while everyone in the original town believes he is dead.
His friend, Sheriff Sam Eberly has died, and so Clint decides to come back for the funeral. At the funeral, Sam's niece, Laura Riskin, who knew Clint a long time ago, notices him but he leaves before she can approach him. After the funeral, Laura finds out that Sam bought some stock that is worth $250,000, which he left to her. Laura wants to use the money to start a family but her husband Randy, who hates his life in the small town wants to buy a yacht and leave town for good. Laura doesn't empathize with him, but unknown to her, he is cheating on her with local vixen, Roxanne. He tells her that once he finds a way to get away, he'll leave Laura for her, however she's not patient.
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