I Bury the Living (1958)

I Bury the Living is an American horror film of the supernatural thriller subgenre. It was directed by Albert band with a screenplay written by Louis Garfinkle. It was produced by Maxim Productions and premiered in the United States in July, 1958.

Plot
A man named Richard Boone becomes the caretaker of a cemetery. While organizing a map of various cemetery plots, he begins placing black-headed push pins onto empty plots. He discovers that doing so causes the owner of those plots to die under mysterious circumstances. Crafting his own theory as to this phenomenon, he rationalizes that if black pins cause people to die, then substituting them with white-headed push pins might bring them back.

Notes & Trivia

 * Copyright holder: 1957, Maxim Productions.


 * I Bury the Living redirects to this page.


 * An alternative title for the film is, Killer on the Wall.


 * The tagline for this film is, "The most spine-chilling cry that ever froze the blood.


 * Another tagline featured on lobby cards for this film is, "Out of a time-rotted tomb crawls an unspeakable horror!"


 * I Bury the Living was released on DVD by MGM Home Entertainment under the "Midnite Movies" banner on November 20th, 2001.


 * This film was included on the "Movies 4 You: Timeless Horror" DVD collection, which was released by Shout! Factory and Timeless Media on October 1st, 2013.


 * The film was also included in a double feature with The Killer Shrews under the "Killer Creatures" banner by Madacy Records on March 20th, 2001.


 * This is Albert Band's second film as a director. It is his first film in the horror genre.


 * Actor Cyril Delevanti is also known for playing various roles in classic horror films such as Night Monster, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, Son of Dracula, Phantom of the Opera and The Invisible Man's Revenge.


 * Director Albert Band is the father of Full Moon Entertainment founder Charles Band and film composer Richard Band.


 * Other movies that were released in 1958 include Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, How to Make a Monster, Horror of Dracula and The Woman Eater.

Keywords
1950s; Caretaker; Cemetery; Undead