Movies like Buried Alive

Buried Alive is a 1990 American made-for-television horror thriller film directed by Frank Darabont and starring Tim Matheson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, William Atherton and Hoyt Axton.

The film received mixed reviews from critics, and has often been overlooked in Darabont's directorial catalogue due to the success of his later films.

Clint Goodman is a successful contractor who lives with his wife Joanna.

Joanna has been having an affair with local doctor Cortland van Owen. They conspire to kill Clint and sell his company and house, to move to Beverly Hills and buy a clinic. Cortland gives Joanna poison, taken from a tropical fish. While having dinner with Clint, Joanna begins to have a change of heart but still spikes his wine with some of the poison. After drinking the poisoned wine, Clint has a heart attack and seems to die, but while his body is at the morgue, he shows signs of life. However, Joanna instructs that Clint be given a quick funeral, skipping the embalming process and choosing a cheap, water-damaged casket for him.