See where this is going? I am sure you do; anyone who has any experience with horror viewing knows exactly what is going on without me saying any more. What? You don't know? Okay, I will forgive you for playing along.

The gaggle of kids gets out to the house, with a brief stop to talk to the crazy caretaker, Lester (Saw's Tobin Bell who again demonstrates his super-serious whisper-voice). He offers up some sound advice about staying out of the basement and remaining indoors after dark. You never know what you're going to find.

Well, enough of this, who cares about the story? It's a pretty lame one anyway. The long and short of it is this: the wife who was buried alive haunts the home ready to take out any remaining family members, and anyone else who gets in the way (except for Lester for some reason). So, with Rene, Zane, and the rest in and around the house there are plenty for the old hag to hack up. Her weapon of choice? An axe. Odd choice for a Native American, but it does offer up some nice-looking slicing and dicing when killing time comes.

The death scenes, the gore effects, and super-serious Tobin Bell are the highlights. Despite the use of the word "highlights" in the prior sentence that is not to be taken as an indication of quality. Buried Alive is a boring movie that never goes anyone and never does much of anything. The acting by the kill fodder is awful and that script doesn't do them much good.

Bottom line. There are a couple of good-looking kills, some gore, some T&A, all the ingredients needed for a direct to video slasher flick. It's too bad that a little more effort wasn't put into the story, not even the acting; I can deal with bad acting if the story is decent. There are a couple of points where they try to inject a little Native American mythology, but nothing takes. The final result is a film that would best be left on the shelf.

Not Recommended.