# ID this movie please!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-movie-please/488882>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 9, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-movie-please/488882 "2009-03-09T22:27:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-movie-please/488882/1 "2009-03-09T22:27:05Z")

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I watched this movie on TV in the late 80s - early 90s. The details are sketchy but the main points I remember was that a woman and her boyfriend plot to kill her husband. They do, or so they think. I believe they put him in a sealed coffin and left him to die but somehow he managed to get out.

Then, to get his revenge, he builds a maze like structure within their house using sheets of plywood (I think he was a carpenter) and traps the wife and her bf inside. He plays mind games with them and finally kills both of them.

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-movie-please/488882/2 "2009-03-09T22:33:49Z")

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I believe it’s [Buried Alive](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099188/), with Tim Matheson and Jennifer Jason Leigh.

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**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-movie-please/488882/3 "2009-03-09T22:39:30Z")

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That was FAST! Thanks 🙂

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**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-movie-please/488882/4 "2009-03-09T22:41:04Z")

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Eh, six minutes. I’ve seen faster.