Is someone buried alive?

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Depictions of a person being buried while still alive.
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Movie • 2019 Report
Yes
144
No
10
6
EmilieDeaneFreeman
Yes but they survive
Video Game • 2009 Report
Yes
141
No
4
40
TristanSkye
It is extremely easy to accidentally bury oneself while mining, if you aren't careful. Practice safe mining and never dig straight up and you should be fine.
TV Show • 2021 Report
Yes
131
No
14
21
eggthew
Someone is trapped in a coffin and then cremated alive
Podcast Report
Yes
127
No
0
14
SarahLR
Multiple episodes deal with a character being buried alive in various forms
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
122
No
18
9
Anonymous
In the first episode of Season 4, Dean wakes up in a coffin and has to dig his way out.
Movie • 2019 Report
Yes
103
No
0
14
TFMD
[SPOILERS] This scene is very graphic - we see dirt falling onto the victim's chest and face as he struggles to keep speaking and eventually suffocates. Near the end of the film, you'll see one main character leading the other on a leash like a dog; the live burial happens right after that.
TV Show • 2013 Report
Yes
102
No
11
9
jellybean
season one episode two: very minor characters are buried alive while in an induced coma
TV Show • 2021 Report
Yes
99
No
46
14
cherry
sort of- characters are crushed by debris
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
96
No
0
15
Mstykmshy
It is a central plot point, we see it happening to 2 characters (but only the initial burying where we see them lying in the grave and getting dirt thrown on them briefly), one character describes being buried alive in graphic detail (planetarium scene), it is talked about a lot in the second half of the movie.
Movie • 2011 Report
Yes
94
No
1
9
deaddogfanclub
Extremely drawn out final sequence where a girl is buried alive inside a barrel as she pleads for help.
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
89
No
3
13
takver
In Season 2 Episode 1, a character is forcibly buried alive. It's shown that she is scared and resisting. She is rescued and survives unhurt, but not before being completely buried. Additionally, in season 2 episode 10, there is an entire building that sinks beneath the sand with multiple characters trapped inside it. Most escape but two are left inside & implied buried forever.
TV Show • 2014 Report
Yes
88
No
13
9
FelixW
A whole group of people is buried in S4E7, but they escape in the end (after more than a week)
TV Show • 2018 Report
Yes
79
No
12
4
Ljlj
A character is buried alive after being presumed dead but it only shows her waking up and leaving.

TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
78
No
34
1
melc
S3EP3: woman is buried alive and it is talked about a lot throughout the episode

Yes
78
No
11
14
Elephant1505
Although someone is not exactly buried alive, a buried corpse is reanimated and digs itself out of its grave
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
74
No
2
14
DesjeanJack
(Spoilers) Wolverine gets buried in sand by cassandra
Movie • 2018 Report
Yes
70
No
7
18
Aliceskeetskeet
There's a scene where two kids are sinking into a silo full of grain
TV Show • 2011 Report
Yes
68
No
56
8
Madi
Not exactly buried, but two characters get crushed under a falling building.
TV Show • 2010 Report
Yes
62
No
1
2
MaxxMaxx
This is a theme throughout the show. Characters are seen being buried, one is seen struggling to get out (we can see their hand). Characters describe what they imagine it to feel like.
TV Show • 2023 Report
Yes
57
No
2
5
In ep1 off screen, just implied that she was buried alive. The children didn’t know she wasn’t dead
Video Game • 2017 Report
Yes
57
No
10
10
StrongFish91
At the end of the game, some antagonists are implied to have been buried alive.
Book • 2003 Report
Yes
54
No
0
4
mrpopcorn
In Tallstar's Revenge, Talltail's father, Sandgorse and Leafshine, who died before the story begins die to a tunnel collapsing. It's also hinted that this happened various times before which led to the closure of the tunnels.
Movie • 2016 Report
Yes
54
No
4
12
Aliceskeetskeet
Jane Doe's body is found buried and they later refer to her as alive
Video Game • 2019 Report
Yes
52
No
6
10
mistersandman
Kind of. In chapter 3, a character can be pushed into a coffin in the ground, which is then crushed.
Movie • 2014 Report
Yes
50
No
1
8
should_be_sleeping
Multiple times: Souxie is briefly buried but is pulled out, La Toupe is buried and assumed to have died, and Papillon supposedly suffocates after being sucked into the ground.
TV Show • 2017 Report
Yes
49
No
3
3
Srimayaa
In season 4 a character is placed in a coffin overnight, but they aren't buried
TV Show • 2011 Report
Yes
47
No
11
2
beeboy
There is a scene where a woman gets buried alive in cult, but it is a dream
TV Show • 2009 Report
Yes
47
No
1
1
kurose
A character ends up in a safe at the bottom of a river whilst alive.
TV Show • 1997 Report
Yes
47
No
4
2
TVADDICT0307
In the episode "Funnybot" Tyler Perry is buried alive
TV Show • 2024 Report
Yes
45
No
12
4
Alces407
A live character is dug out of a grave.