first off . with name like fred olen ray and brinke stevens and jan michael vincent and plus distributor like rhino and troma on the video box and you know what youre get into with this one . b movie mania . if youre actually expect to see a thriller base on edgar allan poe and then forget it and head straight for the excellent series of roger corman 60 poe film . this be pure and unadulterated sleaze ( with just a pedestrian attempt at a plot similar to the premature burial ) and complete with lot of r rat and ready for video sex and nudity . however and it certainly entertain and fun in a slipshod kind of way . brinke ( who have three nude scene in the first 30 minute ) play rich and traumatized and insomniac housewife victoria monroe and whose fear of be prematurely entomb stem from her belief that the same fate befell her father ( hoke howell ) . her worthless husband terry ( jay richardson ) have rack up some serious gamble debt ( owe to a gangster play by robert quarry ) and and with help from his kinky and blonde and european accent sexpot secretary lisa ( delia sheppard ) plot to do away with brinke for her money . name value actress karen black drop in briefly wear a blonde wig a a hypnotist ( she way too talented to be play an insignificant role like this ) and 50 sci fi or horror star robert clarke play a doctor and family friend and michael berryman show up for a decent nightmare sequence perform an autopsy on a still live vicki . jan michael vincent mostly sit outside a house in his car making goo goo eye a brinke enters and exit the home . the kill a spouse for the inheritance plot have be do a million time before and the end be an unintentional laugh riot ( conclude with a direct rip off of the zuni fetish doll segment in trilogy of terror ) and whoever create the awful stabbed face and decapitate head fx for this release need to sharpen up on their skill a bit . brinke do a decent job make her character somewhat sympathetic and but the big surprise of all be how good former penthouse pet delia sheppard be in her role . she steal every scene she be in and easily give the standout performance here .