Bury Me When I’m Dead – Movie Review (3/5)

BURY ME WHEN I’M DEAD is a new thriller with a heavy psychological horror twist. It’s a slow-burn movie but with a heavy plot that deals with grief, guilt, and (in a roundabout way) money. Read our full Bury Me When I’m Dead movie review here!

BURY ME WHEN I’M DEAD is a new genre movie that blends a solid thriller with a heavy psychological horror element that ends up taking precedence. Especially for our main character, who believes he’s being haunted by his late wife.

The runtime is just 90 minutes, which I want to mention up front to make it clear that while it is slow-burning, it isn’t a long movie. Also, it never feels too long or in any way boring. Will I watch it again? I very much doubt that. But I was pleased with the one time.

Continue reading our Bury Me When I’m Dead movie review below. Find it on Digital and VOD from July 18, 2025.

Grief, guilt, and money

In Bury Me When I’m Dead, we meet Henry just as he is getting ready to move across the country with his wife, Catherine. Before they get that far, Catherine has a seizure and is diagnosed with brain cancer.

There is no hope of recovery, and the doctor is very honest and direct with what to expect: It will only get worse before she dies. Soon. Yeah, it’s very dark, to say the least.

Henry and Catherine travel to her childhood home, where she wants to spend her final days. It’s out in a remote forest where Catherine feels most at peace, so she makes Henry promise her that he will bury her there in the forest.

Admittedly, there are a few other very specific and acorn-involving details to her burial that I’ll let you discover for yourself.

In any case, Catherine has a very wealthy and powerful father, who threatens to cut off Henry from everything he currently has if he does not allow them to bury Catherine in the family plot.

And he agrees to this.

Keep your promise or deal with the consequences

Of course, there’s also the added element of Henry having had an affair. And it’s with a woman working in the flower shop he runs with his wife. Now the woman is pregnant, so he will need money in the future.

Yeah, he’s not a great guy.

Still, not granting his wife her dying wish is next-level douchebag. And for money from her family, where the father never accepted him. What could possibly go wrong?!

Well, for Henry, it seems just about everything.

Including the feeling that Catherine is now haunting him, looking for vengeance. Something he damn well deserves… but that’s just my opinion.

I am oversimplifying the story told in Bury Me When I’m Dead, as it also has some dark comedy (in a sense) via a supporting character that comes into the picture several times. This actually helped ensure that the movie didn’t get too dark and offered some nuance.

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This impressive genre-mix covering drama, psychological horror, thriller, and supernatural plot elements is written and directed by Seabold Krebs. He previously made a lot of short films as Patrick Clement, so maybe you know him by this name.

The cast of Bury Me When I’m Dead worked remarkably well with Devon Terrell (It’s What’s Inside) in the all-important lead role as Henry. As Catherine, we have Charlotte Hope (The Nun), and her parents are portrayed by Roxanne Hart and Richard Bekins.

In two other key roles, we see Makenzie Leigh (Salem’s Lot) and Mike Houston (Orange Is the New Black, Deliver Us from Evil), who help breathe more life (and less dark grief) into the movie. Overall, this is a very complete story and a well-made movie worth watching.

Bury Me When I’m Dead is out on Digital & VOD from July 18, 2025.

Details

Written & Directed by: Seabold Krebs
Starring: Devon Terrell, Charlotte Hope, & Makenzie Leigh