‘Buried Alive And Survived’: Eva Marcille, Tyler Lepley To Star In New Lifetime Thriller

Inspired by gripping and real stories, Lifetime’s Buried Alive and  Survived, starring Eva Marcille (The Real Housewives of Atlanta, All the Queen’s Men) and Tyler Lepley (P-Valley, Harlem), is set to premiere on Saturday, September 21, at 8 pm ET/PT. The movie follows a woman who miraculously survives being buried alive by her ex-husband. It joins Lifetime’s fall slate of “Ripped from the Headlines” movies. 

Buried Alive and Survived follows Alicia (Marcille), who finds herself facing a terrifying ordeal after her ex-husband, Victor (Lepley), is released from prison. Determined to protect herself and their son Malcolm, Alicia resists Victor’s demands to reconcile and reunite as a family. But in a twisted turn of events, Victor traps Alicia underground and buries her…alive! Surrounded by darkness and dirt, Alicia pushes down the panic and fear of suffocating and manages to claw her way out of her grave. Now freed, she searches desperately for her son, knowing his safety hinges on staying one step ahead of Victor’s obsession.

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Swirl Films produces Buried Alive and Survived for Lifetime. Abbey Sibucao, Ron Robinson, and Eric Tomosunas serve as executive producers. Manu Boyer (Girl in the Basement) directs the teleplay by Gregory Small and Richard Blaney, based on a story by Nigel Campbell.

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