| Buried Secrets | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Michael Toshiyuki Uno |
| Written by | John Leekley |
| Starring | Tiffani Amber Thiessen Tim Matheson Kelly Rutherford Erika Flores |
| Distributed by | Michele Brustin Productions |
| Release date(s) | November 4, 1996 |
'Buried Secrets' is a 1996 made for television movie that stars Tiffani Amber Thiessen as a young woman who moves with her mother to her mother's hometown and is haunted by the ghost of a dead teenager (Erika Flores).
Annalisse Vellum (Tiffani Amber Thiessen) is a young woman who along with her mother, move back to her mother's hometown sometime after the death of her father. Annalisse's mother rents the home of an old high school classmate Clay Roff (Tim Matheson), who's troubled teenage daughter Mary (Erika Flores) disappeared sometime earlier. Clay invites the two to dinner at his house to meet his current wife Dr. Danielle Roff (Kelly Rutherford) and his young daughter Heather. Soon after moving in Annalisse starts having nightmares about a woman falling over a cliff, and is being haunted by the spirit of Mary. Annalisse begins to suspect foul play in Mary's disappearance and the death of Mary's mother Ann, who she was having the nightmares about. Annalisse is soon suspected of mental illness by her mother, Clay and Danielle. Annalisse becomes interested in a local man Johnny Toussard (Channon Roe), which upsets Mary's spirit and Clay warns her not to get involved with the dangerous man. Despite these warnings the two see each other, setting off Mary's wrath, Danielle has Annalisse's mother to have her temporarily committed for observation, while Clay watches from outside, Danielle states that Annalisse maybe suffering the same mental illness Mary had. When released Annalisse decides to investigate into Danielle's past and discovers she was treating and drugging Mary, she suspects she murdered Ann, Mary possesses Annalisse to visit Johnny, confronts her father and her spirit rides her beloved horse that tramples over killing Danielle and Clay discovered that Danielle had murdered Ann, drugged Mary into a psychotic state and she's been drugging Annalise to keep silent, as Danielle who had been having an affair with the then married Clay was pregnant and had plotting to marry him. Clay had blocked out burying Mary's body out by the cliff after he believed she had committed suicide and believed she murdered her mother. Mary's spirit now at rest, thanks Annalisse, saying, "you'll always be my sister." Mary tells her she'll wait for her on the other side and vanishes. Annalisse reunites with Johnny and is free.