The woman had not been dead at all, but was the victim of premature burial.

For the article about being buried alive, see premature burial.

This premature burial has not been good for him.

In this sense, their songs of premature burial take on a deep suggestiveness.

Or watching a film of a premature burial, perhaps.

He is tied up and the captor threatens him with premature burial.

The Baron was afraid of premature burial, so he was put in a safety coffin.

These included premature burial, animal attacks, ice cold baths and electric shocks.

The Premature Burial (1962) (based on the short story of the same name)

One side-effect was to increase the terror of premature burial (of which more later).