The Flesh and the Fiends ( Mania (The Fiendish Ghouls) )

The Flesh and the Fiends (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Mania (The Fiendish Ghouls)
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
95 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1960 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
John Gilling

Written By:
John Gilling

Actors:
Peter Cushing ..... Dr. Robert Knox
June Laverick ..... Martha Knox
Donald Pleasence ..... William Hare
George Rose ..... William Burke
Renee Houston ..... Helen Burke
Dermot Walsh ..... Dr. Geoffrey Mitchell
Billie Whitelaw ..... Mary Patterson
John Cairney ..... Chris Jackson
Melvyn Hayes ..... Daft Jamie
June Powell ..... Maggie O'Hara
Andrew Faulds ..... Inspector McCulloch
Philip Leaver ..... Dr. Elliott
George Woodbridge ..... Dr. Ferguson
Garard Green ..... Dr. Andrews
Esma Cannon ..... Aggie

Synopsis:

In 1828 in Edinburgh, Scotland, grave robbers provide Dr. Knox with the corpses of the recently deceased. Knox is a professor at the university where medical students take in his every word. He is not only venerated by his students but by his ward and niece Martha, who has returned from her Paris finishing school unexpectedly. He is somewhat arrogant however and is held in contempt by many of his less able colleagues. One of his students, Chris Jackson meets barmaid Mary Patterson when he goes to the tavern to pay off the grave robbers and become involved with her. William Hare and William Burke take to killing lodgers at Burke's house and delivering them to Knox as a means to make money. One of Dr. Knox's colleagues, Dr. Geoffrey Mitchell, begins to suspect the origin of the numerous corpses Hare and Burke provide. When Hare kills Mary in a fit of passion, Jackson discovers her body in the lecture room and he too is killed by the body snatchers. Their scheme begins to unravel quickly leading to their arrest. Knox also has to deal with the fallout of his implicit participation in their scheme.

Edinburgh surgeon Dr. Robert Knox requires cadavers for his research into the functioning of the human body; local ne'er-do-wells Burke and Hare find ways to provide him with fresh specimens...

Set in Edinburgh in the 1820's. Burke and Hare make money supplying bodies to Dr. Knox for medical research. Becoming greedy, they turn to murder...

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 15 February, 2013.