The Body Snatcher (1945 film)
The Body Snatcher AKA Robert Louis Stevenson's The Body Snatcher
Summary
"No punches pulled... No details hidden... No facts sugar-coated in this startling and horrific expose of the methods used by surgeons years ago to get bodies for dissection! " A ruthless doctor and his young prize student find themselves continually harassed by their murderous supplier of illegal cadavers.
Details
- Release Date: 1945
- Country/Language: UK, English
- Genres/Technical: Crime, Drama, Horror
- Setting: Gaslight Scotland
- Runtime: 1 hr 17 min
- Starring: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell
- Director: Robert Wise
- Writer: Robert Louis Stevenson (short story), Philip MacDonald (screenplay)
- Producer/Production Co: RKO Radio Pictures, Val Lewton
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Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: Unrated (perhaps equivalent to PG for mild Violence)
Tentacle Ratings
A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
- S____ (One Tentacle: Debateably Lovecraftian; has almost no direct connection to Lovecraft's work)
Perhaps vaguely similar to Lovecraft's less outre work, such as "Into the Vault (fiction)", but generally non-Lovecraftian otherwise...
Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.
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Synopsis (SPOILERS)
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A ruthless doctor and his young prize student find themselves continually harassed by their murderous supplier of illegal cadavers.
Notes
Comments, Trivia, Dedication
- Author Robert Louis Stevenson based his short story on actual events occurring in 19th century England and Scotland, particularly those of grave robbers Burke and Hare.
Associated Mythos Elements
- film: compare/contrast to The Flesh and The Fiends (1959 film)
- fiction: compare loosely to "Into the Vault (fiction)" by H.P. Lovecraft
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