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* Writer: [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] (short story), Philip MacDonald (screenplay) | * Writer: [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] (short story), Philip MacDonald (screenplay) | ||
* Producer/Production Co: RKO Radio Pictures, [[Val Lewton]] | * Producer/Production Co: RKO Radio Pictures, [[Val Lewton]] | ||
| − | * View Trailer: ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJO0BImGChY link]) | + | * View Trailer: ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJO0BImGChY link]) |
* Wikipedia: ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Body_Snatcher_(film) link]) | * Wikipedia: ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Body_Snatcher_(film) link]) | ||
* TVTropes: ([https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheBodySnatcher link]) | * TVTropes: ([https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheBodySnatcher link]) | ||
Revision as of 19:42, 15 December 2018
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
- View Trailer: ([link)
- Wikipedia: (link)
- TVTropes: (link)
- IMDb: (link)
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.
Reviews
Review Links:
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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
Keeper Notes
