The Body Snatcher

The Body Snatcher

By Robert Wise

  • Genre: Horror
  • Release Date: 1945-05-25
  • Advisory Rating: NR
  • Runtime: 1h 18min
  • Director: Robert Wise
  • Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • iTunes Price: USD 9.99
  • iTunes Rent Price: USD 3.99
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Description

Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi star in a classic Robert Lewis Stevenson tale ... which was itself based on a true story of notorious grave robbers. To conduct his humanitarian research, a doctor in Edinburgh, Scotland, needs a constant supply of fresh corpses--provided by his evil henchman (Karloff), who steals bodies from the graveyard. But when the cemetery runs short, the grave robber turns to murder.

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  • A beginning B Movie

    5
    By Old movie lover101
    This is one of the greatest lesser known horror films, a cult classic if you will. (ignore the raves of bela lugosi the same actor who plays dracula, hes hardly in the movie) Boris Karloff shows his great talents as a character actor, not like in Frankenstein where he hardly speaks a word. this is a great movie with a great ending. It builds tension and BOOM the ending is terrific. I highly recomend this and the original Robert Louis Stevensen short story. (Pardon all spelling)

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