Based on the true story of the Burke and Hare murders that terrified Scotland in 1828, Burke and Hare will be released on Blu-ray on April 1 via Kino Lorber.
The 1972 British horror-comedy is also known as The Horrors of Burke and Hare and The Body Snatchers.
The final effort from director Vernon Sewell is written by Ernle Bradford.
Special Features:
Audio Commentary by Film Historian/ Screenwriter Gary Gerani (new) Interview with Actress Françoise Pascal Grave Desires: Corpses on Film – Interview with Dr. Patricia MacCormack Theatrical Trailer
Derren Nesbitt and Glynn Edwards star as grave robbers who go into business supplying medical colleges with cadavers. Harry Andrews, Yootha Joyce, and Françoise Pascal co-star.
Kino describes the film as “a playful spin on the Irish body snatchers, blending dark comedy with bawdy eroticism, seasoning it with the grotesque, then crowning it with a playful theme song by the pop band The Scaffold.”
The...
The 1972 British horror-comedy is also known as The Horrors of Burke and Hare and The Body Snatchers.
The final effort from director Vernon Sewell is written by Ernle Bradford.
Special Features:
Audio Commentary by Film Historian/ Screenwriter Gary Gerani (new) Interview with Actress Françoise Pascal Grave Desires: Corpses on Film – Interview with Dr. Patricia MacCormack Theatrical Trailer
Derren Nesbitt and Glynn Edwards star as grave robbers who go into business supplying medical colleges with cadavers. Harry Andrews, Yootha Joyce, and Françoise Pascal co-star.
Kino describes the film as “a playful spin on the Irish body snatchers, blending dark comedy with bawdy eroticism, seasoning it with the grotesque, then crowning it with a playful theme song by the pop band The Scaffold.”
The...
- 2/10/2025
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Why do crime caper films have so much appeal? Are we all closet criminals, eager to watch less timid souls risk life and limb to get the big payout and live happily ever after? Peter Yates’ stylish re-telling of England’s Great Train Robbery makes for an excitingly detailed, nonsense-free heist straight from real life, with a just-the-facts clarity. The show begins with an influential car chase — straight through the heart of London.
Robbery
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1967 / Color / 1:66 widescreen / 110 min. / Street Date May 21, 2019 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: Stanley Baker, Joanna Pettet, James Booth, Frank Finlay, Barry Foster, William Marlowe, Clinton Greyn, George Sewell, Glynn Edwards, Julie Ege.
Cinematography: Douglas Slocombe
Film Editor: Reginald Beck
Original Music: Johnny Keating
Written by Edward Boyd, George Markstein, Peter Yates, from a story by Gerald Wilson
Produced by Stanley Baker, Michael Deeley
Directed by Peter Yates
I’d always heard about Peter Yates’ Robbery,...
Robbery
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1967 / Color / 1:66 widescreen / 110 min. / Street Date May 21, 2019 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: Stanley Baker, Joanna Pettet, James Booth, Frank Finlay, Barry Foster, William Marlowe, Clinton Greyn, George Sewell, Glynn Edwards, Julie Ege.
Cinematography: Douglas Slocombe
Film Editor: Reginald Beck
Original Music: Johnny Keating
Written by Edward Boyd, George Markstein, Peter Yates, from a story by Gerald Wilson
Produced by Stanley Baker, Michael Deeley
Directed by Peter Yates
I’d always heard about Peter Yates’ Robbery,...
- 5/7/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
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