The Flesh and the Fiends
1960 · Movie · NR · 94 min · ★ 6.6 · 64% critics
In 19th-century Edinburgh, a driven anatomy teacher needs fresh bodies for medical study and turns to shady locals for help. As demand grows, the uneasy arrangement pulls the story into a grim mix of ambition, poverty, and moral compromise.
Also known as Mania · The Fiendish Ghouls
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Details
- Years
- 1960
- Release date
- 1960-02-02
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Critic score
- 64/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (58 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy old-school British horror with a grim historical edge, especially near The Curse of Frankenstein; Not for you if you need fast scares or modern gore.
Pros: eerie Gothic mood; strong performances; intriguing true-crime basis | Cons: slow early stretch; talky side plots; limited lead focus
Themes
- experiment
- surgeon
- black and white
- body snatchers
- dylascope
Cast & crew
Peter Cushing
as Dr. Robert Knox
Donald Pleasence
as William Hare
George Rose
as William Burke
June Laverick
as Martha Knox
Renée Houston
as Helen Burke
Dermot Walsh
as Dr. Geoffrey Mitchell
Billie Whitelaw
as Mary Patterson
John Cairney
as Chris Jackson
Melvyn Hayes
as Daft Jamie
- JP
June Powell
as Maggie O'Hara
Directed by John Gilling