A macabre and grotesque old horror film, that relies more on the atmosphere than on really scary effects and scenes.
From the excellent director of The Haunting and West Side Story (and editing supervisor of Citizen Kane).
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The Body Snatcher [Blu-ray]
Format: Blu-ray
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Genre | Horror |
Format | NTSC, Widescreen |
Language | English |
Runtime | 1 hour and 17 minutes |
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Product description
"The Body Snatcher is one of Lewtons greatest works and contains what is arguably Karloffs finest performance.", TV Guide A literary classic becomes a horror classic at the hands of masters Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and Val Lewton! Screen icon Boris Karloff plays the title role in the Val Lewton adaptation of Robert Louis Stevensons The Body Snatcher, directed with subtle calculation by versatile Robert Wise (West Side Story, The Sound of Music). A doctor (Henry Daniell, The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake) needs cadavers for medical studies and Karloff is willing to provide them ... one way or another. The film also features a wonderful supporting performance by fellow horror icon Bela Lugosi.
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- Language : English
- Product dimensions : 1.78 x 19.05 x 13.72 cm; 60 Grams
- Item Model Number : BRSF18928
- Media Format : NTSC, Widescreen
- Run time : 1 hour and 17 minutes
- Release date : 26 March 2019
- Subtitles: : English
- Studio : Shout! Factory
- ASIN : B07KZKCZZY
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: 14,121 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- 10,815 in Movies (Movies & TV)
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Elleppi
3.0 out of 5 stars
Macabre, grotesque, disturbing. A very special horror
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 September 2015Verified Purchase
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M. J. A. Brough
4.0 out of 5 stars
Can I take you somewhere, sir?
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 June 2016Verified Purchase
Boris on very lively form here (Karloff, not Johnson) as a grinning, lisping cabman-cum-grave robber with vice-like grip on tetchy Henry Daniell's Edinburgh doctor and surgical pioneer. Ghastly good fun.
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Dorothy L. Sayers
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great fun!!!!!!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 October 2012Verified Purchase
We have been looking for this film for several years and when I found that it had been released last year we were delighted. We popped into the DVD player and were immediately transported back into the bad old days of Medical Training and grave robbing. Both Henry Daniell and Karloff were magnificent. It is a film we will go back to many times over the years.
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roy beech r.beech
5.0 out of 5 stars
The body snatcher 1945.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 April 2016Verified Purchase
Excellent b/w horror from Val Lawton, recommended. Nice to see the full version.

David
4.0 out of 5 stars
Like Boris Karloff who is creepy to disposing of the ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 June 2015Verified Purchase
Like Boris Karloff who is creepy to disposing of the bodies to being responsible for the disapperances of other people. A suspence film through and through.
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