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starring: Timothy Dalton, Jonathan Pryce, Twiggy, Julian Sands, Stephen Rea directed by: Freddie Francis  List Price: $29.98 Amazon.com's Price: $28.48 You Save: $1.50 ( 5%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 0086162148736 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC Label: Fox Home Entertainment Manufacturer: Fox Home Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Fox Home Entertainment Release Date: August 29, 2005 Running Time: 93 minutes Studio: Fox Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: October 04, 1985 Sales Rank: 26909 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: Two psychotic men need to kill. A mad scientist needs fresh bodies. Together the three terrorize England. Based on the writings of Dylan Thomas. Average Rating:
 Rating: - The Burke and Hare Storey Updated for a Modern Audience I knew when I read the back of the DVD what I was in for with this movie. To make things short, this is an almost scene for scene remake of "The Flesh and the Fiends" film also marketed as "Psycho Killers" "Mania" or "The Fiendish Ghouls". Those who have compared this to a "Hammer" film, may be interested to know that Hammer regular actor Peter Cushing played the main character role (Dr. Knox in this version instead or Dr. Rock) and also it also started Donald Pleasance of Halloween fame. Interestingly ... Read More Rating:  - So - so movieI produced and directed the America Premier of a stage adaptation of this screenplay off-Broadway in NYC in the mid-70's. Having done much research into the subject including reading the transcript of the trial of Burke and Hare and the writings of Robert Knox I found that this film -- though cast with fine actors and with all the possible resources available to film making and not to a stage production -- fails to offer the audience any real incite into the horror of the story. Rather it makes a feeble, hollywoodish ... Read More Rating: - WELL MADE THRILLER SHOWS THE HORRORS OF EARLY MEDICINEIf you like gothic horror and tales of body snatching, you'll probably enjoy this chiller. Pretty great cast, Timothy Dalton, Twiggy, Julian Sands, Jonathan Pryce and Steven Rea all lift this film to a classy level with the guidance of director Freddie Francis who worked on some of the classic Hammer films. Both widescreen and full screen versions are on the disc and both audio and picture are of good transfer. There are however no extra features. Rating:  - "I admit to breaking any law that inhibits the progess of science."It's funny people should mention how much The Doctor and the Devils feels somewhat like a Hammer film, to which I would agree, but it's not really surprising given the director, Freddie Francis, actually made a couple of films for Hammer studios back in the mid to late 60s, including The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) and Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968). Based on a screenplay by Dylan Thomas, adapted by Ronald Harwood (The Pianist, Being Julia), the film stars a pre-Bond Timothy Dalton (Flash Gordon, The Living ... Read More Rating: - The Devil You Say --Based on a true story, The Doctor and the Devils present several fine performances by outstanding actors including Timothy Dalton, Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Pryce, Stephen Rea, and Julian Sands. Nineteenth century medicine for one forward thinking physician, Dr. Roc (Dalton), was the fight to teach medicine as science that relied on empirical fact and first hand observation, not folk lore and religious philosophy. His primary source was fresh cadavers, the fresher the better. Alas, the Victorian mind-set was in ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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