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Beryl Reid, Jonathan Pryce, Julian Sands, Lewis Fiander, Patrick Stewart ...( see more  see more... ) , Phyllis Logan , Stephen Rea , T.P. McKenna , Timothy Dalton , Twiggy

Dalton is Dr. Thomas Rock, a scientist whose skills in anatomy are unsurpassed, thanks to his intense study of dead bodies. The law prohibits Rock from using fresh corpses for his research, so he has...( read more  read more... ) to use rotten corpses brought in by grave robbers, hung criminals, or animals. He enlists the aid of grave robbers Broom and Fallon (Stephen Rea and Jonathan Pryce) to bring him fresh bodies for proper research. Julian Sands plays Dr. Murray, Rock's assistant, who falls in love with a prostitute named Jennie (Twiggy) and discovers when he visits her how Broom and Fallon get their corpses so fresh.

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R, 93 min.

Directed by: Freddie Francis

Release Date: October 4, 1985

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DVD Release Date: September 6, 2005

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  • zandurian
    January 26, 2008
    zandurian
    Now this is a weird cast...
  • ladygorgon
    April 15, 2007
    ladygorgon
    Despite a wonderful cast this movie is dull, dull, dull!
  • sleepykiss
    March 6, 2007
    sleepykiss
    Based on Dylan Thomas' orig screenplay. JPryce, JSands, TDalton & SRea in a classic gothic tale of grave robbing in 1820s Edinburgh. Cameo by Twiggy as a lady of ill repute lol. Kinda spooky for an 80s flick.

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