The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
by John Gilling
Kino Lorber – July 7, 2020
Original Title : Mania
Audio : English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (48kHz, 16-bit)
Subtitles : Français SDH
Country : USA
Year : 1960
Duration : 95' (1h35)
Format : Blu-ray (1 film 2 edits)
Area : A
Genre : Horror, Drama
Synopsis
Based on the real-life story of Burke and Hare, MANIA is a brutal film in which Edinburgh's slightly mad scientist Dr. Robert Knox (Peter Cushing) constantly needs cadavers for vivisection in order to continue his studies. Donald Pleasence plays a graverobber who supplies the corpses for Knox's experiments, at first through traditional, shady means of theft, but eventually resorting to murder to meet his demands.
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