The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
- Directed by
- John Gilling
- Genre
- horror film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 58 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This horror film is based on the true story of Burke and Hare in 1820s Edinburgh. They murder people and sell the corpses to a surgeon for money.
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What happens
The Flesh and the Fiends (released in the United States as Mania; also known as The Fiendish Ghouls and Psycho Killers) is a 1960 British horror film directed by John Gilling, from a screenplay co-written with Leon Griffiths, and starring Peter Cushing, June Laverick, Donald Pleasence and George Rose. It is based on the true case of Burke and Hare, who murdered at least 16 people in 1828 Edinburgh and sold their bodies for anatomical research. The film was released in the United Kingdom by Regal Film Distributors on February 2, 1960. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.