The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

John Gilling

Writers:

John Gilling (screenplay)
John Gilling (story)

Release Date:

4 November 1960 (West Germany)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Coffins Looted! Cadavers Dissected!

Plot:

Edinburgh surgeon Dr. Robert Knox requires cadavers for his research into the functioning of the human...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Student | Cemetery | Lecturer | Necrophilia

Cast

Peter Cushing	...	Dr. Robert Knox
June Laverick	...	Martha Knox
Donald Pleasence	...	William Hare
George Rose	...	William Burke
Renee Houston	...	Helen Burke
Dermot Walsh	...	Dr. Geoffrey Mitchell
Billie Whitelaw	...	Mary Patterson
John Cairney	...	Chris Jackson
Melvyn Hayes	...	Daft Jamie
June Powell	...	Maggie O'Hara
Andrew Faulds	...	Inspector McCulloch
Philip Leaver	...	Dr. Elliott
George Woodbridge	...	Dr. Ferguson
Garard Green	...	Dr. Andrews
Esma Cannon	...	Aggie

Also Known As:

Mania (USA)
Psycho Killers
The Fiendish Ghouls

Runtime:

97 min | USA:91 min (uncut version)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Norway:16 (1963) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Finland:(Banned) | Finland:K-16 (re-rating) | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:X | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK

Company:

Triad Productions

Trivia:

This film was remade in 1985 by Freddie Francis as The Doctor and the Devils (1985) and names of the characters were changed.

Quotes:

[last lines]
Dr. Robert Knox: Before commencing this morning's lecture, let us consider the Oath of Hippocrates, the sacred oath of our profession: "I will prescribe regimen for the good of my patients according to my ability and my judgment and never do harm to anyone."

Movie Connections:

Edited into Out of this World Super Shock Show (2007) (V)

Pretty good British horror.

Peter Cushing plays the doctor who needs bodies in this fine adaptation of the Burke and Hare grave robbing case.Donald Pleasance and George Rose are both excellent as the infamous grave robbers.The film is truly atmospheric-full of packed bars,foggy streets and deep shadows-and the performance by Peter Cushing is simply amazing-Cushing is probably one of the most recognizable faces in the horror genre.The film has an eerie cinematic style reminiscent more of films from the 1940's than 1959.The first half of Gilling's story moves extremely slow,but the second half has some gruesome murder scenes.A must-see for fans of British horror!