Review – The Flesh and the Fiends

By now I expect most folks are familiar with the story of homicidal body snatchers Burke and Hare (if not, do a search on them and get yourself caught up). The attractions of this version of the tale lie primarily in the cast: a young Donald Pleasance plays one of the killers, and Dr. Knox is played by Peter Cushing. His performance is particularly interesting, because he comes across as an arrogant jerk with a lazy eye who still emerges as a sympathetic character. Also, the production plays things fairly straight. It’s not absolutely historically accurate, but it doesn’t turn the killings into anything they weren’t. Mildly amusing