BURKE & HARE (1972) - Blu-ray Release of Dark Comedy Horror Film Starring Derren Nesbitt & Glynn Edwards

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Region: Region A/1

Product Description: Two of the most notorious figures in the history of medicine, William Burke and William Hare were a pair of enterprising street thugs who provided anatomical specimens to the Edinburgh Medical College—often by robbing the graves of the recently dead, sometimes through even more nefarious methods. Derren Nesbitt and Glynn Edwards bring these two scoundrels to life in Burke & Hare, a colorful, early-’70s rendition of life in the taverns, brothels and surgical theatres of 1820s Scotland. While other filmmakers have treated the Burke and Hare murders as a source of Gothic horror, director Vernon Sewell (The Blood Beast Terror) offers a playful spin on the Irish body snatchers, blending dark comedy with bawdy eroticism, seasoning it with the grotesque, then crowning it with a playful theme song by the pop band The Scaffold.

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Director: Vernon Sewell

Starring: Derren Nesbitt, Glynn Edwards, Harry Andrews, Yootha Joyce

Genre: Horror, Comedy

Runtime: 94 min

Rating: R

Language: English

Studio: Kino Lorber

Home Video Release Date: April 1, 2025