The Doctor and the Devils (1985)

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 80’s (1473 movies items)

" In Victorian England, two grave robbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy on, but greed causes them to look for a more simple way to get the job done. Based on the horrifying Burke and Hare case. The film, featured earlier performances by Stephen Rea, Timothy Dalton, Patrick Stewart, and Jonathan Pryce, Dr. Thomas Rock is based on Dr. Robert Knox. Rock is played in this movie by Timothy Dalton. In real-life, Dr. Knox's association with the Burke and Hare murders dama"

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Favorite Drama Films: 1984-1985 (82 movies items)

" Directed by: Freddie Francis Produced by: Jonathan Sanger Written by: Ronald Harwood Based on a story by: Dylan Thomas Cinematography: Gerry Turpin and Norman Warwick Edited by: Lawrence Mery Clark Distributed by: 20th Century Fox"

Favorite Horror Films: 1985 (18 movies items)

" Directed by: Freddie Francis Produced by: Jonathan Sanger Written by: Ronald Harwood Based on a story by: Dylan Thomas Cinematography: Gerry Turpin and Norman Warwick Edited by: Lawrence Mery Clark Distributed by: 20th Century Fox "

Scarier Than Fiction (55 movies items)

"William Burke and William Hare The Burke and Hare murders were a series of 16 murders committed over a period of about ten months in 1828 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The killings were undertaken by William Burke and William Hare, who sold the corpses to Doctor Robert Knox for dissection at his anatomy lectures."