The Body Snatcher
The Body Snatcher

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In Edinburgh in 1831, Dr. Wolfe MacFarlane runs a medical school where Donald Fettes is a student. Fettes is interested in helping a young girl who has lost the use of her legs. He is certain that MacFarlane's surgical skills could be put to great use but he is reluctant to do so. The good Dr. MacFarlane has a secret that soon becomes all too obvious to young Fettes, who has only recently been promoted as his assistant: he has been paying a local cabbie, John Gray, to supply ... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Body Snatcher:

Boris Karloff
Bela Lugosi
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Rita Corday

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In Edinburgh in 1831, Dr. Wolfe MacFarlane runs a medical school where Donald Fettes is a student. Fettes is interested in helping a young girl who has lost the use of her legs. He is certain that MacFarlane's surgical skills could be put to great use but he is reluctant to do so. The good Dr. MacFarlane has a secret that soon becomes all too obvious to young Fettes, who has only recently been promoted as his assistant: he has been paying a local cabbie, John Gray, to supply him with dead bodies for anatomical research. Gray constantly harasses MacFarlane and clearly has a hold over him dating to a famous trial many years before where Gray refused to identify the man for whom he was robbing graves. Fettes isn't aware of any of this but soon realizes exactly how Gray obtains the bodies they use in their anatomy classes.

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Chicago Tribune - 10/10 by Michael WilmingtonLiterate, but not at the expense of the cinematic, THE BODY SNATCHER is one of Lewton's greatest works and contains what is arguably Karloff's finest performance.
CinePassion - 9/10 by Fernando F. CroceResearchers and healers are closer to the subjects on the autopsy slab than to their living patients in this acerbic chimera of shadow and sacrifice
Combustible Celluloid - 8/10 by Jeffrey M. AndersonThis is the most elegant and leisurely of the Val Lewton horror films, up until the whopper of an ending.
Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 8/10 by Dennis SchwartzToo stuck on being literate to be a great movie ... .
Antagony & Ecstasy - 8/10 by Tim BraytonA strong, well above-average effort in almost every way, there's no evidence at all that Lewton's first brush with money and success dulled his instincts.
Entertainment Weekly - 8/10 by Lawrence O'TooleThe movie has those unmistakable, shiver-inducing touches Lewton (Cat People) is famous for: a loyal little dog refusing to leave the site of its master’s fresh grave, a blind singer’s song suddenly and shockingly stopping offscreen, and the surprise of that final coach ride.
Slant Magazine - 8/10 by Clayton DillardEven if the narrative threads aren’t as tightly focused on exploring a complex theme as one might hope, The Body Snatcher nevertheless manages to still send chills, and predominately through Wise’s fleet direction and Karloff’s unflinching embodiment of a real-world monster.
The New Yorker - 7/10 by Wolcott GibbsRobert Wise’s direction is no more accomplished here than in The Sound of Music or any of his later big-budget projects, but Boris Karloff in the title role is surprisingly subtle—at times.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) - 4/10 by Ken HankeWildly overrated, but elegantly produced horror film
Variety - 4/10 by Variety StaffSettings are inexpensive but sufficient for the needs. Production values, in general, however, aid materially in making this picture a winner.

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