The Body Snatcher

2885-poster
release date November 30 1944
studio RKO Radio Pictures
director Robert Wise
writer Robert Louis Stevenson, Philip MacDonald
starring Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell, Edith Atwater
tagline INVADED!...the sanctuary of the Dead!...by the Hero of Horror!...and the Master of Menace!
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RKO Acquiring Hitchcock’ian Thriller ‘The Architect’

After going out to various studios back in February, Production Weekly is reporting that RKO is in negotiations to pickup Craig Stiles’ script The Architect. It’s being described as a Hitchcock’ian thriller. /Film adds, “The story follows Mitch Avery, a New York City hot-shot up and coming architect who gets the opportunity of a lifetime — to build his dream building in Dubai… Once on the ground on the Arabian Peninsula, all hell breaks loose. It turns out everything was a gigantic set-up which results in a chase to find his kidnapped wife Carlie and uncover the bigger conspiracy.” Back in 2008 RKO announced they’d be remaking I Walked With a Zombie, The Body Snatcher, Bedlam and even Five Came Back. None have gone into production. (more…) READ MORE

Andy Fickman Talks Remake Madness as RKO

One of the more exciting slew of remakes on the horizon are coming from RKO, who announced a deal with Twisted Pictures early last year. This morning a new interview with Race to Witch Mountain director Andy Fickman, who will be producing I Walked with a Zombie for RKO and Twisted. Read on for some chatter behind that project, which will be directed by Adam Marcus. (more…) READ MORE

Twisted Pictures and RKO Preps Their Slate of Remakes

It has been talked about for months now, RKO Pictures and Twisted Pictures (Saw I-V, Dead Silence) have teamed up to bring you four remakes of classic films from the ’30s and ’40s. Previously announced are remakes of I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE, THE BODY SNATCHER, BEDLAM and FIVE CAME BACK. Inside you can read a bit more about the deal and what you can expect from the upcoming feature films. (more…) READ MORE

‘Invasion Of The Body Snatchers’ Collector’s Edition!

From deep space, the seed is planted… and terror grows. The paranoid frenzy begins anew on August 7, when Philip Kaufman’s ’78 classic Invasion Of The Body Snatchers returns to DVD in an all-new Two-Disc Collector’s Edition from MGM Home Entertainment. Inside you’ll find the full press release with specs and details for the film that follows a small group who discovers that the human race is quietly being supplanted by alien beings devoid of emotion. (more…) READ MORE

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