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[BD Review] Redemption Films Brings Body Snatching to Blu-ray With ‘Burke and Hare’

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Posted by David Harley on July 22, 2012 @ 10:56am
Category: Movies / Home Video

Reviewed by Mike Erb

Director Vernon Sewell made over 30 movies in his career, and Burke & Hare ‘72 was the last film he ever directed. Take that however you will, because Burke & Hare is not a good movie. Redemption Films put a lot of love into making this Blu-ray nice, but the effort is wasted on a cheesy failure.

Burke & Hare is about the infamous serial murders and body snatchers of 1820s Edinburgh, Scotland. The story goes that William Burke and Thomas Hare are trying to make ends meet when they realize that they can sell the bodies of their dying tenants to local medical colleges for good money. Once they sell their first cadaver to university professor Dr. Knox, the duo sees real potential in the business of body snatching. The trick is that traditional grave robbing is too competitive and waiting for their tenants to die naturally is just too slow. So, Burke and Hare are inspired to pick off the drunks and beggars on the street for fast cash. All of this is happening while a young medical student falls in love with a prostitute at a cheeky, shenanigan-prone brothel. READ MORE

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‘Burke & Hare’ Clip Will Fake Scare You to Death!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on August 03, 2011 @ 2:33pm
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John Landis’ UK horror comedy Burke And Hare will be available on SundanceNOW.com starting August 5th ahead of its theatrical debut on September 9th. The film will also be available on VOD via Comcast, Cox, Cablevision, Time Warner, and Bright House starting FRIDAY.

Bloody was provided with an exclusive clip from the film that will scare you to death. It features Andy Serkis and Simon Pegg as the title characters.

“‘Burke & Hare’ is a comedic take on the true story of the 1828 Edinburgh body-snatchers William Burke (Pegg) and William Hare (Serkis). These two Irish entrepreneurs discover that a dead body can fetch a hefty price when the demands of the leading medical professors Dr. Knox (Tom Wilkinson) and Dr. Monroe (Tim Curry) reach beyond that of the local supply.”

Burke & Hare Clip Will Fake Scare You to Death!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 26, 2011 @ 4:54pm
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An update to the announcement that IFC Films has acquired John Landis’ weak horror comedy Burke & Hare (review) for limited release on September 9. We’ve also learned that it will open on VOD August 5, while we’ve also been supplied with the official IFC trailer.

“ ‘Burke & Hare’ is a comedic take on the true story of the 1828 Edinburgh body-snatchers William Burke (Simon Pegg) and William Hare (Andy Serkis). These two Irish entrepreneurs discover that a dead body can fetch a hefty price when the demands of the leading medical professors Dr. Knox (Tom Wilkinson) and Dr. Monroe (Tim Curry) reach beyond that of the local supply.”
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IFC Films Acquires John Landis’ ‘Burke & Hare’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 21, 2011 @ 10:19pm
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Bloody Disgusting has learned that IFC Films has acquired John Landis’ weak horror comedy Burke & Hare (review) for release on September 9.

Check out the UK trailer inside.
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Fantasia ’11: Not-So-Thrilling New Images from ‘Retreat’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 07, 2011 @ 9:55pm
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Playing at this month’s Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal is Sony Pictures Worldwide’s thriller Retreat, which stars Cillian Murphy, Thandie Newton and Jamie Bell.

Carl Tibbetts makes his feature directorial debut on the film, which “finds Murphy and Newton heading to a remote island cottage to rebuild their frail marriage. When a wounded and armed stranger (Bell) shows up at their door with news about a deadly airborne virus, they must seal themselves inside the cottage, where the tension starts to escalate from psychological to physical.”

Alongside the trailer we’ve now got the first official stills.

Fantasia 11: Not So Thrilling New Images from Retreat

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 07, 2011 @ 7:02pm
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Udo Kier has just freaked me the f*ck out. Playing at both the upcoming Fantasia Film Festival and the Film4 FrightFest is Severin’s new horror anthology The Theater Bizarre.

We have just now scored a slew of intense imagery that feature a creepy Kier, alongside a bunch of trippy new stills. In addition, inside you’ll discover the first trailer fore the film jam-packed with outrageous horror madness.

On the subject of Canada’s esteemed horror film culture, Fantasia will be the site of the world premiere of the partially-made-in-Quebec (as well as the USA, the UK, Germany and France) anthology film, (read our set visit). One of the most hotly anticipated genre films of 2011, Theater showcases the combined talents of some of the world’s most exciting and iconoclastic fantastic film figures: Richard Stanley (Hardware, Dust Devil), Karim Hussain (Subconcious Cruelty, cinematographer of Hobo With a Shotgun), Douglas Buck (Sisters, Cutting Moments), Buddy Giovinazzo (Combat Shock), David Gregory (Plague Town, founder of the Severin video label) and Tom Savini (legendary FX artist – Creepshow, Dawn of the Dead, Friday the 13th and countless others, director of the 1990 Night of the Living Dead remake and actor in such films as From Dusk Till Dawn and Machete).

Fantasia 11: Whacked Out Trailer for Theatre Bizarre Anthology

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 07, 2011 @ 5:55pm
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The Fantasia Film Festival hasn’t even started and I’m already burnt out.

The first announced wave of films nearly gave me an anxiety attack, while today’s announcement sent me into cardiac arrest.

Inside you’ll find all of the newly announced genre titles from the 130-feature array that’s going to blow up Montreal on July 14 (through August 7). You’re going to need three weeks to even attempt to see all of these! (Breathe, Brad, breathe.)

Fantasia 11: Ridiculously Large Full Lineup Announced, Anxiety Ensues

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 02, 2011 @ 4:15pm
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Playing at both the upcoming Fantasia Film Festival and the Film4 FrightFest is Severin’s new horror anthology The Theater Bizarre!

On the subject of Canada’s esteemed horror film culture, Fantasia will be the site of the world premiere of the partially-made-in-Quebec (as well as the USA, the UK, Germany and France) anthology film, THE THEATRE BIZARRE (read our set visit). One of the most hotly anticipated genre films of 2011, Theater showcases the combined talents of some of the world’s most exciting and iconoclastic fantastic film figures: Richard Stanley (Hardware, Dust Devil), Karim Hussain (Subconcious Cruelty, cinematographer of Hobo With a Shotgun), Douglas Buck (Sisters, Cutting Moments), Buddy Giovinazzo (Combat Shock), David Gregory (Plague Town, founder of the Severin video label) and Tom Savini (legendary FX artist – Creepshow, Dawn of the Dead, Friday the 13th and countless others, director of the 1990 Night of the Living Dead remake and actor in such films as From Dusk Till Dawn and Machete).

Check out a brain-scrambling new image inside!

FrightFest/Fantasia 11: Have Breakfast With The Theater Bizarre

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 02, 2011 @ 4:14pm
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Very reminiscent of Black Christmas and te recent Kidnapped, below we scored a slew of new imagery from Andy Fetscher’s Urban Explorer, which will be playing at next month’s Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal.

“Anxious to explore the mysterious hidden world under metropolitan Berlin, an international group of four urban explorers hires a local guide, Kris, who leads them into the maze of escape tunnels and subterranean fortifications under the city. When their guide has a bad fall, two of the girls in the group frantically set off to seek help while Denis, the young American, stays behind. Armin, a former East German border guard suddenly appears from nowhere. Out of sheer desperation, Denis allows Armin to lead them and their unconscious guide to safety and it is at this moment that Denis realizes he has just made the biggest mistake of his life!”

Click the image for the full gallery. Trailer inside.

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Fantasia ’11: A Jackass of a ‘Wicker Tree’ Image!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 01, 2011 @ 2:39pm
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Well, it’s actually a horse…

Having its premiere at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal next month is The Wicker Tree, Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Man companion piece that looks pretty effin’ bizarre. We’ve compiled all of the previously released goodies, and added an exclusive creeptacular image below.

Starring Graham McTavish, Jacqueline Leonard, Clive Russell, Honeysuckle Weeks with Henry Garrett & introducing Britannia Nicol, “Young Christians Beth and Steve, a gospel singer and her cowboy boyfriend, leave Texas to preach door-to-door in Scotland . When, after initial abuse, they are welcomed with joy and elation to Tressock, the border fiefdom of Sir Lachlan Morrison, they assume their hosts simply want to hear more about Jesus. How innocent and wrong they are.”

Fantasia 11: A Jackass of a Wicker Tree Image!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on June 29, 2011 @ 2:59pm
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When the Fantasia International Film Festival returns to set Montreal ablaze this summer, the fantastic film festival – one of the largest and most influential of its kind in the world – will be celebrating its 15th anniversary with an astonishing three weeks showcase of international genre cinema, from July 14th to August 7th, 2011.

The full line-up of over 120 feature films from across the world will be announced in another few weeks. But for now, Fantasia is proud to reveal several juicy teases, one of which stands out: A Gala World Premiere for The Theater Bizarre!

Inside you’ll find the first ever images, along with more information on Severin’s insane new anthology.

Fantasia 11: Creepy First Images From The Theater Bizarre

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Posted by MrDisgusting on June 29, 2011 @ 2:52pm
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Premiering at the Fantasia Film Festival in July, inside you’ll find a tense teaser poster for The Lost director Chris Sivertson’s new thriller that reteams him with actor Marc Senter. This time Senter acts as star and producer hiring Sivertson to write and direct Brawler, which is based on a true story.

Described as in the vein of Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets, Brawler follows two brothers competing in an underground circuit of illicit New Orleans riverboat brawls, struggling to survive their opponents, the crime boss they work for, and ultimately, each other.

Senter, who is a trained martial artists, will square off against his producing partner Nathan Grubbs (Privateer, Down in New Orleans ) in the ring.

Senter also stars in Cabin Fever 2, and can be seen in Simon Rumley’s SXSW festival hit Red White & Blue.

Sivertson’s Jack Ketchum adaptation The Lost received wide praise in the horror community and by major mags.
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Fantasia ’11: Behold the Glory of ‘The Wicker Tree’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on June 28, 2011 @ 5:23pm
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Fantasia 11: Behold the Glory of The Wicker Tree

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Posted by MrDisgusting on June 28, 2011 @ 5:08pm
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Entertainment One recently picked up US and Canadian rights to New Zealand WWII horror film The Devil’s Rock, directed and co-written by Paul Campion. With a July 8 release planned in Canada, the film will have its premiere at next month’s Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal. Check out a new pic below, with the official trailer inside.

“The horror pic is set in the Channel Islands on the eve of D-Day where two Kiwi Commandos are sent to destroy German gun emplacements in order to distract Hitler’s forces away from Normandy. They discover a Nazi occult plot to unleash demonic forces to win the war.”

Fantasia 11: Nazi Occult Revived on The Devils Rock

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Posted by MrDisgusting on June 27, 2011 @ 6:45pm
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While less than two weeks away from announcing the full line-up of its 15th edition, Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival has revealed a first wave of titles and happenings. The full 130-feature array of titles will be announced at our press conference on July 7.

Fantasia is proud to open the 2011 edition of the festival with the Canadian Premiere of Kevin Smith’s Sundance hit Red State (review). The director of Clerks and Mallrats has made a jump to an entirely new genre with tremendous success. Red State is described as a powerhouse film featuring fantastic performances by Michael Parks, Academy Award winner Melissa Leo and John Goodman.

And in celebration of the 30th anniversary of An American Werewolf in London and to celebrate his return to feature filmmaking after a 12-year sabbatical, Fantasia will honour the career of director John Landis with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Landis’ impressive filmography includes such classics as The Blues Brothers, Animal House, Trading Places and Michael Jackson’s trailblazing “Thriller” video!

Following the award presentation, Fantasia will screen the Canadian Premiere of Landis’ comeback film, the black comedy Burke & Hare (review), which stars Simon Pegg, Tom Wilkinson, Andy Serkis and Tim Curry.

Inside you’ll find the entire list of first wave announcements!
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Burke and Hare

Posted by David Harley on February 03, 1972 @ 10:39am
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When a man in their Edinburgh boarding house dies, poor Irish immigrants Burke (Derren Nesbitt) and Hare (Glynn Edwards) discover they can make good money by supplying corpses for scientific study to a doctor at the university medical school. Inconvenienced by the lack of available cadavers, the cunning pair soon turns to murder to maintain their revenue stream.