The Body Snatcher Poster

The Body Snatcher

GRAVES RAIDED! COFFINS ROBBED! CORPSES CARVED! MIDNIGHT MURDER! BODY BLACKMAIL! STALKING GHOULS! Mad Thrills of Terror And Macabre Mystery... –and don't blame us if you stay awake all night!

Not Rated Horror

Starring: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell, Edith Atwater, Russell Wade

Writer: Val Lewton, Philip MacDonald, Robert Louis Stevenson

Release Date:
May 25, 1945
Ratings:
7.0 / 10
Director:
Robert Wise
Companies:
RKO Radio Pictures

Overview

Edinburgh, 1831. Among those who undertake the illegal trade of grave robbery is Gray, ostensibly a cab driver. Formerly a medical student convicted of grave robbery, Gray holds a grudge against Dr. MacFarlane who had escaped detection and punishment.