Review of The Body Snatcher (1945) by Maggie A — 18 Sep 2007

This is a bit of a hidden jewel of 40's horror classics. Karloff and Lugosi join together for this bit of a "Poe" like story of a medical school and the need for fresh cadavers. I've seen a lot of Boris Karloff movies, but this was one of his best as the seedy Mr. Grey, purveyor of bodies.

Lugosi's role was small, and if your not paying attention you'll miss him in some of the first scenes.

For using recycled sets (Hunchback) and limited budgets the producer, director and writer did an outstanding job of story telling. Not really scary like BOO! scary, but definitely creepy.

I recommend it highly for horror movie buffs.