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The Flesh and the Fiends

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The Flesh and the Fiends (US title Mania) is a 1960 British horror film directed by John Gilling. [1]

51 relations: Anatomy, Andrew Faulds, Billie Whitelaw, Boarding house, Box office bomb, British Board of Film Classification, Burke & Hare (1971 film), Burke & Hare (2010 film), Burke and Hare murders, Cadaver, Cult film, Dermot Walsh, Donald Pleasence, DVD, Dylan Thomas, Edinburgh, Esma Cannon, Garard Green, George Rose (actor), George Woodbridge (actor), Glenn Erickson, Grave robbery, Hammer Film Productions, Hansom Books, Hippocratic Oath, Horror film, Image Entertainment, John Cairney, John Gilling, John Trevelyan (censor), June Laverick, Leon Griffiths, Melvyn Hayes, Monty Berman, Peter Cushing, Raf De La Torre, Renée Houston, Robert Knox, Robert S. Baker, Scotland, Smallpox, Stanley Black, Steven Berkoff, Tempean Films, The Curse of Frankenstein, The Doctor and the Devils, The Greed of William Hart, Turn state's evidence, United Kingdom, Variety (magazine), ..., Victor Frankenstein. Expand index (1 more) »

Anatomy

Anatomy (Greek anatomē, “dissection”) is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts.

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Andrew Faulds

Andrew Matthew William Faulds (1 March 1923 – 31 May 2000) was a British actor and politician.

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Billie Whitelaw

Billie Honor Whitelaw, CBE (6 June 1932 – 21 December 2014) was an English actress.

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Boarding house

A boarding house is a house (frequently a family home) in which lodgers rent one or more rooms for one or more nights, and sometimes for extended periods of weeks, months, and years.

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Box office bomb

In the motion picture industry, a "box office bomb" or "box office flop" is a film that is considered highly unsuccessful or unprofitable during its theatrical run, often following significant hype regarding its cost, production, or marketing efforts.

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British Board of Film Classification

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), previously the British Board of Film Censors, is a non-governmental organization, founded by the film industry in 1912 and responsible for the national classification and censorship of films exhibited at cinemas and video works (such as television programmes, trailers, adverts, public Information/campaigning films, menus, bonus content etc.) released on physical media within the United Kingdom.

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Burke & Hare (1971 film)

Burke & Hare, sometimes called Burke and Hare or The Horrors of Burke and Hare, is a 1971 horror film, directed by Vernon Sewell, and starring Derren Nesbitt, Harry Andrews, and Glynn Edwards.

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Burke & Hare (2010 film)

Burke & Hare is a 2010 British black comedy film, loosely based on the Burke and Hare murders.

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Burke and Hare murders

The Burke and Hare murders were a series of 16 murders committed over a period of about ten months in 1828 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Cadaver

A cadaver, also referred to as a corpse (singular) in medical, literary, and legal usage, or when intended for dissection, is a deceased body.

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Cult film

A cult film or cult movie, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a cult following.

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Dermot Walsh

Dermot Walsh (10 September 1924 – 26 June 2002) was an Irish stage, film and television actor, known for portraying King Richard the Lionheart in the 1962 television series ''Richard the Lionheart''.

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Donald Pleasence

Donald Henry Pleasence, OBE (5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995) was an English actor.

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DVD

DVD (an abbreviation of "digital video disc" or "digital versatile disc") is a digital optical disc storage format invented and developed by Philips and Sony in 1995.

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Dylan Thomas

Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer whose works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "And death shall have no dominion"; the 'play for voices' Under Milk Wood; and stories and radio broadcasts such as A Child's Christmas in Wales and Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Esma Cannon

Esma Ellen Charlotte Littman (née Cannon) (27 December 1905 – 18 October 1972), credited as Esme or Esma Cannon, was a diminutive Australian-born character actress and comedian, who moved to Britain in the early 1930s.

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Garard Green

Garard Green (31 July 1924 – 26 December 2004) was a British actor and commentator.

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George Rose (actor)

George Walter Rose (19 February 1920 – 5 May 1988) was an English actor and singer in theatre and film.

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George Woodbridge (actor)

George Woodbridge (16 February 1907 – 31 March 1973) was an English character actor in theatre, films and television from the 1930s to the 1970s.

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Glenn Erickson

Glenn Erickson is an American film editor and film critic.

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Grave robbery

Grave robbery, tomb robbing, or tomb raiding is the act of uncovering a grave, tomb or crypt to steal matter.

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Hammer Film Productions

Hammer Film Productions is a British film production company based in London.

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Hansom Books

Hansom Books was a British publisher founded in 1950 by Philip Dosse to produce the magazine Dance and Dancers.

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Hippocratic Oath

The Hippocratic Oath is an oath historically taken by physicians.

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Horror film

A horror film is a film that seeks to elicit a physiological reaction, such as an elevated heartbeat, through the use of fear and shocking one’s audiences.

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Image Entertainment

Image Entertainment, Inc.

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John Cairney

John Cairney (born 16 February 1930) is a Scottish film and television actor who is well known to audiences in Scotland and internationally through his one-man shows on Robert Burns, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Service, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and William McGonagall.

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John Gilling

John Gilling (29 May 1912 – 22 November 1984) was an English film director and screenwriter, born in London.

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John Trevelyan (censor)

John Trevelyan, CBE (11 July 1903 – 15 August 1986) was Secretary of the Board of the British Board of Film Censors from 1958 to 1971.

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June Laverick

June Laverick (born 11 June 1931, Redcar, North Yorkshire) is a retired English film, television and stage actress.

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Leon Griffiths

Leon Griffiths (15 February 1928 – 10 June 1992) was a British writer for TV and film.

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Melvyn Hayes

Melvyn Hayes (born Melvyn Hyams, 11 January 1935) is an English actor known for playing the effeminate Gunner (later Bombardier) "Gloria" Beaumont in the 1970s BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum, and the Cliff Richard musical films The Young Ones and Summer Holiday.

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Monty Berman

Nestor Montague "Monty" Berman (16 August 1913 in Whitechapel, London, England - 14 June 2006 in London, England) was a British cinematographer and film and television producer.

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Peter Cushing

Peter Wilton Cushing (26 May 191311 August 1994) was an English actor best known for his roles in the Hammer Productions horror films of the 1950s, '60s, and '70s, as well as his performance as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars (1977).

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Raf De La Torre

Raf De La Torre (14 February 1905 –15 July 1975) was a British actor who was a member of the BBC Repertory Company.

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Renée Houston

Renée Houston (24 July 1902 – 9 February 1980) was a Scottish comedy actress and revue artist who appeared in television and film roles.

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Robert Knox

Robert Knox, (4 September 1793 – 20 December 1862) was a Scottish anatomist, zoologist, ethologist and doctor.

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Robert S. Baker

Robert Sidney Baker (17 October 1916 – 30 September 2009) was a British film and television producer, who at times was also a cinematographer and director.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Smallpox

Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by one of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor.

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Stanley Black

Stanley Black OBE (14 June 1913 – 27 November 2002) was an English bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and pianist.

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Steven Berkoff

Leslie Steven Berkoff (né Berks; born 3 August 1937) is an English character actor, author, playwright and theatre director.

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Tempean Films

Tempean Films were a British film production company formed in 1948 by Robert Baker and Monty Berman.

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The Curse of Frankenstein

The Curse of Frankenstein is a 1957 British horror film by Hammer Film Productions, loosely based on the novel Frankenstein (1818) by Mary Shelley.

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The Doctor and the Devils

The Doctor and The Devils is a gothic thriller produced by Mel Brooks, through his production company Brooksfilms and released in 1985.

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The Greed of William Hart

The Greed of William Hart is a 1948 British crime film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Tod Slaughter, Henry Oscar, Aubrey Woods, Patrick Addison, Jenny Lynn, Winifred Melville and Arnold Bell.

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Turn state's evidence

A criminal turns state's evidence by admitting guilt and testifying as a witness for the state against his associate(s) or accomplice(s), often in exchange for leniency in sentencing or immunity from prosecution.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Variety (magazine)

Variety is a weekly American entertainment trade magazine and website owned by Penske Media Corporation.

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Victor Frankenstein

Victor Frankenstein is the main character in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flesh_and_the_Fiends

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