The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
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In 1828, Scotsmen William Burke and William Hare murdered 16 people and sold them to scientist Robert Knox for dissection and analysis. In 1960, director John Gilling adapted the true story into “The Flesh and the Fiends,” finding Edgar Allan Poe-esque shades of guilt and morality in his examination of the characters involved. This film was originally released in the U.S. as “Mania,” which doesn’t quite capture the film’s proper tone as well.