# The Body Snatcher (1945)

> A sinister Edinburgh cabbie supplies a celebrated surgeon with corpses, dragging a medical student into a nightmarish web of blackmail, grave robbing, and murder.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/18814

## Facts

- Runtime: 78 min
- Genres: Horror, Thriller
- Director: Robert Wise
- Cast: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell, Edith Atwater, Russell Wade, Rita Corday, Sharyn Moffett, Donna Lee
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037549/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: eerie, foreboding, sardonic, classic horror night, gothic film marathon

## Synopsis

A chilling tale of medical ambition and moral decay unfolds in the shadows of Edinburgh.

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