Alright, My Peeps…
…By A Showing Of Hands…
…How Many Of Y’all Have Even Heard Of…
“THE FLESH AND THE FIENDS“
…Starring…
PETER CUSHING
…And…
DONALD PLEASENCE
??? ???? ???
Hmm.
Not As Many As I’d Hoped…
…Though…
…More Than I’d Expected.
I Suppose That’s Positive…
…Right?
RIGHT!
“THE FLESH AND THE FIENDS“
…Tells Us The Story Of…
DR. ROBERT KNOX
(PETER CUSHING)
…A Brilliant Surgeon Hell Bent On Furthering Medicine And Science In 19TH-Century Edinburgh, Scotland.
You See…
…He Needs Fresh Corpses For His Dissection And Experiments.
He’s Being Supplied By Two Nasty Sorts Of Gents…
BURKE
(GEORGE ROSE)
…And…
HARE
(DONALD PLEASENCE)
!!! !!!! !!!
Sounds Like A Cozy Arrangement, Right?!
Things Carry On Like This Until…
BURKE & HARE
…Begin Running-Out Of Viable Candidates.
So…
…They Turn To Murdering Folks, And Supplying…
DR. KNOX
…With The Freshest Corpses Possible.
BURKE & HARE
…Are Doing This For One Reason…
DR. KNOX
…Pays Very Well For The Bodies They Bring Him.
PETER CUSHING
…Is Spot On As…
DR. KNOX
…But…
DONALD PLEASENCE
…As…
HARE
…Nearly Steals The Whole Show.
I’ve Always Been A Huge Fan Of Both…
PETER CUSHING
…And…
DONALD PLEASENCE
…And They Do This Little Film A Pant-Load Of Justice.
It’s Entertaining.
It’s Creepy.
It’s Kinda Cheesy In Places.
But…
…For The Most Part…
…It’s Just A Really Good Shocker!!!
I’ll Warn You Now…
…This Is NOT An Easy Movie To Find.
It Took Much Much Time And Patience Before I Was Able To Get The Proper Version.
I Wanted The Slightly Longer…
…Slightly More Shocking…
…Slightly More Fun…
…International Version.
“THE FLESH AND THE FIENDS“
…Is Totally Worth A Watch…
…And It May Even Merit Multiple Viewings By Some Of Y’all.
I Couldn’t Tell You How Many Times I’ve Seen It…
…But I’ll Venture To Say More Than A Dozen Times.
I Love Most Anything Starring Either…
PETER CUSHING
…Or…
DONALD PLEASENCE
…So It’s A Real Treat For Me To See Two Classic Actors Of The Genera Squaring Off!
Check It Out, My Peeps.
You (likely) Won’t Be Disappointed.
I’ve never heard of it, but it looks good. Now I’ve gotta go try to find it.
It’s A Good, No Doube And Fo SHO.
Amazon.com Might Have It.
Otherwise, I’m Unsure.
Perhaps eBay?!
I’ll poke around. Thanks~
I haven’t seen a hammer in ages! i like mascare of the red death!
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Donald Pleasance must’ve been like 12 in this movie. Peter Cushing was undoubtedly that same age that he was in every single movie he ever did from Dracula to Star Wars.
Peter Cushing Was Ageless Until He Died hahaha
Donald Pleasence Was Wonderful In This One. And He Looked About 30′ish hahahaha
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I’m Kicking Back At The Moment, Watching This Flick, And Had Forgotten I’d Already Blogged About It. When That Happens, It’s Time For A REBLOG, Baby!!!
-BRAD