The Doctor and the Devils

The Doctor and the Devils

A man of medicine... A pair of murderers... An unholy alliance.

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Release Date

10/4/1985

Runtime

93 mins

Overview

In Victorian England, two grave robbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy on, but greed causes them to look for a more simple way to get the job done.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$147,070

Revenue

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A tense, morally murky exploration of how ambition and desperation can corrupt good intentions, set against the grim underbelly of 19th-century medical science. The film examines the dangerous alliance between a doctor seeking knowledge and the murderers willing to supply him.

Mood

Dread-soakedBleakUnsettling

Themes

ObsessionCorruptionMortality

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Steady

Look

NaturalisticHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violence

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