{"id":71018,"date":"2021-04-02T10:44:28","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T17:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=71018"},"modified":"2021-04-17T08:21:34","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T15:21:34","slug":"doctor-and-the-devils-the-1985","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=71018","title":{"rendered":"Doctor and the Devils, The (1985)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I think we&#8217;re being supplied with the victims of murder.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Poster-203x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-71020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Poster-203x300.png 203w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Poster-692x1024.png 692w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Poster-87x128.png 87w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Poster-183x270.png 183w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Poster.png 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn 19th century Edinburgh, an anatomy doctor (Timothy Dalton) procures corpses from a pair of grave diggers (Jonathan Pryce and Stephen Rea) who turn out to be opportunistic murderers. Meanwhile, Dalton&#8217;s assistant (Julian Sands) falls in love with a prostitute (Twiggy) who may be next in line for murdering.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historical Drama<\/li>\n<li>Mad Doctors and Scientists<\/li>\n<li>Serial Killers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nFreddie Francis directed this re-telling of the infamous <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burke_and_Hare_murders\">Burke and Hare murders<\/a>, probably best known to film fanatics through Val Lewton&#8217;s much-superior <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5641\"><em>The Body Snatcher<\/em> (1945)<\/a>, co-starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. Unfortunately, there&#8217;s not much new to be told or explored in this iteration, which faithfully recreates the seediness of the era but fails to hold our interest on anything other than a surface level. Pryce and Rea are alcoholic psychopaths simply out to exploit those even less fortunate than themselves:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Still.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"304\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Still.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Still-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Still-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Still-604x255.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; while Sands&#8217; attraction to Twiggy is clearly doomed from the get-go:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Twiggy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Twiggy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"304\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Twiggy.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Twiggy-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Twiggy-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Twiggy-604x255.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and we don&#8217;t feel much sympathy for Dalton&#8217;s &#8220;science above all else&#8221; lecturer who is willing to overlook some pretty obvious ethical challenges in his quest for &#8220;fresh&#8221; bodies to study. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Dalton.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Dalton.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"304\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Dalton.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Dalton-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Dalton-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Dalton-604x255.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can skip this one. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fine historical sets and atmospheric cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Set.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Set.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"304\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Set.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Set-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Set-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doctor-and-the-Devils-Set-604x255.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo. Listed as a Cult Movie in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0089034\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1722doct.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/horror\/doctor-and-the-devils-1985.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/the-doctor-and-the-devils-1\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/the-doctor-and-the-devils-1985\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I think we&#8217;re being supplied with the victims of murder.&#8221; Synopsis: In 19th century Edinburgh, an anatomy doctor (Timothy Dalton) procures corpses from a pair of grave diggers (Jonathan Pryce and Stephen Rea) who turn out to be opportunistic murderers. Meanwhile, Dalton&#8217;s assistant (Julian Sands) falls in love with a prostitute (Twiggy) who may be next in line for murdering. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Historical Drama Mad Doctors and Scientists Serial Killers Review: Freddie Francis directed this re-telling of&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=71018\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71018"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71511,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71018\/revisions\/71511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}