I Sell the Dead

2008 "Never trust a corpse."
6| 1h25m| NR| en
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18th century justice catches up with a pair of grave robbers. With only a few hours to go before his date with the guillotine, Arthur Blake tells his life story to Father Francis Duffy. Before long, Arthur spills the beans on how he got started in the grim corpse peddling business with seasoned ghoul Willie Grimes.

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Megamind To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.
Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible
FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
carbuff Entertaining black comedy. Doesn't have the poignancy, depth, or biting wit to be truly great or emotionally involving, but is still better than 95% of what's out there. The stuff that's gruesome is pretty tame by modern standards. For some reason, the way the film hit me is how I remember the original "Beatlejuice", which isn't a bad thing. Not a horror flick at all or even a very dark comedy--more along the lines of a very good late night horror spoof. I just popped some corn, kicked back and had an uncomplicated good time.
Scott LeBrun "I Sell the Dead" is great fun, a rather clever blend of comedy and horror inspired by the exploits of grave robbers Burke and Hare. Styled like a comic book, it throws some priceless twists into what could have been a more typical body snatching plot, taking elements from other sub genres and making this a neat macabre mix of ideas. The acting is delicious, with our two leads Dominic Monaghan and Larry Fessenden sharing a super chemistry. This has all of the genuine atmosphere one could expect from this kind of period piece while also being genuinely funny. It establishes an irresistible irreverent tone almost right from the start. The filmmakers, led by editor / writer / director Glenn McQuaid, are clearly enjoying themselves, so the viewer is likewise sure to have a good time.Monaghan of the "Lord of the Rings" franchise plays Arthur, a young man who takes up the business of grave robbing after making the acquaintance of amiable no-count Willy (Fessenden, a filmmaker himself ("Wendigo") who also acts in other peoples' films), a man who lives up to the last name "Grimes". They find their business booming, despite competition from an outfit known as the "House of Murphy", and come across an odd variety of "dead" bodies. The story is told in flashback, and is book ended by scenes of Arthur, now facing the guillotine, recounting his exploits to curious priest Father Duffy (Ron Perlman, amusing as usual).The solid cast also includes Angus "The Tall Man" Scrimm as the nefarious Dr. Quint, lovely Brenda Cooney as ambitious Fanny Briers, and John Speredakos as the twisted Cornelius Murphy. However, the proceedings are dominated by the bickering and bantering between Monaghan and Fessenden. Genre fans will be entertained by McQuaids' sense of style and funny set pieces, and may howl with laughter when the denouement takes place.All in all, this is an agreeable way to spend 85 minutes.Eight out of 10.
andishorrorblog Spoiler Alert.. What a wonderfully fun very odd film! I'm not sure where to start..Set in the 1800′s (I think, it really didn't say) our story begins with a unfortunate man getting beheaded while his partner in crime is waiting for his turn. During the wait, he tells his story.He was a grave robber. At first it was an innocent endeavor to earn some money but as time went on he starts to encounter unusual corpses.This movie has it all, vampires, aliens and zombies..oh my!This is a fun movie for teens and adults (no younger kids), it really does have it's scary moments.
zorbear A priest is having the main character review his life of body snatching by telling various, otherwise unconnected, stories about his life of crime. This reminded me a LOT of some of the Hammer films where a group of unconnected stories are told by different people who just happen to be thrown together. Although the production quality of this film was light years ahead of the old Hammer movies, the "unconnected" feeling of the stories was the same.I actually watched this because I've been a Ron Perlman fan since "Quest for Fire", but Ron basically had just a walk on part (he's the priest). This was Dominic and Larry's film, and it looks like they had a lot of fun making it. Not exactly a riveting movie, but good for a lazy Saturday viewing if you have popcorn handy.