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Twoofthemostnotoriousfiguresinthehistoryofmedicine,WilliamBurkeandWilliamHarewereapairofenterprisingstreetthugswhoprovidedanatomicalspecimenstotheEdinburghMedicalCollege,oftenbyrobbingthegravesoftherecentlydead,sometimesthroughevenmorenefariousmethods.DerrenNesbittandGlynnEdwardsbringthesetwoscoundrelstolifeinBURKEANDHARE,acolorful,early'70srenditionoflifeinthetaverns,brothelsandsurgicaltheatresof1820sScotland.WhileotherfilmmakershavetreatedtheBurkeandHaremurdersasasourceofgothichorror,directorVernonSewell(THEBLOODBEASTTERROR)offersaplayfulspinontheIrishbodysnatchers,blendingdarkcomedywithbawdyeroticism,seasoningitwiththegrotesque,thencrowningitwithaplayfulthemesongbythepopbandTheScaffold.
