in 1945 and val lewton produce a wonderfully creepy film star boris karloff and bela lugosi ( the body snatcher ) . it be base on a robert louis stevenson novel which be a fictional story base on real life serial killer and william burke and william hare and who be waaay over zealous in procure corps for the local medical school in edinburgh . apparently they do not bother wait until the people die in order to make a few pound often suffocate their hapless victim . year later and in 1960 and another variation of the william burke and william hare story come to the theater and but this one ( star peter cushing ) be not base on the stevenson novel but the actual crime . while the lewton movie be marvelous and horrifying and this one seem worth see as well because it be more realistic and unflinching ( with some very brutal murder ) and plus it stick much closer to the fact and mirror the real decision in the court . although whether or not hare be blind be a popular account that be never confirm and this make for a cool inclusion in the film . plus and i be really impress by peter cushing performance a a surgeon on a crusade his speech before the graduating class and impassioned argument with old establish surgeon be very impressive some great oration indeed . very and very interesting as well a well make this british horror film be well worth see especially since it true .