john gilling ( the mummy shroud ) film be list a a horror film and but it be really an exciting thriller about an anatomy teacher ( peter cushing ) and grave robber ( donald pleasence halloween and dracula and and george rise ) . billie whitelaw ( hott fuzz and the omen ) and with two bafta win and four more nomination and play a prostitute that fall for one of the medical student ( john cairney ) . the grave robber find that it be easy just to kill someone and sell them and than to dig them up . it wasn not long before mary ( whitelaw ) have a spat with chris ( cairney ) and fell into the clutch of the murderer . imagine chris surprise when she show up on the slab in class the next day . soon and the grave robber be commit murder to cover up their murder . excellent performance by pleasence and who get what he deserve in a weird sense and cushing and and dermot walsh and a cushing assistant . a fascinating story that be supposedly base upon a true event .