Burke and Hare
An odd movie that probably seemed like a great idea on paper, but didn’t quite work out on the screen. It’s a black comedy based on the true-life story of Burke and Hare, two guys who killed several people so they could sell the bodies to a professor for his lectures in the new-at-the-time science of anatomy.
The cast is great, the script is ok. But the humour doesn’t sit well with the gruesome murder scenes and feels a little sick. The director should have chosen whether he wanted a true-crime flick or a black comedy (either would be fine with me) rather than trying to do both in the same space.
