- Format: NTSC
- Studio: Anchor Bay
- Release Date: Nov 24 2009
- ASIN: B002Q4GIAO
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #17,055 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
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19th century justice has finally caught up to grave robbers Arthur Blake and Willie Grimes. With the specter of the guillotine looming over him, young Blake confides in visiting clergyman Father Duffy, recounting fifteen years of adventure in the resurrection trade. His tale leads from humble beginnings as a young boy stealing trinkets from corpses, to a partnership with seasoned ghoul Willie Grimes as they hunt creatures unwilling to accept their place in the ground. The colorful and peculiar history of Grimes and Blake is one filled with adventure, horror, and vicious rivalries that threaten to put all involved in the very graves they’re trying to pilfer.
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3.8 out of 5 stars (38 customer reviews)
25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Horror/Comedy Hybrid, Jan 3 2010
By David Alianiello "Armadillo" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: I Sell the Dead (DVD)
This movie has been getting good press in mags like "Fangoria" and "Rue Morgue." It can be rented at Blockbuster as one of their exclusives and is scheduled for a street release at the end of March. It is a low budget project, but one that's produced with a lot of class, wit, energy and a respect for the genre.It involves a couple of low-life, but likable Burke and Hare-type grave robbers named Grimes and Blake, and their misadventures supplying fresh corpses for a local doctor/mortician (Angus Scrimm). They unearth the usual rotten and not-so-rotten corpses, vampires, zombies and even an extraterrestrial (!), but their most dangerous adventure comes in the form of a sick, violent family of grave robbers who don't appreciate the competition: The House of Murphy. The daughter, who was burned beyond recognition, wears a mask identical to the burned daughter in the classic French film "Les Yeux sans Visage" ("Eyes Without a Face")-great touch! The son grinds up his victims' bones and uses the bone dust for snuff.
Overall, a fun, tongue-in-cheek movie with laughs and thrills that belies its low budget with a great script, excellent actors and above-average production values. Special features include several IFC trailers, including "I Sell the Dead." I would suggest using the subtitle feature as the accents are thick in some places. Highly recommended.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A pleasant surprise, Jan 2 2010
By pc6 "pc6" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: I Sell the Dead (DVD)
I noticed this at my local Blockbuster. Brought it home without any real expectations, and was really very pleasantly surprised.The movie revolves around Arthur Blake, a graverobber who is about to be executed, and Ron Perlman, the monk who is interviewing Blake before his execution. Perlman wants to know how Blake got started in graverobbing, what his career was like, and what happened to Blake's worst rival. Blakes' tale involves the dead, vampires, zombies, and aliens. It is somewhat bloody, but laced with humor. Worth watching!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
This movie is right up my alley, but..., April 18 2010
By James Seger - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: I Sell the Dead (DVD)
Great cast, great idea and stylish.... but it was missing something. It was neat to look at, but I never really connected to it.There were a whole lot of good ideas, but not enough was done with them. The movie would have been better if it were longer to expand on the ideas or more focused. Most of Arthur's apprenticeship could have been cut for instance.
The horror wasn't particularly scary and the humor snicker worthy at best. Combined with the slow pacing, it's just too many strikes against the movie. It's a shame, because this movie has the cast and ingredients to be a genuine cult classic.
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