Synopsis
18th century justice catches up with a pair of grave robbers. With only a few hours to go before his date with the guillotine, Arthur Blake tells his life story to Father Francis Duffy. Before long, Arthur spills the beans on how he got started in the grim corpse peddling business with seasoned ghoul Willie Grimes.
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Cast
- Dominic MonaghanArthur Blake
- Larry FessendenWillie Grimes
- Ron PerlmanFather Duffy
- Angus ScrimmDr. Vernon Quint
- Brenda CooneyFanny Briers
- Joel Marsh GarlandRonnie
- John SperedakosCornelius Murphy
- Daniel MancheYoung Arthur Blake
- Heather RobbVampire
- Eileen ColganMaisey O'Connell
Recommendations
- 80
Film Threat
The joy behind this film is right there in the old-time, exploitation-tinged title. - 75
The A.V. Club
The movie goes out on a high, but until then, it plays almost like the pilot for a TV series. But it would be a GOOD TV series. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
The result is smart, gruesome and inventive enough to more than please niche genre fans who are likely to spread the word to fellow admirers of gallows humor. - 70
Variety
Antic horror comedy I Sell the Dead nods to the '60s Hammer heyday of fog-swirling Victorian chillers, as well as that period's penchant for teaming genre favorites (Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone, Peter Lorre, etc.) in genial sendups. - 70
The New York Times
The jokes do wear thin, and the setup does too, but it’s nonetheless worth noting what a couple of crafty thieves can do with elbow grease, some spare change and the kind of deep movie love that never dies. - 63
New York Post
Genre fans will definitely get off on I Sell the Dead, but outsiders might be less enthusiastic. - 60
Village Voice
The storytelling frame allows a genial, ain't-it-cool pile-up of occasionally antic episodes. - 50
New York Daily News
Low-budget, grubby and gleeful, but with a nice sense of style and apparently an endless supply of dry ice. Points deducted, though, for a too-easy alien-corpse joke.
