THIS WEEK'S CANDIDATE for the #monstermonday
crown is, infamous Scottish anatomist, zoologist, ethnologist
and..surgeon, DR ROBERT KNOX. Peter Cushing played Knox to wonderful
effect in the 1960, John Gilling film, 'Flesh and the Fiends' aka
'Mania'. He was very well supported by both Donald Pleasence and George
Rose as the grave robbers and body snatchers, Burke and Hare.
'FLESH' is one of those rare jewels in the Cushing filmography, missed by many but is certainly worth catching, if you have not seen it. Gritty, grimy, squalid and a bit of a shocker for it's time... Cushing holds the emotive balance in his performance extremely well...right up the closing credits..that one is never really quite sure, if Knox was indeed the real MONSTER of the piece, after all... what do you think???
'FLESH' is one of those rare jewels in the Cushing filmography, missed by many but is certainly worth catching, if you have not seen it. Gritty, grimy, squalid and a bit of a shocker for it's time... Cushing holds the emotive balance in his performance extremely well...right up the closing credits..that one is never really quite sure, if Knox was indeed the real MONSTER of the piece, after all... what do you think???
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