Horror Maniacs: AKA - The Greed of William Hart
by Oswald Mitchell
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Actor: Aubrey Woods, Henry Oscar, Jenny Lynn, Tod Slaughter, Winifred MelvilleDirector: Oswald Mitchell
Brand: ALPHA VIDEO
Cinematographer: D.P. Cooper
Cinematographer: S.D. Onions
Editor: John F. House
Producer: Gilbert Church
Writer: John Gilling
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 80 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-12-21
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Platform: DOS
Studio: Alpha Video
Description of Horror Maniacs: AKA - The Greed of William Hart
Two ghoulish grave-robbers supply dead bodies to a medical school by any means necessary.. Including murder! moore and hart sinister and violent criminals are a reflection of their surroundings - grim impoverished 19th-century edinburgh. The greedy pair abuse their wives and can often be found drunkenly languishing in the decaying confines of the local tavern. When the inebriated mary paterson enters the pub with her friend janet moore convinces her to return with him to his lodgings. Hart joins moore in the gruesome murder of mary dismembering her body to fit it into the trunk they use to transport corpses. Dr. Cox in charge of the medical school accepts the latest delivery and expresses an interest in a half-witted young man named jamie. Moore and hart conspire to add the unsuspecting lad to their growing list of victims. Meanwhile janet has enlisted the help of her noble friend hugh alston to investigate marys disappearance and convince authorities that moore and hart are blood-thirsty murderers. horror maniacs also known as the greed of william hart was originally filmed under the title (the crimes of) burke and hare. The threat of a lawsuit by the ancestors of the notorious grave-robber william hare forced producers to redub the soundtrack and substitute new character names. The expense of this effort was a major strain for the low-budget production and resulted in the elimination of a music soundtrack. The film was one of the last notable movies to star the deliriously hammy tod slaughter an actor whose maniacal performances peaked in such macabre melodramas as sweeney todd: the demon barber of fleet street and murder in the red barn. Though his fame in the u.S. Horror film genre was eclipsed by actors such as boris karloff and bela lugosi slaughter was well known in his native britain as a master of menace. In horror maniacs slaughter stars alongside his real-life wife jenny lynn (playing the role of helen moore). The scriptwriter and assistant director of...Bestsellers in DVD
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