Burke & Hare

John Landis – 2011 – England

John Landis’ take on the oft-told tale of corpse-procurers Burke and Hare in 19th century Scotland is played strictly for dark comedy, with Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis in the lead roles, plus Tom Wilkinson as their infamous customer Professor Knox, who needs the bodies for dissection in his anatomy studies.  There’s a definite Gilliam-esque quality to the production design and overall air of zaniness amid depressing squalor.  Octogenarian genre icons Christopher Lee and Ray Harryhausen make brief cameos.