I Sell the Dead

I Sell the Dead

Never trust a corpse.

200885 min6.0 / 10

A darkly comedic period romp about grave robbers and the supernatural, balancing macabre humor with genuine camaraderie and the shadow of mortality.

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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