I Sell the Dead

I Sell the Dead

Never trust a corpse.

Directed by Glenn McQuaid

Produced by Glass Eye Pix

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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  • Is I Sell the Dead one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 91% of films.

  • Does I Sell the Dead end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is I Sell the Dead sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

  • Is I Sell the Dead violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is I Sell the Dead easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is I Sell the Dead scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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