Celebrating the Work of Tod Slaughter in 'The Greed of William Hart'

In celebration of a Tod Slaughter Christmas, currently being held over at From Beyond Depraved courtesy of Jose Cruz, I thought it might be fun to take a look at what many considered to be the actor's final film (at least his last feature film): The Greed of William Hart (aka Horror Maniacs).

Based on the ghoulish exploits of William Burke and William Hare, also known as the West Port murders, The Greed of William Hart is the second film ever to adapt the tale of the two fiends (preceded only by Lugosi and Karloff loosely referenced The Body Snatchers). Originally entitled Crimes of Burke and Hare, the film drew so much controversy in England that it was later retitled for Ambassador's 1948 theatrical release, though the story still maintained its macabre sense of murder, greed, and medical mischief.

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BAD ISSUE Presents: The Revenge Of Dr. X

Bad Issue is a new regular feature where Jose Cruz combines his love for cheesy genre films and the paneled pages of comics to create macabre movies-in-a-minute.

Today's cinematic wasteland is a weedy vignette that shows the dangers of growing plants in the house... especially when the plants have a nasty habit of drinking human blood. Fetch the lawnmower, because by the end of the day we'll all witness the manure-perfumed horror that will culminate in The Revenge Of Dr. X!

Our story begins one busy afternoon, a day where the hours are long and the booze is distressingly short. Dr. Bragan, the head honcho who keeps busy by screaming at his hapless underlings, pieces of paper, and other inanimate objects, has just received a disheartening phone call at the space station base where he works...

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