Burke and Hare - did you know that they're not actually serial killers? It's true. The definition of a serial killer requires there to be a motivation of psychological gratification. William Burke and William Hare, being motivated into their famous misdeeds by money, don't fit the bill. This black British comedy tells their tale. Burke (Simon Pegg) and Hare (Andy Serkis) are Irish navvies who'd emigrated to Edinburgh during the early part of the 19th century, when "Auld Reekie" was known as "The Athens of the North". Both are down on their luck, and quite literally as thick as thieves. Hare's wife (Jessica Hynes) runs a lodging ...  Read the complete review

As soon as I saw this advertised I knew it was one I definitely wanted to see so last night me and my partner went to see it. The advert for the film made it look very funny so I was expecting it to be good! As the film has only just been released, it is only available to watch in cinemas so this is a film only review. *Plot* William Hare and Willy Burke are business partners in Edinburgh who will try their luck at anything (they reminded me a bit of the Trotter brothers)! The start of the film shows them trying to sell moss that will cure warts, however they are revealed as fraudsters as they are actually trying to sell cheese ...  Read the complete review

**FILM ONLY REVIEW** Burke & Hare were two serial killers who committed the West Port murders during the 19th Century, in order to sell their cadavers to Dr Robert Knox, of Edinburgh Medical College, for dissection in anatomy lessons. Whilst they initially supplied corpses belonging to those who died of natural causes, they saw how lucrative this could be and ended up murdering people in order to increase the frequency of their 'product'. This 2010 film adaptation is not the first to focus on the Burke & Hare murders, but is the first to do so with a comedic slant. With a huge British cast, featuring cameos from comedians such as Ronnie ...  Read the complete review

Following Run, Fatboy, Run, I noticed on the wikipedia page for Simon Pegg that Burke and Hare was due to come out, I missed it at the cinema and by the time I got to see the DVD, it had been a couple of years since I'd first heard about it. I'm quite interested in mysteries and legendary murders and was really looking forward to watching it but I can't say it lived up to my expectations. The Burke and Hare tale is pretty interesting in itself, Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis are good comic actors and you'd think it wouldn't be hard to make a classic. The film is only loosely based on the murders, in the way that it changes some of the facts, which seems a bit ...  Read the complete review

This film based on the West Point murders in Edinburgh was released at Halloween, but I can't say that it was actually that scary. More of a semi-comical look into the lives of two well known murders in Edinburgh. William Burke and William Hare were Irish navvies, who were always trying to make a fast buck, they're schemeing always seemed to land them in hot water and if it weren't for the income from Mrs Hare's guest house they would all be stone cold broke. After returning from one of these schemes, they find Mrs Hare upset because one of her lodgers has died, which meant a loss of income. Tasked with disposing of the body, Burke and Hare realise that there is a market  Read the complete review