I Sell the Dead (2009)

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TRIVIA

This had its U.S. premiere as the opening night film of the 2009 Slamdance Film Festival, winning multiple awards including Best Cinematography and a Special Jury Mention for Fessenden.

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• Project Phase: Completed
• Release Date: 2009-08-07 - Limited Release
• Distributor(s): IFC Films
• Film Genre(s): Horror
• Country: United States
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SYNOPSIS

18th century justice has finally caught up with two of the craftiest grave robbers in town. With only a few hours to go before his date with the guillotine, body-snatcher Arthur Blake (Dominic Monaghan) tells his life story to the peculiar Father Francis Duffy (Ron Perlman). Before long, Arthur spills the beans on how he got started in the grim corpse peddling business with seasoned ghoul Willie Grimes (Larry Fessenden). As the whisky flows Arthur's tales get stranger and stranger. From their graveyard discoveries of vampires and zombies to tales of vicious gang rivalries with the infamous House of Murphy, Arthur's confessions are the stuff of legend! Whether pillaging in fog drenched grave yards or plotting on blood soaked coast lines, Grimes and Blake leave no graves unturned. Their colorful and peculiar history is one filled with adventure, horror, and mayhem that threaten to drag all involved down into the very graves they’re trying to pilfer.

RELATED NEWS

 IFC Films announced that they acquired the U.S. rights with a theatrical and on-demand release. : 2009-05-11