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September 1973 (USA)
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Beneath Modern London Lives a Tribe of Once Humans. Neither Men Nor Women...They Are the Raw Meat Of The Human Race! more
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There's something pretty grisly going on under London in the Tube tunnels between Holborn and Russell Square...
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1 nomination
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Frankenstein reborn
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Donald Pleasence | ... | Inspector Calhoun | |
| Norman Rossington | ... | Detective Sergeant Rogers | |
| David Ladd | ... | Alex Campbell | |
| Sharon Gurney | ... | Patricia Wilson | |
| Hugh Armstrong | ... | The 'Man' | |
| June Turner | ... | The 'Woman' | |
| Clive Swift | ... | Inspector Richardson | |
| James Cossins | ... | James Manfred, OBE | |
| Heather Stoney | ... | W.P.C. Alice Marshall | |
| Hugh Dickson | ... | Dr. Bacon | |
| Jack Woolgar | ... | Platform Inspector | |
| Ron Pember | ... | Lift Operator | |
| Colin McCormack | ... | Police Constable 1 | |
| Gary Winkler | ... | Police Constable 2 | |
| James Culliford | ... | Publican |
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Also Known As:
Raw Meat (USA)
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87 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Singapore:NC-16 |
UK:18 (video rating) (1989) (uncut) |
UK:X (original rating) (cut) |
West Germany:18 |
Spain:18 (video rating) |
France:-12 |
USA:R |
USA:Unrated (DVD rating) |
Canada:R
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The original UK cinema and video versions were cut by the BBFC to heavily edit the broom impalement, a shot of a spade in a man's head, the cannibal biting off a rat's head, and his pursuit and attempted rape of Sharon Gurney. The full uncut version was finally passed by the BBFC for the DVD release in March 2006.
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Inspector Calhoun:
A grocer from Kilburn is automatically a missing person...
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Featured in "TCM Underground: Sugar Hill/Raw Meat (#1.41)" (2008)
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In the early 70s, Hammer Production's star was fading fast, yet the UK was able to churn out this little gem. Based on an intriguing story concerning the underground-dwelling descendants of turn-of-the-century caved-in miners, it however starts off as a typical murder mystery. Donald Pleasance does a pretty good Eastend accent as a working-class, pug copper investigating the disapearance of a man of some importance in his district. Christopher Lee is wasted in little more than a cameo role whose character's intentions remain clouded and obtuse. The film borrows heavily from the 1931 version of Frankenstein with 'The Man', originally seen as the monster, is the most empathetic character in the movie, who does not understand the cruel world around him, whilst society as a whole, including those few 'humans' who get involved are cold, aloof, and far more monsterous. A film works better when the apparent villain is given three dimensions and isn't just a parody, as is the case here. A real sleeper.