Scream Factory confirmed today that it is preparing a Blu-ray release of Robert Wise's film
The Body Snatcher (1945), starring Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell, Edith Atwater, and Russell Wade. The release will be available for purchase on March 26.
Supplemental features for this upcoming release have not yet been finalized. They will be revealed as the street date approaches.
Synopsis: Screen icon Boris Karloff plays the title role in the Val Lewton adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Body Snatcher, directed with subtle calculation by versatile Robert Wise (West Side Story, The Sound of Music). A doctor (Henry Daniell, The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake) needs cadavers for medical studies and Karloff is willing to provide them ... one way or another. The film also features a wonderful supporting performance by fellow horror icon Bela Lugosi.