Underskog

A later Val Lewton film, from his costume picture period, The Body Snatcher, from a Robert Louis Stevenson story, directed by Robert Wise, is a fine if somewhat moralistic and sentimental horror tale. It lacks the alogical, almost surreal qualities of Lewton’s earlier movies, where much is left unexplained, even inexplicable, and a great deal happens off-screen; and even then one can’t be sure of what really occurred, as events are often related anecdotally, or merely suggested.

The movie itself falls just a bit short of being great by its outstanding script and the enforced sentimentality of the subplot about a crippled girl.
The climax in the carriage with the corpse, however, and the ghostly repetition of “never get rid of me!” is still impressive, and makes the film.