Death Line

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Death Line

R,

1972,

1h 28m,

Horror

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87%

15 Reviews

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45%

1,000+ Ratings

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45%

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A police inspector (Donald Pleasence) discovers that descendants of survivors of a cave-in in the early 1900s are eating London subway riders.

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Oct 23, 2004

2/4

It's undermined by several vast improbabilities in the script and by the painfully inept performance of one of its leads, David Ladd.

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Maitland McDonagh

MaitlandOnMovies (Substack)

Oct 9, 2025

RAW MEAT isn’t just going for the shocks...but aims to capture a real sense of a sociopolitically fractured time. ... [It] is both eerie and deeply sad, with a more heartbreaking poignancy than one would ever expect from a film of this [U.S-release] title

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Oct 5, 2025

3/4

Beyond its terror overtones, what gives the picture a tremendous lift is the delightful repartee between Donald Pleasence and Norman Rossington.

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Jeff Beck

The Blu Spot

Sep 29, 2025

2.5/5

Raw Meat has the start of an interesting story about a cannibal stalking the London Underground, but sadly the film is rather lacking in thrills, as well as story & character development.

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Alan Jones

Radio Times

Oct 31, 2024

4/5

Considered strong stuff in its day, this criminally underrated slice of British horror manages to be eerie, touching, melancholy and imaginative to a degree rarely seen in the genre.

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Christopher Machell

CineVue

Mar 4, 2019

4/5

You'll never hear the phrase "Mind the doors" in the same way again.

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Theodore M

Jan 12, 2019

An appallingly looking film with gruesome details of rotting human corpses, but nevertheless it has something in it that plays in its favor, besides the realistic scenery of the subway horrors. The outstanding performance by Donald Pleasance as a police inspector at some times seems to steal the show, so excellent he is in this role. In overall it is a seriously under-rated horror movie that might be a pleasant surprise for the fan of the genre.

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Luke L

Jun 1, 2018

Extremely dated British horror film from 1972 set on the London Underground. The 1972 production has got quite a cult following but by modern standards (it is nearly 50!) see Creep in 2004 it is like watching a film from a bygone age. The cast is headlined by Donald Pleasence as a rather rude police inspector. The story is based on mysterious disappearances at Russell Square tube station. We find out that there was a tunnel accident near the station that lead to the loss of several lives of men and women builders. The film was marketed as a zombie film on its U.S. release being renamed Raw Meat. The film also has Christopher Lee in a role as an MI5 agent in a scene that was probably shot in an hour! The film does have some gory scenes as we see the zombie like survivors of the accident. I've never heard of the film before.

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Kylo G

Mar 15, 2018

Lost British horror gem with the great Donald Pleasance and a cameo by Christopher Lee. Great atmosphere and the first ever sympathetic cannibal. Well worth seeing.

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Ron S

Jan 10, 2018

I thought this movie was great, it was really gross

Albus L

Apr 25, 2013

Only watchable in a historical context. It's massively dated, but this is partly what makes it interesting. Neat seeing early 1970s London.

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Abraham W

Sep 28, 2008

Yes, it's a cannibal film, but it's also a startlingly tender film about a literal underclass abandoned by the world above, a story that roils in class division.

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Gary Sherman

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Donald Pleasence

Inspector Calhoun

Ron Pember

Lift Operator

Colin McCormack

Police Constable 1

Norman Rossington

Detective Sergeant Rogers

Clive Swift

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Synopsis

A police inspector (Donald Pleasence) discovers that descendants of survivors of a cave-in in the early 1900s are eating London subway riders.

Director: Gary Sherman
Producer: Paul Maslansky
Screenwriter: Gary Sherman, Ceri Jones
Production Co: Harbor Ventures, K-L Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 22, 2016
Runtime: 1h 28m

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