Yes indeed, folks, there are plenty of good reasons to be psyched for the upcoming release of Burke and Hare, the story of two Scottish fellows who kill their neighbors for the express purpose of selling cadavers to the local university.

1. Confirmed Master of Horror John Landis (Family, Deer Woman) will be directing, marking his first feature length horror flick since 1998′s Susan’s Plan.

2. Simon Pegg, of Shaun of the Dead, is involved.

3. David Tennant, one of the Doctors, was involved.

Wait…why is number three good?  They got RID of him!  You get rid of a Doctor (as in Doctor Who, folks!) you’d better have a good replacement in mind for it to qualify as a good reason.  You throw out my gold watch you better have a platinum one waiting!

And we do.

Who’s replacing David Tennant?

Andy. Serkis.

Gollum, folks, is replacing a Doctor.  That’s a pretty good replacement to me, and I think most of you will approve too.  So there’s plenty of good reason to be happy about Burke and Hare, and considering it’s projected for release later this year (maybe a Halloween release?), we’ll get to see it soon enough.