The Creeping Flesh

The Creeping Flesh (1973)

12/02/1973
Horror, Science Fiction
1h 32m

A terrifying journey through the nightmare worlds of evil, insanity, and terrible revenge.

Overview

A scientist comes to believe that evil is a disease of the blood and that the flesh of a skeleton he has brought back from New Guinea contains it in a pure form. Convinced that his wife, a Folies Bergere dancer who went insane, manifested this evil, he is terrified that it will be passed on to their daughter. He tries to use the skeleton's blood to immunise her against this eventuality, but his attempt has anything but the desired result.

  • Freddie FrancisDirector
  • Jonathan RumboldScreenplay
  • Peter SpenceleyScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • skeleton
  • monster
  • reincarnation
  • insane asylum
  • murder
  • creature
  • corpse
  • scientist
  • monkey
  • attempted rape
  • mental illness

Top Billed Cast

Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing

Emmanuel Hildern

Lorna Heilbron

Lorna Heilbron

Penelope Hildern

Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

James Hildern

George Benson

George Benson

Waterlow

Catherine Finn

Emily

Hedger Wallace

Hedger Wallace

Doctor Perry

Duncan Lamont

Duncan Lamont

Inspector

Kenneth J. Warren

Kenneth J. Warren

Charles Lenny

Larry Taylor

Chief Asylum Warder

Harry Locke

Harry Locke

Barman

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