The Creeping Flesh

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

Jan 1 1973 PG 1h 32m
Horror, Sci-Fi

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.

Plot

A Victorian-age scientist returns to London with his paleontological bag-of-bones discovery from Papua New Guinea. Unfortunately, when exposed to water, flesh returns to the bones unleashing a malevolent being on the scientist's family and friends.

Written by

Peter Spenceley, Jonathan Rumbold

Directed by

Freddie Francis

Cast

Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Lorna Heilbron

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Tigon British Film Productions, World Film Services

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

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Scores
# of Votes
4,865
Average Rating
6.1 out of 10
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