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The Creeping Flesh

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5.8/10 • 106

1973-02-121h 32m

HorrorScience Fiction

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

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.

Directors
Freddie Francis
Editors
Oswald Hafenrichter

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Peter Cushing

    Peter Cushing

    Emmanuel Hildern

  2. Lorna Heilbron

    Lorna Heilbron

    Penelope Hildern

  3. Christopher Lee

    Christopher Lee

    James Hildern

  4. George Benson

    George Benson

    Waterlow

  5. Catherine Finn

    Catherine Finn

    Emily

  6. Hedger Wallace

    Hedger Wallace

    Doctor Perry

  7. Duncan Lamont

    Duncan Lamont

    Inspector

  8. Kenneth J. Warren

    Kenneth J. Warren

    Charles Lenny

  9. Larry Taylor

    Larry Taylor

    Chief Asylum Warder

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talisencrw

May 9, 2016

8/10

I love both the horror films of Britain's Hammer Studios and the pairings of Sir Peter Cushing and Sir Christopher Lee so very much. Though this is one of their latter and lesser-known, it doesn't disappoint. Very much worth purchasing and rewatches for the horror connoisseurs amongst you...

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
skeletonmonsterreincarnationinsane asylummurdercreaturecorpsescientistmonkeyattempted rapemental illness