The Creeping Flesh

The Creeping Flesh

92 mins | Science Fiction, Horror | Feb. 12, 1973

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.

The Creeping Flesh

92 mins | Science Fiction, Horror | Feb. 12, 1973

The Creeping Flesh
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.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers World Film Services, Tigon British Film Productions
Original title The Creeping Flesh
Directors Freddie Francis
Writers Jonathan Rumbold, Peter Spenceley

Cast

Peter Cushing

as Emmanuel Hildern

Lorna Heilbron

as Penelope Hildern

Christopher Lee

as James Hildern

George Benson

as Waterlow

Catherine Finn

as Emily

Hedger Wallace

as Doctor Perry

Duncan Lamont

as Inspector

Kenneth J. Warren

as Charles Lenny

Larry Taylor

as Chief Asylum Warder

Harry Locke

as Barman

Robert Swann

as Young Aristocrat

Jenny Runacre

as Marguerite Hildern

David Bailie

as Young Doctor

Michael Ripper

as Carter Wearing Derby

Alexandra Dane

as Bar Girl

Marianne Stone

as Woman Doctor

Tony Wright

as Sailor

Dan Meaden

as Lunatic

Maurice Bush

as Karl

Martin Carroll

as Warder