The Creeping Flesh
- Released on
- Runtime
- 92 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Peter Cushing
- Lorna Heilbron
- Christopher Lee
- George Benson
- Catherine Finn
- Hedger Wallace
- Duncan Lamont
- Kenneth J. Warren
- Larry Taylor
- Harry Locke
- Robert Swann
- Jenny Runacre
- David Bailie
- Michael Ripper
- Alexandra Dane
- Marianne Stone
- Tony Wright
- Dan Meaden
- Maurice Bush
- Martin Carroll
Director
- Freddie Francis
Producers
- Michael P. Redbourn
Screenwriter
- Jonathan Rumbold
- Peter Spenceley
