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The Creeping Flesh |
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The Creeping Flesh - 1972 | 94 mins | Horror | ColourThe Production TeamDirector: Freddie
Francis. Producer: Michael P. Redbourn. Script: Peter Spenceley and Jonathan Rumbold. Cinematography: Norman Warwick. Editing: Oswald Hafenrichter. Art Direction: George Provis. Costume Design: Anne Donne. Makeup Department: Roy Ashton and Barbara Ritchie. Sound: Norman Bolland, Colin Miller and Nolan Roberts. Original Music: Paul Ferris. |
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The CastChristopher Lee
- James Hildern Peter Cushing - Emmanuel Hildern Lorna Heilbron - Penelope Hildern George Benson - Waterlow Kenneth J. Warren - Charles Lenny Duncan Lamont - Inspector Harry Locke - Barman Hedger Wallace - Doctor Perry Michael Ripper - Carter Wearing Derby |
Plot SynopsisYet another of those enjoyable "leave your brain at home" Gothic tales that was perhaps a little out of time to be a success. Certainly, there was more excess blood than Hammer ever used, and director Freddie Francis upped the pace from his usual stately approach to period pieces. The Creeping Flesh (1972) is about the discovery of a Neanderthal skeleton in New Guinea. Victorian scientist and archaeologist Emmanuel Hildern (Peter Cushing) returns to London with the remains and accidentally discovers that water can make the flesh regenerate on the skeleton. Hildern believes the skeleton contains pure evil, and hopes to develop a vaccine against evil from it for use on his daughter Penelope (Lorna Heilbron), who he fears will go insane like her mother. Hildern injects her with the serum he has created, but instead of having the desired effect, she turns into a sex-crazed murderer. |
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