Movie
The Creeping Flesh
Overview
A Victorian 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 entity on the scientist's family and friends.
Details
- Release date
- 1973-02-12
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Genres
- Horror, Science Fiction
- Status
- Released
- Production
- World Film Services, Tigon British Film Productions
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
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
Crew
- Freddie Francis - Director
- Peter Spenceley - Screenplay
- Jonathan Rumbold - Screenplay
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