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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.
In Victorian England, scientist Bernard Waterbury, driven by his dying wife's desire for immortality, experiments with the preserved brain of a "missing link" creature. He believes it holds the key to eternal life and injects fragments of it into himself and others, including his daughter, resulting in terrifying, monstrous transformations. As his sanity erodes and the experiments become increasingly gruesome, the true nature of the creature and its horrifying influence begins to manifest.
The Creeping Flesh is a notable entry in Hammer Films' later period, praised for its atmospheric dread and the presence of horror legends Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. While not as iconic as some of their earlier works, it's generally regarded as a solid, if somewhat grim, science-fiction horror film with a chilling premise.
Praised for its effective Gothic atmosphere and suspense.
Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing deliver strong, albeit brief, performances.
The film's scientific premise and grim tone set it apart.
Google audience: Audience reviews are mixed, with some appreciating the film's dark themes and classic horror elements, while others find the plot somewhat convoluted and the pacing uneven.
Despite being a staple of Hammer horror, 'The Creeping Flesh' was produced by Terra Film Productions and distributed by Tigon British Film Productions, not Hammer Films directly, though it shares many of the same stylistic elements and stars.
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Right until the end, I was convinced that this was just a bit of nonsense. At the end, though, a great deal of it falls into place and through it still isn't really very good, this film made a lot more sense. In a nutshell, "Hildern" (Peter...
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 ...