The Creeping Flesh
About The Creeping Flesh
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.
The Creeping Flesh is a 1973 horror science fiction film directed by Freddie Francis. At 92 minutes long, it arrived in February 1973.
Its themes are scientist, mental illness, corpse, and monkey.
Peter Cushing takes the lead as Emmanuel Hildern, Lorna Heilbron as Penelope Hildern, Christopher Lee as James Hildern, and George Benson as Waterlow. The screenplay is by Jonathan Rumbold and Peter Spenceley. Produced by World Film Services.
The Creature Walks Among Us, The She-Creature, and Psycho make useful companions to The Creeping Flesh, all filed under creature, monster, and murder. TMDB voters put it at 5.9 out of 10 across 116 votes and it carries a PG rating.