The Creeping Flesh is a 1973 British sci-fi horror film directed by Freddie Francis (Tales from the Crypt; The Vampire Happening; The Skull) from a screenplay by Peter Spenceley and Jonathan Rumbold.
Michael Redbourn produced the movie for World Film Services. Tigon‘s Tony Tenser was an executive producer. During pre-production, Director Freddie Francis replaced Don Sharp.
The notable soundtrack score was composed by Paul Ferris (Witchfinder General; The Sorcerers; The She Beast).
The movie stars Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Lorna Heilbron (Symptoms).
Plot:
Professor Emmanuel Hildern (Peter Cushing), a Victorian-era scientist is shown in what appears to be a laboratory meeting a young doctor. Hildern excitedly tells the doctor that he needs help because he has discovered a form of evil that is real, a living being, and that he has unwittingly unleashed the evil thousands of years too soon. Hildern then recounts how his discovery was made.
In a flashback, Hildern recounts his return in 1893 from an expedition to New Guinea, where he discovered an abnormally large humanoid skeleton. Paradoxically, the skeleton is far older than previously recovered specimens but also much more advanced.
Hildern hopes the discovery will earn him the prestigious Richter Prize. Hildern has little time to rejoice before receiving word that his wife, institutionalized for years, has finally died. This he learns from his brother James Hildern (Christopher Lee) who runs the asylum where Hildern’s wife had been held in secret…
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Trailer:
Choice dialogue:
James Hildern: “Unfortunately, in the state of society as it exists today, we are not permitted to experiment on human beings. Normal human beings.”
Penelope Hildern: “You want everybody to be a prisoner! You wanted her to be a prisoner, locked up in that dreadful place! I am nothing to you!”
Cast and characters:
Christopher Lee – Doctor James Hildern; Peter Cushing – Professor Emmanuel Hildern; Lorna Heilbron – Penelope Hildern; Jenny Runacre – Marguerite Hildern; George Benson – Professor Waterlow; Kenneth J. Warren – Charles Lenny; Duncan Lamont – Inspector
Harry Locke – Barman; Hedger Wallace – Doctor Perry; Michael Ripper – Carter; Catherine Finn – Emily; Robert Swann – Young Aristocrat; David Bailie – Young Doctor; Maurice Bush – Karl; Tony Wright – Sailor; Marianne Stone – Female Assistant; Alexandra Dane – Whore; Larry Taylor – Warder #1; Martin Carroll – Warder #2; Dan Meaden – Lunatic; Sue Bond – Girl in Tavern
Filming locations:
Thorpe House, Coldharbour Lane, Thorpe, Surrey, England (also the location for Craze in 1974)
Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England
Filmed in 1972.
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