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The Creeping Flesh
The Creeping Flesh is a 1973 British horror film directed by Freddie Francis, written by Peter Spenceley and Jonathan Rumbold, and starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, and Lorna Heilbron.
Victorian era scientist Professor Emmanuel Hildern meets a young doctor in what appears to be a laboratory. Hildern claims to need help, having discovered a form of evil that is real, a living being, and which he has unwittingly unleashed thousands of years too soon. He then recounts how his discovery was made.
In a flashback, Hildern returns in 1894 from an expedition to New Guinea where he discovered an abnormally large humanoid skeleton. The skeleton is older than previously recovered specimens, but also more advanced. Hildern hopes the discovery will earn him the prestigious Richter Prize. He has little time to rejoice before receiving word that his wife, institutionalised for years, has died. Emmanuel's half-brother James runs the asylum where she was held in secret. While visiting the asylum, James tells Emmanuel that he made a psychiatric study of her and plans to publish the findings in the hope of winning the Richter Prize. James also mentions that he will no longer subsidise Emmanuel's expeditions.
Returning home with a new urgency to complete his research, Emmanuel discovers that the skeleton grows flesh when exposed to water. Emmanuel reviews ancient myths of the region where the skeleton was discovered, which tell of giants who will be roused by rain. The skeleton might be the remains of one of those beings, and would not have been discovered before for millennia of erosion revealed its resting place. By that time, the science of the region's inhabitants would have grown sophisticated enough to deal with the giant's "evil." Emmanuel believes that if evil can live as an organism, then it can be biologically contained and eradicated like a disease. Using cells formed around the skeleton's fleshy finger – which Hildern removes – he develops what he believes to be a serum against evil. Testing the serum on a monkey, Emmanuel notes positive results.
Meanwhile, his daughter Penelope learns of her mother's death. Having been told for years that her mother was dead, Penelope is shocked when learning that her mother was alive and institutionalised. Worried that Penelope's emotional outburst may be a sign that she has inherited her mother's insanity, Emmanuel injects her with the serum.
The next day, Emmanuel is shocked to see that the monkey went berserk, having gained the strength to escape from its cage and wreak havoc in the lab. Penelope also left the house and went to the city, where she assaults various men at a tavern and then, when chased by other patrons, murders another man at a warehouse. Because the dead man was himself an escapee from the asylum, James sent men to the city. They apprehend Penelope and bring her to the asylum, where a blood test reveals the serum. James realises that Emmanuel experimented on Penelope, which could unleash a scandal should it become known. Given that James's experiments have stalled – threatening his own chances of winning the Richter Prize – James decides to steal Emmanuel's research, including the skeleton.
James's thief carries the skeleton out of the lab and unwittingly exposes it to rain. When the carriage taking the skeleton overturns, the skeleton - now coming alive - escapes. Emmanuel tries to follow the carriage, but turns back after seeing a cloaked figure nearby. Returning home, Emmanuel finds that the skeleton's fleshy finger has begun to move. Terrified, he throws it into the fire. The creature, now encased in flesh but otherwise hollow, eventually appears and removes Emmanuel's finger, but spares his life.
Emmanuel finishes his account. His "lab" is revealed to be a cell in the asylum, and he an apparent inmate. The visiting physician consults with James, who scoffs at the claim that he is Emmanuel's brother, or that Penelope – another inmate who has gone insane – is Emmanuel's daughter. James finds it normal for his patients to want to identify with him, given that he is an authority figure. James reveals that the man claiming to be his brother arrived there about the time that James won the Richter Prize. At his cell, a distraught Emmanuel pleads for someone to help him. His left hand is missing a finger matching the one that he removed from the skeleton.
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The Creeping Flesh
The Creeping Flesh is a 1973 British horror film directed by Freddie Francis, written by Peter Spenceley and Jonathan Rumbold, and starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, and Lorna Heilbron.
Victorian era scientist Professor Emmanuel Hildern meets a young doctor in what appears to be a laboratory. Hildern claims to need help, having discovered a form of evil that is real, a living being, and which he has unwittingly unleashed thousands of years too soon. He then recounts how his discovery was made.
In a flashback, Hildern returns in 1894 from an expedition to New Guinea where he discovered an abnormally large humanoid skeleton. The skeleton is older than previously recovered specimens, but also more advanced. Hildern hopes the discovery will earn him the prestigious Richter Prize. He has little time to rejoice before receiving word that his wife, institutionalised for years, has died. Emmanuel's half-brother James runs the asylum where she was held in secret. While visiting the asylum, James tells Emmanuel that he made a psychiatric study of her and plans to publish the findings in the hope of winning the Richter Prize. James also mentions that he will no longer subsidise Emmanuel's expeditions.
Returning home with a new urgency to complete his research, Emmanuel discovers that the skeleton grows flesh when exposed to water. Emmanuel reviews ancient myths of the region where the skeleton was discovered, which tell of giants who will be roused by rain. The skeleton might be the remains of one of those beings, and would not have been discovered before for millennia of erosion revealed its resting place. By that time, the science of the region's inhabitants would have grown sophisticated enough to deal with the giant's "evil." Emmanuel believes that if evil can live as an organism, then it can be biologically contained and eradicated like a disease. Using cells formed around the skeleton's fleshy finger – which Hildern removes – he develops what he believes to be a serum against evil. Testing the serum on a monkey, Emmanuel notes positive results.
Meanwhile, his daughter Penelope learns of her mother's death. Having been told for years that her mother was dead, Penelope is shocked when learning that her mother was alive and institutionalised. Worried that Penelope's emotional outburst may be a sign that she has inherited her mother's insanity, Emmanuel injects her with the serum.
The next day, Emmanuel is shocked to see that the monkey went berserk, having gained the strength to escape from its cage and wreak havoc in the lab. Penelope also left the house and went to the city, where she assaults various men at a tavern and then, when chased by other patrons, murders another man at a warehouse. Because the dead man was himself an escapee from the asylum, James sent men to the city. They apprehend Penelope and bring her to the asylum, where a blood test reveals the serum. James realises that Emmanuel experimented on Penelope, which could unleash a scandal should it become known. Given that James's experiments have stalled – threatening his own chances of winning the Richter Prize – James decides to steal Emmanuel's research, including the skeleton.
James's thief carries the skeleton out of the lab and unwittingly exposes it to rain. When the carriage taking the skeleton overturns, the skeleton - now coming alive - escapes. Emmanuel tries to follow the carriage, but turns back after seeing a cloaked figure nearby. Returning home, Emmanuel finds that the skeleton's fleshy finger has begun to move. Terrified, he throws it into the fire. The creature, now encased in flesh but otherwise hollow, eventually appears and removes Emmanuel's finger, but spares his life.
Emmanuel finishes his account. His "lab" is revealed to be a cell in the asylum, and he an apparent inmate. The visiting physician consults with James, who scoffs at the claim that he is Emmanuel's brother, or that Penelope – another inmate who has gone insane – is Emmanuel's daughter. James finds it normal for his patients to want to identify with him, given that he is an authority figure. James reveals that the man claiming to be his brother arrived there about the time that James won the Richter Prize. At his cell, a distraught Emmanuel pleads for someone to help him. His left hand is missing a finger matching the one that he removed from the skeleton.