The Creeping Flesh (1973)
"A terrifying journey through the nightmare worlds of evil, insanity, and terrible revenge."
ThumbScore
👍 72%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 83%
(RT: 83%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Lorna Heilbron as Penelope Hildern
George Benson as Waterlow
Catherine Finn as Emily
Hedger Wallace as Doctor Perry
Duncan Lamont as Inspector
Kenneth J. Warren as Charles Lenny
Is The Creeping Flesh good?
Most people think so. 72% audience score, estimated from 116 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 83%.
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. Wikipedia ↗
