Creeping Flesh (1973) (DVD) Reviews
Newest Review: ... about Emmanuel's research and decides to steal the skeleton. And wouldn't you know it, he chooses a night when there just ... more
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This sounds a bit more complicated than it needs to be (there's also a subplot about an escaped lunatic), but it all coheres fairly well. Emmanuel has obviously neglected his daughter while he runs off to exotic climes looking for skeletons. He is shocked to see her reading a romance magazine, and clearly has issues with sexual repression. He believes that his wife was adulterous, and seems to have a distaste for any kind of physicality. (The finger that grows looks absolutely unc...more
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Creeping Flesh [DVD] [1973] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] Release Date: 2004 - 06 - 08 Last Update 25.05.2013 10:12
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Creeping Flesh (1973) (DVD): Phallic finger of doom! (934 words)by - written on 06/02/12 (Very useful, 37 readings)
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A film-only review. This is only available at the moment on a region 1 DVD, importable for less than £10. It's been on TV enough times not to make that particularly worthwhile, especially since the DVD has no special features. One of the last decent gothic horror movies made in Britain, this is an unusual and rather bleak 1973 film. It features the classic horror double act of Cushing and Lee, and has something of the feel of Hammer, albeit with slightly better production values. Scientist Emmanuel Hildern returns from his latest trip to New Guinea with a large anthropoid skeleton, which he is convinced represents a hitherto undiscovered link in the ... Read the complete review
