Creeping Flesh [DVD] [1973] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

Peter Cushing stars as Emmanuel Hilden, a scientist who thinks he has found the key to unlock the mysteries of evolution. This 'key' is an ancient skeleton that he found in some rock, which although looks human, is far bigger in every way. While washing the skeleton with water to clean it up, Hildren notices that on one of the fingers, skin and flesh have started to grow. Through tests, he reveals that this skeleton is basically pure evil, and also manages to make an inoculation against it.

Who better to test his new serum on than his daughter who he worries might develop some kind of mental disorder just like her mother. However, the serum has the opposite effect, making her go on a mad rampage, where she slits a guys throat with a broken bottle, and pushes another off a building. After being captured by the police, she is taken to the local asylum run by Hilden's half brother James, who recognises her immediately and brings her back home to try and blackmail Hilden into letting him in on his work.

Hilden refuses to be blackmailed however, and so James returns that same night to steal the skeleton. On the way home with it, James is caught in a thunderstorm that drenches the skeleton, and starts it producing flesh and skin, and basically brings it to life.

With Peter Cushing playing the role of Emmanuel Hilden the scientist studying human evolution, and Christopher Lee playing the role of James Hilden, his jealous half brother, this film really is a winner. Although Cushing is credited below Lee, he has a much more involved role in the film and should have been above really. Lorna Heilbron also does a good job in her role as Penelope Hildern, Emmanuel's daughter who he turns insane with his supposed cure for evil.

Overall, 'The Creeping Flesh' really is a good movie, starring the two legends of the Hammer Horror movies that were so poular during the 1970's. If you are a fan of either of them, Hammer Horror films, or just horror films in general, then this is the film for you.