The Creeping Flesh

I was hooked by the first half's mysteries. Then Cushing's scientist started to make egregious unscientific jumps in logic & it began to derail. But I was riveted by the second half constantly suggesting that evil is neither monstrous nor alien but commonplace - even in heroic characters like Cushing. Did the filmmakers see Penelope as a victim of her father? Of Victorian sexism? Or did they view her as "evil" when she danced? Flirted? Killed her attackers? I don't know, but this was unexpected.

Starts off well enough but goes completely off the rails by the third act. Do yourselves a favor and watch "Horror Express" (starring Cushing & Lee in a similar story) instead.

A little more inventive with its plot than most, but then again the best it can think to do with being "evil" is to go out drinking and dancing. Overall this is a good mix of mad science, superstition, insanity and human weakness.

There are two storylines going on here, first the science experiment about the origins of evil, which was really interesting, and then there is the storyline about Cushing's scientist character and his daughter, which wasn't that interesting.

Frightful, multitiered fun.

Yes, it's period, and it's Cushing and Lee, but we've seen these men appear in much better horror films than this one

Em honra dos aniversários de Sir Lee e Cushing. O filme é bom, mas a coisa que vai ficar reverberando dele em mim para todo o sempre é o Peter Cushing carregando aquele dildo que supostamente deveria ser um dedo gigante, não tem como não pensar que aquilo é um falo que está intrinsecamente permeado pelo sentido da estória. Especial Christopher Lee na Darkflix TV.

Rather silly.