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.
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Peter Cushing
Emmanuel Hildern
Lorna Heilbron
Penelope Hildern
Christopher Lee
James Hildern
George Benson
Waterlow
Catherine Finn
Emily
Hedger Wallace
Doctor Perry
Duncan Lamont
Inspector
Kenneth J. Warren
Charles Lenny
Larry Taylor
Chief Asylum Warder
Harry Locke
Barman
Director
Freddie Francis
Screenplay
Jonathan Rumbold
Tagline
"A terrifying journey through the nightmare worlds of evil, insanity, and terrible revenge."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Production
World Film Services, Tigon British Film Productions
talisencrw
May 9, 2016
I love both the horror films of Britain's Hammer Studios and the pairings of Sir Peter Cushing and Sir Christopher Lee so very much. Though this is one of their latter and lesser-known, it doesn't disappoint. Very much worth purchasing and rewatches for the horror connoisseurs amongst you...
CinemaSerf
May 27, 2023
Right until the end, I was convinced that this was just a bit of nonsense. At the end, though, a great deal of it falls into place and through it still isn't really very good, this film made a lot more sense. In a nutshell, "Hildern" (Peter Cushing) returns from Papua New Guinea with some artefacts (human ones). When they get wet, they reanimate into a rather nasty skeleton that wreaks havoc. Dete...
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