If you loved The Skull, try The Creeping Flesh

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Freddie Francis, and they both carry the dread mood tag, and they sit in Horror territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Skull, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Creeping Flesh is

London, 1893. Rain. A crate arrives from New Guinea. Inside, the skeleton of a humanoid monster; when wetted, the bones sprout monstrous, murderous flesh. A nasty twist on imperial-monster anxieties, from a reliable Hammer Films director.

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