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A scientist comes to believe that evil is a disease of the blood and that the flesh of a skeleton he has brought back from New Guinea contains it in a pure form. Convinced that his wife, a Folies Bergere dancer who went insane, manifested this evil, he is terrified that it will be passed on to their daughter. He tries to use the skeleton's blood to immunise her against this eventuality, but his attempt has anything but the desired result.
Rating and Reviews
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5.861/10
CinemaSerf
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 mor... read more
about 2 years ago
talisencrw
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 dis... read more
about 9 years ago
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Cast
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
Robert Swann
Young Aristocrat
Jenny Runacre
Marguerite Hildern
David Bailie
Young Doctor
Michael Ripper
Carter
Alexandra Dane
Bar Girl
Marianne Stone
Woman Doctor
Tony Wright
Sailor
Dan Meaden
Lunatic
Maurice Bush
Karl
Martin Carroll
Warder
Director
Freddie Francis
Director
Creator
Peter Spenceley
Screenplay
Jonathan Rumbold
Screenplay
