Essência da Maldade

Título original: The Creeping Flesh

1973
PG
1 h 32 min

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6,1/10

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Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, and Lorna Heilbron in Essência da Maldade (1973)

A Victorian-age 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 being on the scientist's family and friends.

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Um cientista da era vitoriana retorna a Londres com sua descoberta de um saco de ossos de Papua-Nova Guiné. Infelizmente, quando exposta à água, a carne volta aos ossos e desencadeia um ser ... Ler tudoUm cientista da era vitoriana retorna a Londres com sua descoberta de um saco de ossos de Papua-Nova Guiné. Infelizmente, quando exposta à água, a carne volta aos ossos e desencadeia um ser malévolo na família e amigos do cientista.Um cientista da era vitoriana retorna a Londres com sua descoberta de um saco de ossos de Papua-Nova Guiné. Infelizmente, quando exposta à água, a carne volta aos ossos e desencadeia um ser malévolo na família e amigos do cientista.

Direção
- Freddie Francis
Roteiristas
- Peter Spenceley
- Jonathan Rumbold
Artistas

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AVALIAÇÃO DA IMDb

6,1/10

4,6 mil

SUA AVALIAÇÃO

Direção
- Freddie Francis
Roteiristas
- Peter Spenceley
- Jonathan Rumbold
Artistas

Veja as informações de produção no IMDbPro

Curiosidades
Like certain films from other producers, this is often mistaken for a "Hammer" production. This was caused by the participation of "Hammer" veteran lead actors Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, supporting players Duncan Lamont and Michael Ripper, make-up artist Roy Ashton, and cinematographer turned director Freddie Francis.

Erros de gravação
Towards the end of the film, when the creature is approaching Emmanuel Hildern's house, the creature's shadow is cast on the front of the house, meaning the creature is between the house and a source of light. However, its shadow grows larger as the creature moves, which suggests that the creature is actually walking towards the source of light and away from the house, rather than the other way round.

Citações
James Hildern: I've got to get hold of that skeleton somehow.
Doctor Perry: Oh I don't know... There is the question of professional ethics.
James Hildern: Oh indeed, indeed... that is why I shall have to employ someone for whom ethics have no significance.

Versões alternativas
Early UK cinema versions were cut by the BBFC to remove a shot of a sailor's slashed throat. All later releases were uncut.

Conexões
Featured in Cinemacabre TV Trailers (1993)

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6/10

Sometimes interesting misfire

Scientist Peter Cushing digs up an ancient skeleton that's pure evil or something. When you pour water on the bones, flesh grows. So don't do that. Anyway, this is all weird and interesting enough but then there's a huge chunk of the movie dealing with Cushing's daughter who he is overprotective of because he doesn't want her to turn out like her mom, who died in an asylum. This stuff is a lot less fun. Christopher Lee plays Cushing's brother. He runs the asylum and he's got a subplot about an escaped inmate. All of these plot threads eventually meet but I can't say they do so satisfactorily.

It's a decent British horror movie with two top stars and a good director in Freddie Francis. The problem is it's got too much going on and it devotes more time to the uninteresting stuff than the skeleton business. Now, the ending is cute and perhaps lines the meandering plot up a bit but it doesn't fix everything. You're still left feeling like you didn't get as much of the "creeping flesh" aspect of the movie as you might have expected.