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The Creeper (film)

December 15, 2023

The Creeper is a 1948 American horror film directed by Jean Yarbrough. The film stars Onslow Stevens who plays a mad doctor whose serum turns a man into a catlike killer.

The Creeper
Directed byJean Yarbrough
Written byMaurice Tombragel[1]
Based onAn original story idea
by Don Martin[1]
Produced byBernard Small[1]
Starring
CinematographyGeorge Robinson[1]
Edited bySaul A. Goodkind[1]
Production
companies
Reliance Pictures, Inc.[1]
Distributed byTwentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
Release date
  • September 1948 (1948-09)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited States[1]
LanguageEnglish

Plot edit

Two scientists on an expedition to the West Indies discover a serum which changes humans into cats, or. at least, to catlike killers. One believes they should continue with their experiments and the other does not, which disagreement costs him his life. Several deaths occur before the first scientist is halted in his mad plans.

Cast edit

Production edit

Between 1947 and 1951, Hollywood studios made almost no horror films with The Creeper being the lone exception.[2] It was developed under the working title The Cat Man and was in production from the beginning of March 1948 to the middle of the month.[1]

Release edit

The Creeper was distributed theatrically by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. in September 1948.[1] According to a March 1949 Hollywood Reporter article, radio writer Joseph Ruscoll sued Edward Small for using the title of Ruscoll's radio show, The Creeper for the film.[1] The suit was settled for an undisclosed sum.[1]

Reception edit

In a contemporary review, Dorothy Masters of New York Daily News described The Creeper as an effort "wasted in every phase, including story, performance and general production ... To further the bafflement, perfectly innocent people are given sinister mien. Three murders and a couple of near-misses don't improve the tale."[3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "The Creeper". American Film Institute. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  2. ^ Marriott & Newman 2018, p. 55.
  3. ^ Masters 1948, p. 76.

Sources edit

External links edit

  • The Creeper at IMDb
  • The Creeper at Film Fanatic


 

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