The Creeping Flesh. Freddie Francis, 1972.
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Edition screened: Included on Mill Creek Blu-ray Psycho Circus Triple Feature, released 2017. English language. Runtime approximately 92 minutes.
Summary: Abuse of a caged lab monkey.
Details:
1) The small monkey is held down by the neck while injected (off screen) with a serum, 37:14-37:19.
2) Several quick shots show the monkey in increasing distress, lying on his side in a cage and breathing heavily: 38:29-32; 39:43-46; 40:12-15 (by which time he is twitching); 46:00-46:03; and finally screaming at 46:24.
3) The monkey is on the floor, nearly dead and convulsing lightly, 49:13-49:28.
When the nearly dead monkey is discovered by the doctors (#3 above), one exclaims “Lucille! Thank God we didn’t use it on human being!”
