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An unsuccessful sculptor saves a madman named "The Creeper" from drowning. Seeing an opportunity for revenge, he tricks the psycho into murdering his critics.
Theatrical
Mar 29, 1946
DVD / Blu-ray
Sep 27, 2013
Quotes
See all →Artistic Critique and Personal Struggles Unveiled
Hal Ormiston
I devoted my stick of type today to a frank appraisal of the very doubtful talents of a young brush wielder named Steven Morrow.
[Reading his own review]
Police Lt. Larry Brooks
You will note that I do not dignify young Morrow with the term artist. He definitely is not an artist in any sense of the word.
[Scene change. Review continues being read]
Steven Morrow
The empty face girls Morrow paints have no more artistic significance than the crazily conceived creations of that well known madman of scattering profession, Marcel De Lange. Another one. Harmon dies, and another persecute rises to hound me. Am I always to be beaten down by heartless ignorant critics who find strange delight in singling me out as a subject for their cruelty? Why am I not big and strong so I can throttle this man Ormiston? I can see him now, a drink at his elbow, chuckling over his cleverly turned phrases. He has money for food and drink while we must starve. It's unfair, I tell you.
[Scene change. Review continues being read; pause. Slams newspaper to the table]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Artistic Integrity vs. Public Appreciation Debate
Joan Medford
You know, sometimes I feel sorry for you. You must be very unhappy.
F. Holmes Harmon
You're wasting your pity. I'm really a very happy fellow. Especially when I'm deflating the egos of artistic pretenders.
Joan Medford
Steve Morrow is not a pretender. He's honest. And he has talent. And on top of that, he's successful.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
The Creeper Collection
A Universal Production film series including House of Horrors and The Brute Man starring Rondo Hatton as "The Creeper". The series, however, was canceled after Hatton died of complications from acrome...
Cast
Full credits →R
Rondo Hatton
The Creeper
M
Martin Kosleck
Marcel De Lange
R
Robert Lowery
Steven Morrow
V
Virginia Grey
Joan Medford
B
Bill Goodwin
Police Lt. Larry Brooks
J
Joan Shawlee
Stella McNally
A
Alan Napier
F. Holmes Harmon
H
Howard Freeman
Hal Ormiston
B
Byron Foulger
Mr. Samuels
V
Virginia Christine
Lady of the Streets
S
Syd Saylor
Jerry, morgue attendant
