The Creeping Flesh

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.

The Creeping Flesh is a 1973 horror sci-fi movie directed by Freddie Francis, starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, George Benson. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.1/10 from 5,003 votes and runs 1h 32m.