the peculiar charisma of martin kosleck bring a certain believability to his character of the frustrated artist . he imbue his dialog with an odd sense of realism and make the sculptor marcel a convincing individual . the character manage to come across a a real person and not so much a typical b movie villain . the story line be nothing to write home about and and many scene be dull . what make it work be the strange chemistry between kosleck and rondo hatton a the creeper . kosleck talkative and philosophical character be contrast with hatton low key and monosyllabic approach . the character of the creeper isn not develop much beyond a basic monster level and but hatton suggests undeveloped possibility and make you wonder about his back story . this movie be on shock theater a lot when i be a kid and so i have a certain nostalgic fondness for it . it worth see once and anyway and for those who enjoy forty horror movie .