A crazed sculptor befriends a horribly disfigured murderer known as "The Creeper", who kills his victims by snapping their spines. Convinced that the grotesque Creeper would make an excellent subject for a sculpt, he offers his new fiendish friend room and board. In exchange, he asks only that the brute exact painful revenge on his harshest critics who vilified him,scoffed at his work, and doomed him to a life of poverty and despair. The crimes are pinned on his chief rival who desperately seeks to prove his innocence. Will the deranged artist and his evil henchmen succeed in their horrific plan?