[Lurking Libertarian]

But what is this "creeping hand" movie?
Some real snoozer from the 30s or 40s. Can't think of a list of search terms that would get under 20,000 hits.

I think you mean The Beast with Five Fingers.

[VadeRetro]

You have it!

Been decades at least since I saw it, but I was never afraid of the silly hand, which may or may not have just been a Fig Newton of somebody's imagination. (I forget.)

One of the more forgettable outings of Hollywood's horror-flick assembly line of that era.

[balrog666]

I thought he meant this one:

The Crawling Hand!

Or this one:

The Creeping Eye!

[Doctor Stochastic]

Sort of a take off of Guy de Maupassant's "The Monkey's Claw" it seems. Wasn't this remade as "Mephisto Waltz" starring Alan Alda?