The Petrified Man[1]) is a 1957 American black-and-white horror science fiction film directed by László Kardos and starring Victor Jory, Ann Doran and Charlotte Austin.

[3] Two social workers, Dr. Jess Rogers and Carol Adams grow concerned over the number of deaths of young women at the La Salle Detention Home for Girls.

The lab is the base for a group of unethical doctors who learned a hundred years ago to extend their lives by draining the vitality of others.

Rogers and Adams begin a quiet investigation, eventually exposing the doctors and their crimes and saving future victims.

[5] Variety found the movie a lesser work in the horror genre, adequate to hold the lower half of a double feature.