6/25/2006

Eyes without a Face

Eyes without a Face is another little late 50s horror film, this time French not English. It's also very good, and pretty creepy. I was pretty impressed with the makeup effects. It's very impressive for a 50s film. Mainly that it was able to be shown in a movie. It was reedited and dubbed for American release, along with a supremely stupid title of "The Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus". What the hell ass balls? The supremely freaky surgery footage made me somewhat uncomfortable. When that face got taken off... ewww... And then you notice that it was one take. With no music. And you realize that it was an absolutely outstanding piece of filmmaking. It's definitely creepier when you don't see edits that make it clear when they've made some different makeup or special effects changes.

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