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A surgeon causes an accident which leaves his daughter disfigured and goes to extreme lengths to give her a new face.
Original title: Les yeux sans visage
(NR, 90 min.)
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
At his secluded chateau in the French countryside, a brilliant, obsessive doctor (Pierre Brasseur) attempts a radical plastic surgery to restore the beauty of his daughter’s disfigured countenance—at a horrifying price. Eyes Without a Face, directed by the supremely talented Georges Franju, is rare in horror cinema for its odd mixture of the ghastly and the lyrical, and it has been a major influence on the genre in the decades since its release. There are images here—of terror, of gore, of inexplicable beauty—that once seen are never forgotten. [Janus]
Starring: Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Juliette Mayniel
Director: Georges Franju
Languages: French
Genre(s): Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
"There’s no other movie quite like it."
— Scott Tobias, The Dissolve
"A marvellous movie in the fullest sense."
— Tom Milne, Time Out
"Among the most disturbing horror films ever made."
— David Edelstein, Slate
"A masterpiece of poetic horror and tactful, tactile brutality."
— J. Hoberman, Village Voice
"Eyes Without a Face, outre as it is, never tires as hypnotic, touching, ghastly fun."
— Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
"Eyes Without a Face is a perfect example of how cinematic poetry can transform a seemingly disreputable movie genre."
— Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
"A blood-curdling picture directed by Georges Franju at an even, distant pace that builds tension to an almost unbearable level."
— TV Guide Magazine
"Eyes Without A Face is a classic anomaly, out of step with its time (and any other), with mysteries that lingered long enough for critics finally to be intoxicated by them."
— Emma Simmonds, Little White Lies
"Like a nightmare that never ends, this is a vision of madness, loneliness and, yes, horror that, once seen, demands to be viewed over and over again. It is that haunting, and that good."
— Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
"Disturbing, disorienting, quietly terrifying, it's one of the least known of the world's great horror movies and, in its own dark way, a startlingly beautiful and artful piece of cinema as well."
— Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
"As absurd and as beautiful as a fairy tale, this chilling, nocturnal black-and-white masterpiece was originally released in this country dubbed and under the title 'The Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus,' but it's much too elegant to warrant the usual 'psychotronic' treatment."
— Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
