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03/05/05
Eyes Without a Face (1959)
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Reviews Counted:39
Fresh:38
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.2/10
Consensus: A horrific tale of guilt and obsession, Eyes Without a Face is just as chilling and poetic today as it was in 1959.
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: Based on Jean Redon's novel LES YEUX SANS VISAGE, French director Georges Franju's gloomy, atmospheric horror film EYES WITHOUT A FACE is a masterpiece of cinematic poetry. After his daughter... [More]
Starring: Pierre Brasseur, Edith Scob, Alida Valli, Claude Brasseur
Director: Georges Franju
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Reviews for Eyes Without a Face
It has some queasy scenes, but unclear progression and plodding direction give this an old-fashioned air.
09/26/07
A blood-curdling picture directed by Georges Franju at an even, distant pace that builds tension to an almost unbearable level.
10/31/03
ends up occupying uncharted territories somewhere between the gothic horrors of Frankenstein, the fairytale lyricism of La Belle et la Bete, and the charnel-house realism of Franju's own abbatoir-set documentary Le Sang Des Betes.
05/18/08
No review available.
08/22/03
It’s not a masterpiece but it certainly isn’t forgettable.
10/11/04
This is a truly haunting horror movie.
12/05/05
It infects your dreams with dread and desperation.
12/18/03
The perfect Halloween treat.
02/13/01
Among the most disturbing horror films ever made.
10/29/04
Amazingly, all the excesses and derangements of filming since that time have not muffled the dream force of Franju's vision.
12/19/03
Sharp as a scalpel, soft as a caress, this is a weird masterwork.
09/26/07
No review available.
07/26/02
This marvelously bizarre film was a chilling mixture of art and schlock.
11/19/01
enduring, accomplished
10/25/04
No review available.
07/06/05
No review available.
11/19/07
A modernist horror film infused with the spirit of the silent avant garde
10/31/03
A marvellous movie in the fullest sense.
01/26/06
A masterpiece of poetic horror and tactful, tactile brutality.
10/28/03
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