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Eyes without a Face Reviews

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Guilt-ridden after recklessly crashing his car and leaving his daughter severely disfigured, celebrated plastic surgeon Dr Gennesier becomes obsessed with restoring her beauty by transplanting a new face onto her mutilated features. Aided by his devoted assistant Louisa, young woman are lured back to his home to become .. Read more

Starring	Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Juliette Mayniel, Edith Scob
Director	Georges Franju
Genres	Horror, World Cinema

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- An incredible amalgam of horror and fairytale in which scalpels thud into quivering flesh and the tremulous heroine... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:19
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  - 3
  Don't believe the hype
  
  Maybe the story is interesting and some moments are quite good, but let's not get carried away here. This film moves at a glacial pace, and as it's less... read more »
  
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  - Sam Lowry
  - Skylight City, Brazil
  - 16 Jul 2008 at 15:13
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  - 0
  Uninspiring. Not terrible but underwhelming.
  
  Fairly interesting story but not realised to its full potential here.
  
  Unfortunately, this film fell below my expectations.
  
  I've ... read more »
  
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- - Pale
  - 55 reviews
  - LONDON
  - 13 Jan 2012 at 23:28
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  Genuinely horrific art film
  
  Those reviewers who say it's not horror should look up horror in the dictionary. Sure, it's not got the blood and gore of Dawn of the Dead, and there ... read more »
  
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- 1074513
- - DeathOfNarrativeCinema
  - 147 reviews
  - Wallingford
  - 18 Dec 2011 at 23:17
- - 0
  - 0
  Class act
  
  Fans of the gothic and stylish noir thriller will love this. Eyes without a Face is beautifully put together, exquisitely shot and with a style reminiscent of ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 27 Nov 2011 at 16:17
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  - 0
  Two icky scenes do not a horror make
  
  Not the most patient viewer, this was intriguing enough to keep me gripped. Could have seen much more of father & daughter's relationship, and why his ... read more »
  
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- - rabbit1969
  - 42 reviews
  - Cambridge, England
  - 04 Sep 2011 at 19:34
- - 0
  - 0
  Smile. Not too much.
  
  A particularly gruesome premise this; Dr Genessier (Pierre Brassuer) is an eminent plastic surgeon whose daughter is horribly disfigured in an accident and in ... read more »
  
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  - Midnightcheeseandbiscuits
  - 26 reviews
  - London
  - 27 Apr 2011 at 19:00
- - 5
  - 0
  Surreal Masterpiece
  
  This is an excellent and disturbing little horror movie from the early Sixties that has haunted me since I first stumbled across it on BBC2 many years back. It ... read more »
  
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  - Yorkshire
  - 22 Feb 2010 at 10:03
- - 1
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  A quirky little gem
  
  I really have to disagree with what some of the other reviewers say about this film. I've always found it to be highly original and intriguing and ... read more »
  
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  - Rotherham
  - 02 Sep 2009 at 08:44
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  - 0
  Eyes Without A Face
  
  Some startling imagery, particularly at the end of the film, but despite its high reputation I found it heavy-going and at times hard to get into. The middle ... read more »
  
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- - branbloke
  - 8 reviews
  - Old Cwmbran
  - 19 Aug 2009 at 02:18
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  - 0
  umm
  
  the films cover photo explains it all
  
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- - buriedinscars
  - 84 reviews
  - Bristol
  - 10 May 2009 at 19:53
- - 0
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  Close your eyes...
  
  Been looking forward to seeing this film for some time as it's regularly cited as one of the best horror films ever made, and boy it doesn't disappoint... read more »
  
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- - morv
  - 2 reviews
  - Edinburgh
  - 22 Mar 2009 at 12:55
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- - 12
  - 3
  Don't believe the hype
  
  Maybe the story is interesting and some moments are quite good, but let's not get carried away here. This film moves at a glacial pace, and as it's less... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 598983
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Sam Lowry
  - Skylight City, Brazil
  - 16 Jul 2008 at 15:13
- - 5
  - 0
  Surreal Masterpiece
  
  This is an excellent and disturbing little horror movie from the early Sixties that has haunted me since I first stumbled across it on BBC2 many years back. It ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 864640
- - a customer
  - Yorkshire
  - 22 Feb 2010 at 10:03
- - 4
  - 1
  Les Yeux sans visage
  
  Georges Franju’s seminal 1959 French horror film Les Yeux sans visage (Eyes Without a Face) balances the subtly poetic with the deliberately graphic. ... read more »
  
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- 575883
- - TheUncanny
  - 15 reviews
  - HALESOWEN
  - 13 Jun 2008 at 20:09
- - 3
  - 0
  Dated Badly
  
  I can see how this film would have shocked in 1960, but like most horror films, it has dated very badly. In particular the long sequences of walking up stairs ... read more »
  
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- - Toxfly
  - 11 reviews
  - West Malling
  - 27 Jul 2008 at 16:54
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  - 1
  Eyes without a face
  
  Black and white French classic which has inspired so many later film makers. Watch it on a cold winters night with the curtains drawn, a raging fire and a glass... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Bath
  - 25 Jun 2008 at 09:31
- - 1
  - 0
  A quirky little gem
  
  I really have to disagree with what some of the other reviewers say about this film. I've always found it to be highly original and intriguing and ... read more »
  
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  - Rotherham
  - 02 Sep 2009 at 08:44
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  - 0
  Benchmark setting
  
  Most horror films and some normal films have a lot to thank for this French film noir. Watching it you can point your finger at moments that have been either ... read more »
  
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- - Carsey
  - 88 reviews
  - Wisbech
  - 25 Oct 2008 at 15:43
- - 0
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  Close your eyes...
  
  Been looking forward to seeing this film for some time as it's regularly cited as one of the best horror films ever made, and boy it doesn't disappoint... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 730490
- - morv
  - 2 reviews
  - Edinburgh
  - 22 Mar 2009 at 12:55
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  umm
  
  the films cover photo explains it all
  
  Report this review
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- - buriedinscars
  - 84 reviews
  - Bristol
  - 10 May 2009 at 19:53
- - 0
  - 0
  Eyes Without A Face
  
  Some startling imagery, particularly at the end of the film, but despite its high reputation I found it heavy-going and at times hard to get into. The middle ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 800000
- - branbloke
  - 8 reviews
  - Old Cwmbran
  - 19 Aug 2009 at 02:18

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  Guilt-ridden after recklessly crashing his car and leaving his daughter severely disfigured, celebrated plastic surgeon Dr Gennesier becomes obsessed with restoring her beauty by transplanting a new face onto her mutilated features. Aided by his devoted assistant Louisa, young woman are lured back ...