Faceless (1987)

Director:

Jesus Franco

Writer:

René Chateau (writer)

Release Date:

22 June 1988 (France)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Come Face To Face With Evil

Plot:

A model named Barbara Hallen has disappeared and her father gets private detective Sam Morgan to go to Paris to find his daughter...

Plot Keywords:

Plastic Surgery | Surgery | Lesbian | Facelift | City

Cast

Helmut Berger	...	Dr. Frank Flamand
Brigitte Lahaie	...	Nathalie
Telly Savalas	...	Terry Hallen
Christopher Mitchum	...	Sam Morgan (as Chris Mitchum)
Stéphane Audran	...	Mme Sherman / Mrs. Sherman
Caroline Munro	...	Barbara Hallen
Christiane Jean	...	Ingrid Flamand
Anton Diffring	...	Dr. Karl Heinz Moser
Tilda Thamar	...	Mme François / Mrs. Francois
Howard Vernon	...	Dr. Orloff
Florence Guérin	...	Herself / Florence Guérin
Gérard Zalcberg	...	Gordon
Henri Poirier	...	Commissaire Legris / Insp. Legros
Laure Sabardin	...	La réceptionniste / The receptionist
Amelie Chevalier	...	Mélissa (as Amélie Chevalier)

Also Known As:

Les prédateurs de la nuit (France)
Los depredadores de la noche (Spain)

Runtime:

98 min | Spain:90 min

Country:

Spain | France

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Fujicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:R (Nova Scotia) (edited for re-rating) | New Zealand:R18 | Australia:R | Canada:(Banned) (Nova Scotia) (original rating) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario) | France:-12

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

ATC 3000

Movie Connections:

Features Le déclic (1985)

Soundtrack:

In the Heart of the City

remake of LES YEUX SANS VISAGE

A Jess Franco movie is always special (for many different reasons: because its boring, inept, cheesy, cheap) but for many other reasons entertaining... Jess Franco was second unit director for the Orson Welles movie Chimes at Midnight (1968) and he also reconstructed the Orson Welles movie-material about Don Quixote (1950ties) for DVD. As a director in his own right, well, millions of comments were already spoken out about him... FACELESS is a kind of remake of the classic Les Yeux Sans Visage by Henri Georges Clouzot, and for most parts it stays close (without the poetic images of course, which were all of Clouzot's...). Nevertheless, there is a different kind of poetry here in Franco's version: a more commercial kind of poetry no doubt, according with the times in which it was made. More cruel and crude... Jess Franco proved anyway to anyone who doubt it before that he is able to make a decent movie (from a technical pov) if he is given an acceptable budget and crew to do it... The actors (and there are some in this movie: Helmut Berger, Telly Savalas, Stephan Audran, Anton Diffring...) all do quiet decent work without going mostly over the top. All in all: a must see for fans of Jess Franco-movies.

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