Eyes Without a Face

Drama, Horror · 1962Not Rated

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.

Starring

Eugen Schüfftan, Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Maurice Jarre, Edith Scob, Pierre Boileau, Juliette Mayniel, Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac, Alexandre Rignault

Director

Georges Franju