eyes face eyes face french les french italian horror film adaptation novel directed starring film production consideration given standards european setting right tone gore eliminating mad scientist character film passed european film release europe caused controversy critical reaction ranged praise disgust film received american debut edited dubbed form title horror chamber united_states released double feature film initial critical reception overtly positive subsequent theatrical home video releases increased reputation modern critics praise film today poetic nature notable influence filmmakers plot night outside paris woman drives corpse river body recovered identifies remains missing daughter face automobile accident occurred disappearance father responsible lives large mansion adjacent clinic numerous large dogs following funeral assistant woman disposed dead body earlier return home real hidden explained loyal repaired badly damaged face leaving barely noticeable covers pearl body belonged young woman died following unsuccessful attempt face daughter promises restore face insists wear mask cover father leaves room calls fiancé works clinic hangs saying word young swiss girl named home takes secret laboratory secretly watches father lab goes dogs father keeps accept love unaffected appearance performs surgery removing face doctor successfully skin daughter face holds heavily escapes falls death upstairs window corpse notices flaws face face grows worse days new tissue rejected resort wearing mask phones time says phone interrupted reports police investigating disappearance young women blue eyes similar facial characteristics police gained lead concerning woman wears pearl recognizes inspector officer investigating disappearance young woman named recently arrested help investigate checking clinic declared healthy leaves paris promptly picked delivers begin surgery informs police want doctor talks police long father experiments slowly losing guilt isolation stabs neck dogs father uses experiments dismisses police readily accept explanations returns lab abandoned german shepherd recently obtained experiments attacks dogs follow suit pain confinement death face process father death seemingly transformed human walks slowly woods outside house freed hand cast doctor university professor physician father experiments pet dogs performs women try restore face daughter previously worked director drama les leading role playing doctor doctor daughter face damaged car accident caused father film face covered stiff mask resembles face accident like cast les minor role later worked films woman assistant kidnaps young women assists laboratory acts mother aids partly help restoring damaged face events happened film begins student fiancé unaware doctor criminal activity believes dead receiving phone helps police investigating crime young woman victim doctor experiments befriended paris woman face successfully recovering surgery attacks leaps window home dies police inspector investigating victims ultimately discovers missing girls similar features young woman taken police custody caught resemblance women kidnapped informed charges dropped checks clinic subsequently released kidnapped face saved able perform surgery production late 1950s british horror films curse popular french time similar modern horror films attempted french film makers producer decided tap horror market bought rights novel offered directorial role founders directing non documentary feature les grown french silent film era filmmakers making themed films opportunity contribute genre felt story horror film described vision film mood horror internal penetrating horror avoid problems european cautioned include blood upset french refrain showing animals getting tortured upset english leave mad scientist characters upset german novel presenting challenge find right tone presenting story elements film working serving assistant director laid preliminary screenplay hired writing team written novels adapted les writers shifted novel focus doctor character daughter shift revealed doctor character positive light helped avoid censorship restrictions production staff enlisted people previously worked earlier projects best remembered developing process chosen render visuals film worked les film historian called ideal choice illustrate years later won academy award best cinematography black white work french composer created haunting score film previously worked film les modern critics note film imposing musical themes carnival esque featured picks young women doctor lighter piece subsequently wrote music score doctor films release eyes face completed filming debut paris march passed european film caused controversy release europe french news magazine noted audience dropped like flies scene film showing edinburgh film festival seven audience members director responded know wear skirts american release film cut given english language dub titled horror chamber edits version removed parts scene scenes showing doctor human loving care small child clinic distributors recognized artistic merit film played element promotion advertisement quoting london observer positive statements film noting showing edinburgh film festival contrast presentation secondary feature mainly focused aspect headed monster invasion outer space headed creature killer eyes face limited initial run little reception american mainstream press eyes face received second large theatrical release september release conjunction london film archive 50th anniversary france founder archive celebrated presenting director catalogue film released original form american theatres october original running time title home media released vhs january dvd october dvd contains documentary blood depiction french region release released april second sight films region edition film released july disc included documentary blood criterion collection released film blu ray time transferred directly camera negative reception film initial release french critics general response moderate ranging mild enthusiasm general disdain disappointment claiming repetition german simply disappointment director leap documentary filmmaker genre filmmaker claiming film minor genre abilities responded comments claiming film attempt minor genre taken seriously film critic spectator called film started film criticism reviewer admitted liked film nearly fired review variety negative noting specifically acting explain characters motivations repetition effects lose initial impact unclear progression direction film old fashioned air september release film conjunction london france director catalogue film critical status began evaluated french critics response film positive original release editor chief calling film marvel film released original form american theatres october received great critical acclaim based reviews collected rotten_tomatoes eyes face received average fresh rating average rating reviewers commented film poetic nature noted strong influence french poet filmmaker chicago reader praised film referring absurd beautiful fairy tale village_voice declared film masterpiece poetic horror brutality encyclopedia horror films noted influence stating film weird poetry influence slate compared film work commenting storyline standard obsessed mad doctor saga step poverty row feature way early 2010s time conducted poll authors directors actors critics worked horror genre vote horror films eyes face placed number list soundtrack long film original release february french soundtrack record label released soundtrack compact disc soundtracks performed includes soundtracks films including les music composed legacy film influenced handful european films release spanish director created films career influenced film franco spanish french production franco variation film concerns efforts mad surgeon reconstruct face daughter inspector investigates girlfriend undercover spy franco followed sequels film strongly influenced film similar plot involving beautiful women abducted female assistant kept hostage doctor uses skin women perform plastic surgery sister experiments leave victims mutilated dead italian film influenced eyes face doctor attempting faces women repair daughter face seen plot line police lieutenant investigating circumstances death young girl body eyes lieutenant investigation eventually leads plastic surgery clinic similar plot motivation british film corruption starring adds variation theme surgeon tries restore beauty repeatedly treating extracted murdered female victims spanish director stated film skin live features mad scientist performs skin unwilling victim heavily influenced eyes face film influenced american film productions suggested film inspired idea mask character film series halloween carpenter recalls film crew didn money mask originally written way words pale mask human features don know wrote decided maybe old movie called dvd film reviews suggested film influenced director critics compared graphic detail face scene action film face face scene noted similarity resemblance trademark use white films similar character dove laden escape film finale vh1 singer cited film giving idea song eyes face song film original french title les recurring background chorus takes father daughter relationship film deteriorated relationship narrator lover song idol hit
Eyes Without a Face