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Eyes Without a Face (French: Les yeux sans visage) is a 1960 French-Italian horror film adaptation of Jean Redon's novel, directed by Georges Franju, and starring Pierre Brasseur and Alida Valli.[3][4] During the film's production, consideration was given to the standards of European censors by setting the right tone, minimizing gore and eliminating the mad-scientist character. Although the film passed through the European censors, the film's release in Europe caused controversy nevertheless. Critical reaction ranged from praise to disgust.

The film received an American debut in an edited and dubbed form in 1962 under the title of The Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus. In the United States, Faustus was released as a double feature with The Manster (1959). The film's initial critical reception was not overtly positive, but subsequent theatrical and home video re-releases increased its reputation.[3] Modern critics praise the film today for its poetic nature as well as being a notable influence on other filmmakers.

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A good movie that seems a bit confused as to what it wants to be. A noir crime whodunnit, a gory horror or a psychological analysis of an unfortunate woman. It has characters and plots from all those types of movies mixed into this one but I don't think the mix works as well as if this was one pure blooded movie of one of those types.

All we get is a mystery that isn't a mystery to the viewers but only to the detectives, a revelation of "why" that comes way too soon to make a big impact (the buildup just isn't there) and just one shocking horror scene (and that only if viewed from standards from that time, today the operation would be deemed very tame). I did respect the ending though and that kind of saved the movie.

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