Eyes Without A Face - Franju's twisted, Gothic fairy tale is still disturbing today, I imagine it was a real jolt to the system in 1960. The synopsis reads like a standard 'mad professor' film, but in the hands of Franju it becomes much, much more. The image of Edith Scob's Christiane and her haunted eyes will stay with me forever. The ending is terrifyingly beautiful. A masterpiece.
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