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.

“The whole film has a ghastly elegance that often suggests Tennessee Williams in one of his more aberrant moods.” – Penelope Gilliatt, Observer (UK)

“Tastefully done and exquisitely horrific, Eyes Without a Face delivers exactly the right amount of terror making it easy to see why it is such an enduring horror classic.” – Stephanie Archer, Film Inquiry

“… at once lyrical, haunting, and deviant, an elegantly horrifying classic of sadism and shadowy grace.” – Sean Axmaker, Stream on Demand