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Curse of the Faceless Man

1958 · 67 min

A creaky black-and-white monster movie that ambles through museum corridors, trading chills for gentle nostalgia.

Directed by
Edward L. Cahn
Genres
Horror, Science fiction, Adventure
Tagline
Entombed for eons - turned to stone - seeking women, women, women!
Overview
A stone-encrusted body is unearthed at Pompeii, and people left alone with it keep dying of crushed skulls...

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Directed by
Edward L. Cahn
Genres
Horror, Science fiction, Adventure
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • obsession
  • fate
  • memory
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror5
Humour1
Realism3
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Genres
horror, science fiction, adventure
Directed by
Edward L. Cahn
Written by
Jerome Bixby
Starring
Richard Anderson, Elaine Edwards, Adele Mara, Luis van Rooten, Jan Arvan, Felix Locher, Gar Moore, Bob Bryant
Music
Gerald Fried
Cinematography
Kenneth Peach
Runtime
67 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
Italian, English

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