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Fiend Without a Face

1958 · 74 min

A slow-burn 1950s sci-fi horror that builds eerie tension before unleashing gleefully grotesque stop-motion brain monsters.

Tagline
New Horrors! Mad Science Spawns Evil Fiends! ... Taking form before your horrified eyes!
Overview
An American airbase in Canada provokes resentment from the nearby residents after fallout from nuclear experiments at the base are blamed for a recent spate of disappearances. A captain from the airbase is assigned to investigate, and begins to suspect that an elderly British scientist who lives near the base and conducts research in the field of mind over matter knows more than he is letting on..
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • science
  • isolation
  • fate
  • survival
  • death
Places
  • small town
  • military
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror7
Humour3
Realism3
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
horror, science fiction
Directed by
Arthur Crabtree
Written by
Herbert J. Leder
Starring
Marshall Thompson, Kynaston Reeves, Kim Parker, Stanley Maxted, Terry Kilburn, James Dyrenforth, Robert MacKenzie, Peter Madden
Music
Buxton Orr
Cinematography
Lionel Banes
Runtime
74 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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