The absolute best opinion that I can offer (in regards to this 1960, low-budget, mad scientist picture from France) is to say that Eyes Without A Face was "OK".
Directed by French film-maker, Georges Franju, unfortunately, this occasionally laughable horror story (with its out-of-whack musical score) was just a bit too dry, slow-paced and, yes, tame to deliver a substantial enough wallop to truly satisfy the tastes of today's fans of the fantastic.
Mind you, Eyes Without A Face (I think that's a great title for a horror story, don't you?) certainly did contain some genuinely creepy moments, especially when Christiane was on camera, wearing her expressionless mask, while aimlessly wandering around the big, old house.
And when Dr. Genessier (with razor-sharp scalpel in hand) proceeded to surgically cut off a young woman's face, well, that was quite enough to get yours truly here feeling somewhat queasy.
Anyways - I'm not at all disappointed that I watched this moldie-oldie. It was at least worth one viewing.
Needless to say, Eyes Without A Face has been credited as being a fairly influential film when it comes to so many other horror movies that have subsequently followed it.
Directed by French film-maker, Georges Franju, unfortunately, this occasionally laughable horror story (with its out-of-whack musical score) was just a bit too dry, slow-paced and, yes, tame to deliver a substantial enough wallop to truly satisfy the tastes of today's fans of the fantastic.
Mind you, Eyes Without A Face (I think that's a great title for a horror story, don't you?) certainly did contain some genuinely creepy moments, especially when Christiane was on camera, wearing her expressionless mask, while aimlessly wandering around the big, old house.
And when Dr. Genessier (with razor-sharp scalpel in hand) proceeded to surgically cut off a young woman's face, well, that was quite enough to get yours truly here feeling somewhat queasy.
Anyways - I'm not at all disappointed that I watched this moldie-oldie. It was at least worth one viewing.
Needless to say, Eyes Without A Face has been credited as being a fairly influential film when it comes to so many other horror movies that have subsequently followed it.