Thursday, July 18, 2024

'Face of Terror' aka La cara Del Terror. (1962) – William Hole, Jr.

The lugubrious, dermally destructive Sci-horror hokum Face of Terror remains a wild experiment in scientifically sinister terror!!! An ill-fated doctor Taylor (Fernando Rey) unknowingly tests his hugely unstable serum upon troubled mental patient Norma (Lisa Gaye), hoping to remedy her severe burns, only to induce hysterically antisocial results! Much has already been made of the derivative text, so I shall, instead, note the film's entertainingly psychotronic goofiness! 

Catastrophically, the good doctor Taylor's revolutionary solution proves violently counter revolutionary, and briefly beautified Norma's plasticized dermal tissues angrily revolt, shockingly turning her into a shriekingly vengeful harridan! Talky, with a sluggish pace, Spanish 60s spookshow 'Face of Terror' will, to many viewers, appear like a relic from a bygone age. Arguably not on par with Jess Franco's macabre monochromatic masterpieces, this camp, melodramatic B/W Euro-schlocker is hopefully not without interest to more forgiving vintage Drive-In/Midnight Movie fans. The spectacularly shrill climax is exquisite, plus the groovy musical interludes, and lounge-y score are legit!!!

'She doesn't look bad at all, in fact, she's the most beautiful corpse you have ever seen!!”











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