Censors allowed it?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Eyes Without a Face
oknar1977 — 9 years ago(June 07, 2016 01:07 PM)
Was this shown in USA?
How come it was allowed at all at that time - in any part of the world?
Scenes were shocking, incredible this was filmed in 1960!
you can actually see face cut of and taken off
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How come no one talks about this film - I found out about this film through 366 weird movies web page list,
I feel like someone time traveled back in 1960s and made film afterwards
and i was convinced Psycho started all the fuss about shocking audience with horror never seen before -
oknar1977 — 9 years ago(June 17, 2016 12:47 PM)
sure,
but peeping tom was british so it doesn't count that much. there is not much gore there, only weird mood and suspense.
in psycho - there is no scene where you can see actualy stabbing and no cut: you don't see skin cut, mutulated - the killing scenes were changed in a second - the rest is your imagination.
in this one - there is one uninterrupted scene taking minutes
with face taking off- that kind of stuff was not shown in any movie until modern horror gore flicks
am i only who is amazed and shocked by this?
- that kind of stuff was not shown in any movie until modern horror gore flicks
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benman46 — 9 years ago(June 18, 2016 03:18 AM)
Yes but of the three Eyes Without A Face was the least seen, in fact very few members of the public would have heard of it.
Whereas Psycho for example was a public sensation. Why shouldn't Peeping Tom count so much just because it was British. It was called disgusting exploitation just as Psycho was. The scene you describe was an operation not a murder, unlike Peeping Tom which was one of the first truly horrific films about a serial killer. The shower scene in Psycho was so effective because of the constant stabbing, blood and screaming of the victim without skin being broken, with the imagination of the audience working overtime. Psycho also has the dubious honour as being the first slasher movie. My first viewing of Psycho and Peeping Tom I found truly disturbing. Eyes Without a Face didn't have the same effect at all, the scene was just an operation and not a very convincing one at that. -
oknar1977 — 9 years ago(June 19, 2016 04:14 AM)
the scene i was describing was a murder -
doctor and his assistant killed all women operated on
. the film itself starts with body dumping in the river after the operation.
to me the scene of operation was convincing and disgusting, i couldn't watch it all even though i knew very well this was a mask. i had to turn my head away. it shocked me more that camera kept on rolling, there was no interruption at all.
on the other hand, peeping tom was not convincing to me - it was just an obvious killer film, seen thousands time before - with professional actors obviously acting - making it thus more not-beliveable and non-convincing. it had more dark mood than films before and that was all.
as i said both psycho and peeping tom are great films, they truly are classics. but this french hidden gem went much further in showing gore and that makes it more groundbreaking and shocking -
benman46 — 9 years ago(June 20, 2016 04:54 AM)
Peeping Tom was hugely controversial at the time. The critical mauling it received at the time and the fact that distributors didn't want to handle it finished the director Michael Powell's career. It was critically evaluated over the years and is now considered a masterpiece of British horror. It was controversial at the time because nastiness like that had never been seen before let alone thousands. Eyes Without a Face also had actors obviously acting, though there is nothing wrong with that, a film that isn't a hidden gem as it is widely recognised.
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oknar1977 — 9 years ago(June 22, 2016 05:24 AM)
i watch horror films, and yet i never seen, read, heard about eyes without face.
there is absolutely no reference anywhere. even when Billy Idol released the song, i never ever heard or read anywhere there is an actual film with the same name
where did you heard about this film?
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benman46 — 9 years ago(June 23, 2016 04:06 AM)
Eyes Without a Face has been known as a classic of Horror for many years, though at the time of its release in 1960 it was mauled by the critics. Though it's not an out and out horror movie. I first heard about it in the 70s though I don't remember from where. It has been shown on UK TV in the last 20-30years. I'm not surprised you may not have heard of it as it had a very limited release, and could be called an arthouse film, though I don't like that particular term.
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oknar1977 — 9 years ago(June 26, 2016 12:28 PM)
but how come horror channel never showed it?
i've been watching it since it start in 2004.
they never made any reference to it, a screenshot, anything?
nevermind.
i found out about mandela effect yesterday.
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benman46 — 9 years ago(June 27, 2016 04:03 AM)
I only started watching the channel recently when it appeared on Freeview in the UK. They show very few classic horror films, but concentrate more on low budget DTV films. EWAF is foreign, so doesn't stand a chance of being shown.
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