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Director:

Jesus Franco

Writer:

René Chateau (writer)
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Release Date:

22 June 1988 (France) more

Genre:

Horror | Thriller more

Tagline:

Come Face To Face With Evil more

Plot:

A model named Barbara Hallen has disappeared and her father gets private detective Sam Morgan to go to Paris to find his daughter... more | add synopsis

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Faceless, topless, tasteless... In Franco-world, Less means MORE! more (22 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Helmut Berger ... Dr. Frank Flamand
Brigitte Lahaie ... Nathalie

Telly Savalas ... Terry Hallen

Christopher Mitchum ... Sam Morgan (as Chris Mitchum)
Stéphane Audran ... Mme Sherman / Mrs. Sherman
Caroline Munro ... Barbara Hallen
Christiane Jean ... Ingrid Flamand
Anton Diffring ... Dr. Karl Heinz Moser
Tilda Thamar ... Mme François / Mrs. Francois
Howard Vernon ... Dr. Orloff
Florence Guérin ... Herself / Florence Guérin
Gérard Zalcberg ... Gordon
Henri Poirier ... Commissaire Legris / Insp. Legros
Laure Sabardin ... La réceptionniste / The receptionist
Amelie Chevalier ... Mélissa (as Amélie Chevalier)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Les prédateurs de la nuit (France)
Los depredadores de la noche (Spain)
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Runtime:

98 min | Spain:90 min

Country:

Spain | France

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Fujicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:R (Nova Scotia) (edited for re-rating) | New Zealand:R18 | Australia:R | Canada:(Banned) (Nova Scotia) (original rating) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario) | France:-12

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

ATC 3000 more


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Movie Connections:

Features Le déclic (1985) more

Soundtrack:

Just Imagination more


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Faceless, topless, tasteless... In Franco-world, Less means MORE!, 27 November 2005
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Author: Coventry from the Draconian Swamp of Unholy Souls

Jess Franco's "Faceless" is late 80's euro-exploitation with the typical storyline of early 60's euro-exploitation! Namely, a celebrated surgeon who kidnaps and kills beautiful women in order to restore the beauty of his own sister who's face got horribly deformed in a very banal acid-accident. Franco, among other prominent horror directors, already made similar movies in the 60's, like "The Awful Dr. Orloff" which he still refers to whenever he has the opportunity. In fact, "Faceless" is pretty much a remake of that film but, since it's the 80's, our director can now insert a lot more nauseating gore and sexually perverted sub themes. The result is one of the most energetic Franco movies ever, with enough sleaze and sadism to satisfy even the sickest puppies among us! There are extremely graphic facial operations that'll nearly make your stomach turn, random bloody executions and an uncanny sidekick (Gordon) who feasts his lusts on the female corpse-leftovers. In between all the sickness, Franco takes the time to create a stylish and truthful portrait of the Parisian night life and the dialogues are much more adequate that usually in his films. Last but not least, "Faceless" is blessed with one of the greatest ensemble-casts in exploitation cinema ever, with Anton Diffring ("Circus of Horrors"), Brigitte Lahaie ("Island Women", "Fascination"), Helmut Berger ("Salon Kitty", "The Damned") and Caroline Munro ("Maniac", "Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter"). The biggest names regretfully only appear in cameos, like Telly Savalas and Franco-regular Howard Vernon ("The Sadist Baron Von Klaus", "Miss Muerte", "Zombie Lake"...). My advise: see this film!!

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