Face of Terror (1962)

A scientist develops a serum that can eradicate scar tissue. He tries it on a girl with a horribly disfigured face. It succeeds, but then he discovers the girl is an escaped mental patient from a local asylum.

Directors:

Isidoro M. Ferry (as I.M. Ferry), William J. Hole Jr.

Writers:

Monroe Manning (story), Monroe Manning (screenplay)

Stars:

Lisa Gaye, Fernando Rey, Virgilio Teixeira

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lisa Gaye	...	Norma Borden
Fernando Rey	...	Dr. Charles Taylor
Virgilio Teixeira	...	Matt Wilder (as Virgilio Texeira)
Gérard Tichy	...	Dr. Chambers (as Gerard Tichy)
Carlos Casaravilla	...	Dr. Reich
Emilio Rodríguez	...	Inspector Hopkins (as Emilio Rodriguez)
Jacinto San Emeterio	...	Polack
Eduardo Sancho	...	Mandel
Pepe Martín	...	Alec (as Jose Martin)
Ana María Custodio	...	Nurse (as Ana Mª Custodio)
Pedro Hurtado	...	Philips
Miguel del Castillo	...	Hospital Doctor
Guillermo Carmona	...	Harry
Ángel Celdrán	...	Mental Patient
José Rein Loring	...	Receptionist

Storyline

A kindly wheelchair-bound physician, Doctor Charles Taylor (Fernando Rey) is developing a serum able to repair scar tissue, but he has not been able to conduct a real test. He comes across a young girl with a horribly disfigured face. The effects of the serum are better than the scientist expected, and the girl is transformed to a thing of beauty again - Norma (Lisa Gaye). He presents her to some friends, exhibiting his success, and she befriends a handsome Playboy (Virgilio Teixeira). Unfortunately for Lisa, her restored beauty is not permanent. Unfortunately to Dr. Taylor, Norma happens to be an escaped mental patient from a local asylum, and she can't cope when the serum effects wears off, and her face returns to its hideous condition. Enraged at this setback, Norma goes to the laboratory armed with the shard of a broken bottle, screaming at the doctor, "I'll kill you!" The man can do little to defend himself but to drive the wheelchair back from her, and interposing some objects ...

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Plot Keywords:

scientist | disfigured face | disfigurement | 

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Genres:

Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

1964 (USA)

Also Known As:

Face of Terror

Company Credits

Production Co:

Documento Films, Ízaro Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Son of Svengoolie: Face of Terror (1962) (1980)

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Soundtracks

Your Face
Performed by Sandra Le Brocq (as Sandra Le Brock)

User Reviews

The horror of facial repair, Mexican style

I thought this would be another "Facial Transplant" horror film, but not really. Our mad scientist (Aldo Rey), uses a new serum he's developed, to repair an escaped mental patient's face, (but he does not try removing others faces for the process.) Atmospheric, and often effective, the film is weakened by the director's insistence on filming it in English, despite much of the cast not actually being conversant in the language. Some performances are rather stilted by this convention, but it works, on the whole. Rey is near perfect as the lead, alternately masterful, then helpless, as the situation spirals out of his control. I believe this was removed from the usual PD sources, by the NAFTA/GATT stuff, but you know it's still lurking about. Rey was only a few years away from more "respectable", mainstream fare like "The French Connection". Well worth the effort for fans of gory 60's horror, and it's grisly highlights are often quite memorable.

Judexdot1