In the first book it is said that hiring a faceless man to kill daenerys targaryen would cost more than it would to hire an entire army. Curse of the faceless man bluray kino lorber studio. Let me tell ya skelly, curse of the faceless man is a rock solid picture with a solid foundation. Curse of the faceless man trailer this is the story of this movie. Oddly, what you get with curse of the faceless man is a movie with almost too much script.
Jim knight is the captain of a ship trading in the south seas. A surreal, offbeat film about a man who discovers his face has transformed into a mirror and must venture out into the world to reclaim his identity. Curse of the faceless man is a story of a 2000 year old mummified body that comes back to life to claim the woman he loves. Plot the movie starts with the discovery of a body encased. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Dec 04, 2016 watch the curse of the faceless man starring richard anderson 1958 shirley pena on dailymotion.
With jon hall, john carradine, peter lorre, roberta haynes. In 2011, an authorized version appeared on mod disc from mgm, taken from a typically open matte transfer that looked awkwardly composed throughout with huge gaps of dead. Carlo fiorillo, italian archaeologist, speculates the robust body may. Kent producer, jerome bixby writer directed by edward l. We soon learn that the body belongs to quintillius aurelius, a slave who became the roman empires greatest gladiator.
The curse of the faceless man mostly holds up after all these years. Though the film clocks in at sixtythree or so minutes faceless man plods along at a snails pace. Bluray first off the quality of the bluray is very good. The cost increases relative to the importance of the target and the difficulty of the objective. Curse of the faceless man was an early creature feature favorite for me while growing up in ny.
Tos, the man from earth and staring a young richard anderson the six million dollar man. Curse of the faceless man movie information from citwf, the free online movie database covering over 507,364 movies from 175 countries. Overview of curse of the faceless man, 1958, directed by edward l. The curse of the faceless man starring richard anderson. Curse of the faceless man, movie, 1958 pictures provided by. Curse of the faceless man bluray dvd talk dvd movie. The curse of the faceless man 1958 sweet buttered yams. Of course its not very scary now, but its still fun and i always love getting another chance to laugh at felix frankensteins daughter locher. Curse of the faceless man bluray kino lorber home video. Instead of a mummy, weve got the body of an etruscan entombed in the ashes of mt. Yet another low budget quickie which is an absolute must for anyone even remotely intrigued by 1950s creature features, curse of the faceless man harkens back to. He runs into trouble when he makes port at an island where crooks malone and ross hold the natives under their cruel domination while they seek a fortune in pearls. Curse of the faceless man pictures and photo gallery check out just released curse of the faceless man pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes pictures. In the excavation of pompeii, a stoneencrusted body is found with a bronze medallion bearing a strange etruscan inscription.
Big golem vs emerald golems minecraft mob battles mo creatures mods. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. Knight and his crew are taken prisoners and he falls for native. With its featureless sets and artless art direction curse doesnt come off well openmatte the actors and all the. The mummylike body of a slave killed in ancient pompeii when vesuvius erupted, is. Vesuvius which wiped out the city of pompeii in the year 79 a. His new documentary and latest audio commentary, for the british film institutes bluray of rashomon, is now available. The curse of the faceless man starring richard anderson 1958. Archaeology students uncover a prehistoric manster part man, part monster, and all bad attitude with a cheap costume. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival. Mar 17, 2014 curse of the faceless man 1958 sempl rus sub duration.
And i wasnt surprised to see this time around watching it that the movie was. Apr 04, 2010 a monster on a rampage for a human bride. Packages of horror films circulated all over independent television station in almost every part of the country then. It resurfaced, eventually, on home video, though until now mgms video transfers were washedout and, more alarmingly, incorrectly fullframe masters, resulting in way too. Its these bizarre questions and more that you will think of when you feast your eyes upon this film and. Curse of the faceless man unrated 1h 7min adventure, horror, scifi 9 november 1958 uk a stoneencrusted body is unearthed at pompeii, and people left alone with it keep dying of crushed skulls. The kl studio classics bluray of curse of the faceless man is the fix for a bad flatfullframe dvdr released by the mgm limited edition collection in 2011. Curse of the faceless man dvd, 2011 for sale online ebay. Curse of the faceless man is a film directed by edward l.
Curse of the faceless man 1958 was, for many years, one of the harder 50s scifi thrillers to see. The faceless man comes alive, mayhem ensues, and audiences realize that, despite its monotony, the film is still easier to take than paul w. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing dementia curse of the faceless man frankensteins daughter near you. Paul mallon richard anderson, tvs the six million dollar man and the bionic woman excavates a perfectly preserved faceless man of stone encased in lava from a site at ancient pompeii. Entombed for eons and turned to stone, the volcano man of 2,000 years ago stalks the earth to claim his woman.
The finished film takes place on a few nondescript sets, a beach, and the exterior of the griffith observatory, which not very convincingly stands in. Curse of the faceless man is a 1958 independently made american lowbudget blackandwhite horror film, produced by robert e. Falling in between those two extremes is 1958s the curse of the faceless man, an obscure flick penned by jerome bixby star trek. Curse of the faceless man bluray for sale online ebay. Curse of the faceless man was part of the staple diet offered on chiller theater in the new york city area back in the sixties and seventies. Curse of the faceless man dvd movie compare discount dvd. The plot of this movie has to be one of the most original ever.
Glenn erickson dvd savant of the film curse of the faceless man. Cahn on allmovie archeologists excavating the ruins of pompeii. How will they sell a faceless man a never ending supply of slightly sharp blades that they need to survive with no face. This new hd transfer is in a correct widescreen ratio, lending some shape and substance to the film s compositions. One of the very lesser 50s scifi films but still enjoyably goofy, curse of the faceless man is recommended. The movie remained unreleased until 1975 when the director used the footage in curse of bigfoot. Curse of the faceless man pictures rotten tomatoes. Curse of the faceless man is an unusual variation on the mummy 1932 films. The fog will create questions of how he ended up there and reveal the mystery of the faceless man. Cahn with richard anderson, elaine edwards, adele mara, luis van rooten, year. This latefifties fright flick puts a new faceor lack of oneon the triedandtrue mummy movie formula. This not scary assessment of course does not count if curse of the faceless man catches you at a susceptible age.
There is not trailer for curse of the faceless man. I was six when i saw the film s trailer, i think at a screening of man of the west i remember only one scene from that, and the red desert color. This week shadow exhumes 1958s curse of the faceless man from the b movie graveyard. Interested in bringing curse of the faceless man to your school or library. Curse of the faceless man 1958 a scientists richard anderson girlfriend elaine edwards is kidnapped by a stony etruscan gladiatorslave found near pompeii. Curse of the faceless man bluray kino lorber studio classics. Stuart galbraith iv is the kyotobased film historian and publishereditor of world cinema paradise. Jan 27, 2018 a young child wakes up in a mysterious forest. Jan 10, 2020 a direct private link to the completed feature film the faceless man, and an 8. A complete guide to all the new original series and films. Curse of the faceless man is a 1958 film about stoneencrusted body that is unearthed at pompeii that comes to life. A haunting s07e14 curse of the mummy a haunting season 7 episode 14 curse of the mummy.
Curse of the faceless man 2005 with richard anderson, elaine edwards, adele mara, luis van rooten, gar moore, kenneth peach cinematographer, grant whytock editor, edward small producer, robert e. Jan 14, 2014 this latefifties fright flick puts a new faceor lack of oneon the triedandtrue mummy movie formula. All critics 3 fresh 1 rotten 2 the faceless man comes alive, mayhem ensues, and audiences realize that, despite its monotony, the film is still easier to take than paul w. A petrified gladiator and undying lust in a modern version of the traditional mummy horror.
Instead of providing enhancement to the action, it often. Watch the curse of the faceless man starring richard anderson 1958 shirley pena on dailymotion. Curse of the faceless man 1958 streaming complet vf. Cahn, that stars richard anderson, elaine edwards, adele mara, and luis van rooten. Im sorry it takes something like this for me to be able to see you again, paul. A stoneencrusted body is unearthed at pompeii, and people left alone with it keep dying of crushed skulls. The faceless men charge exorbitant fees, but their reputation for success is unmatched. Oct 12, 2019 six friends venture out to a country holiday house to party over a weekend.
In the excavation site scientists uncover the body of a gladiator from the ruins of pompeii. The faceless man is a scatterbrained movie that keeps tossing in new plot elements mobsters on the hunt for a batch of cocaine that the group of friends happens to have in their possession, a. Otherwise, the tropes of the genre are more or less intact. Teenagers battle the thing 1958 directed by dave flocker.
Yet another low budget quickie which is an absolute must for anyone even remotely intrigued by 1950s creature features, curse of the faceless man harkens back to universals own series of mummy movies. Plot the movie starts with the discovery of a body encased in calcified salt along with a small box of treasure. On its face, curse of the faceless man is a retelling of the mummy, incorporating elements familiar from both the karloff film and from one or more of the lon chaney jr. Once again, we have kino lorber to thank for giving us a high. It is informative and gives a lot of information on the people involved. Curse of the faceless man 1958 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Curse of the faceless man 1958 curse of the faceless man. An ancient etruscan gladiator, buried in the volcanic eruption of mt. Cahns curse of the faceless man 1958 as a kid, in the early 80s, and how much the experience had creeped me out at the time. Curse of the faceless man letterboxd your life in film. Curse of the faceless man has been ranked 363 times, wins 25. Cut off from the rest of the world they soon learn the inhabitants are unsettling red neck individuals who terrorize and humiliate travelers.
That is to say, its very talky and more focused on history and science than it is on horror. They probably raided the local ford dealership that imported uk fords at the time for most of the vehicles, italian sedans as against sports cars would i guess would be a lot more of a problem to find. Curse of the faceless man is a nightmare for razor blade companies. A petrified pompeiian gladiator is unearthed, and just wants to show his reincarnated love that he doesnt have a heart of stone. The curse of the faceless man trailer 1958 youtube. The faceless man made his bow on home video from mgm via a united artists horror set on laserdisc in the 90s, which was later bootlegged by cheezy flicks avoid at all costs. In particular, the scenes where the faceless mummy rises from its slab in the museum, and slowly marches toward its victims like an unstoppable monolith, left an indelible impression. I had no idea what a trailer was, nor that it represented another movie that would. Nov 28, 2011 joe dante on the man from planet x duration. This film was completed in 1958 but the only theatrical release it received was in the directors hometown. For a low budget movie set in pompeii italy but filmed in the usa they needed european cars.
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