akiratubo
Frightening Fanatic of Horrible Cinema
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« on: April 20, 2006, 06:48:11 AM » |
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Yes, this is the movie about the girl with no face you've all heard about.
And that, really, is the movie in a nutshell.
There's a girl with no face who got that way because her father was driving recklessly with her in the car and caused a horrible accident. Her father is a surgeon, though, a really good one, so he and his assistant kidnap young girls, cut off their faces, and attempt to transplant them onto his daughter's bare skull. He's tried and failed at least once before the movie, and does so again during the running time. Apparently operating under a "three strikes" rule, he kidnaps yet another girl.
Trouble is, Miss Faceless has decided that condemning another girl (or girls) to her fate isn't something she wants to do. She can't dissuade her father from continuing with his obsession, unfortunately. Seems like the only thing for it is for Miss Faceless to open her father's kennels and let loose all those huge, mean dogs he just happens to have. They absolutely love her but they aren't too fond of her father ...
This movie is pretty good and contains one terrific moment that WILL get your notice. If body-horror really freaks you out (as is the case with me) you might even have to jump on your DVD player's stop button (as I did). What we are shown is hazy and foggy, because we see if through the eyes of the anaesthetized face-donor, but it is enough. I honestly could not stand to see it, even for just a moment. Also note how seeing this means the poor face donor knows EXACTLY what's in store for her. Brrr!
However ...
The music in this movie SUCKS! It sounds like carnival music or something. I suppose it's fitting, in an abstract way, and is so jolly and opposite in tone to what you're watching it keeps you off-balance. But it still SUCKS! I might never watch this movie again just because of the music.
It's still very worth your while to watch it once.
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