Black and White horror movies are magic.
I'm not sure how else to explain it exactly, except to say that a certain kind of alchemy happens when a frightening concept is guided by a director with vision, and those elements are introduced to black and white celluloid. So for me, the experience of watching Eyes Without A Face was a little like having director, Georges Franju, jump out of my television and ask: "Was THIS your card?"
Released in 1960, the plot centers around a mad scientist who begins kidnapping and murdering young co-eds in order to graft their pretty faces on to his daughter, Christiane, a young woman disfigured by a terrible car accident.
A terrifying meditation on the adage: beauty is only skin-deep, Eyes Without a Face works so well because it is stunning to behold. The haunting visuals are sublime, especially the scenes that feature Christiane skulking about her father's laboratory in her ghostly mask.Like a master magician, director Georges Franju somehow manages to make horror beautiful. See this movie!
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