Eyes Without a Face

Eyes Without a Face (1960)

  • 98% of critics liked it
    (42 reviews)

  • 86% of users liked it
    (7,022 ratings)

French director Georges Franju's Eyes Without a Face (Les Yeux Sans Visage) is an unsettling, sometimes poetic horror film. Pierre Brasseur plays a brilliant plastic surgeon, Prof. Genessier, who has vowed to restore the face of his daughter, Christiane (Edith Scob), who was mutilated in an… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 24 min.
Directed By
Georges Franju
Written By
Pierre Boileau, Jean Redon, Thomas Narcejac
Genres
Drama, Horror, Art House & International
In Theaters
Oct 24, 1962 Wide
On DVD
Oct 19, 2004
Criterion Collection

Critic Reviews

  • Variety Staff, Variety

    It has some queasy scenes, but unclear progression and plodding direction give this an old-fashioned air.

  • Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

    As absurd and as beautiful as a fairy tale.

  • David Edelstein, Slate

    Among the most disturbing horror films ever made.

  • Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

    Outre as it is, never tires as hypnotic, touching, ghastly fun.

  • Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

    It infects your dreams with dread and desperation.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Graham J


    A horror classic that is still shocking today.

  • Sophie B


    A fantastic film with an original narrative and great performances from all the cast. I didn't expect too much but it really did justice to this era of filmmaking. The only problems were it wasn't exactly medically correct (for this time anyway, I'm unsure of how… More

  • Lanning :


    Roger Ebert, please calm down. With apologies to Misael and XTC: <p> Excruciating -- <p> and I don't mean that in a good way. Walter, I almost added this sucker to our infamous list -- and it was a free download! <p>I guess it takes way more to creep me out… More

  • Stella D


    seriously creepy. from the writers of diabolique and vertigo. alida valli was soo evil and the ending was just beautiful. hey does anyone remember that billy idol song? 'les yeux sans vis-age...'

  • Randy T


    An obsessed surgeon becomes a serial killer in order to provide his disfigured daughter with skin grafts. Exquisitely gruesome.

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