Scarecrowber: Eyes Without a Face
October 2 - 13, 2024
Murder abounds as a deranged plastic surgeon attempts to find a new face for his disfigured daughter in this haunting and lyrical meditation on grief and anguish in the guise of a horror film. Beautifully captured in stark black and white by Eugen Schüfftan, the film remains deeply disturbing to this day, and its influence can be felt on filmmakers from John Carpenter to Pedro Almodovar to Jess Franco. —Daniel
Passes: $100 | $75 Members - Provides access to all Scarecrowber screenings
Individual Tickets: Select showtime to purchase
At his secluded chateau in the French countryside, a brilliant, obsessive doctor (Pierre Brasseur) attempts a radical plastic surgery to restore the beauty of his daughter’s disfigured countenance—at a horrifying price. Eyes Without a Face, directed by the supremely talented Georges Franju, is rare in horror cinema for its odd mixture of the ghastly and the lyrical, and it has been a major influence on the genre in the decades since its release. There are images here—of terror, of gore, of inexplicable beauty—that once seen are never forgotten.
- Original Language Title: Les Yeux sans visage
- Director: George Franju
- Principal Cast: Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Juliette Mayniel, Edith Scob
- Country: France
- Year: 1960
- Running Time: 88 min.
- Producer: Jules Borkon
- Screenplay: Pierre Boileau, Pierre Gascar, Thomas Narcejac, Jean Redon, Claude Sautet
- Cinematographers: Eugen Shuftan
- Editors: Gilbert Natot
- Music: Maurice Jarre
- Filmography: Judex (1963), Blood of Beasts (1949)
- Format: BluRay
- US Distributor: Rialto Pictures