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Curse of the Faceless Man

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A scientist's (Richard Anderson) girlfriend (Elaine Edwards) is kidnapped by a stony Etruscan gladiator-slave found near Pompeii.
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Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 02/20/2016
1.5/4
[UPDATED 2025 REVIEW] Despite its monotony, the film is still easier to take than Paul W.S. Anderson's 2014 turkey Pompeii. Go to Full Review
John Beifuss Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) 11/17/2011
2.5/4
Its surfside climax is pure pulp poetry that functions as both a literal dramatization and a romantic evocation of the devastation wrought by the tides of time as they break against the eternal shore of love. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 05/05/2003
C-
Recommended for only die-hard fans of Edward L. Cahn Go to Full Review
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David W 09/12/2023 Not director Edward L. Cahn's best but if you're a completist like me when it comes to 50's drive-in, black and white, creature feature style horror flicks then it's worth a watch if you're feeling forgiving. See more 09/26/2016 Thought it was one of the better horror films of the 1950s. It had a literate script and a good cast. Really different. See more 09/02/2016 Boring 1950's B-movie thriller. See more 01/29/2016 Really bad. It started off really slow and boring. And really didn't catch up until the last 15 minutes of the film. The film felt too much like a really bad version of The Mummy, especially since there was no Boris Karloff to save the film. The plot in general was lackluster and even though the film was just barely over an hour, it felt long and dragged out. Horrible acting. Annoying female lead, this one is a huge miss. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis A scientist's (Richard Anderson) girlfriend (Elaine Edwards) is kidnapped by a stony Etruscan gladiator-slave found near Pompeii.
Director
Edward L. Cahn
Producer
Robert E. Kent
Screenwriter
Jerome Bixby
Production Co
United Artists
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 14, 1958, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 25, 2017
Runtime
1h 6m
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