Fiend Without a Face

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Fiend Without a Face

1958

1h 14m

Horror

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A scientist's (Marshall Thompson) atomic-powered thoughts materialize as deadly flying brains with trailing spinal cords.

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Sarah Boslaugh

TheArtsStl

Fiend Without a Face is an enjoyable B-picture and interesting as a window into what was on people’s minds in 1958.

Rated: 6/10

Nov 1, 2025

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Rob Humanick

Suite101.com

As far as mad scientist byproducts go, they're a juggernaut.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 15, 2011

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Ian Berriman

SFX Magazine

A cinematic bad trip of the highest order.

Apr 12, 2010

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Mark Bourne

DVDJournal.com

And honestly, how much animus should any percipient genre enthusiast ever direct at a movie bearing the tagline, 'Invisible monsters suck out your brains!'?

May 31, 2006

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Jake Euker

F5 (Wichita, KS)

Rated: 4/5

Mar 9, 2006

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Pablo Villaça

Cinema em Cena

Pior do que o roteiro, s mesmo os efeitos visuais. E as atuaes. E a direo. E...

Rated: 1/5

Sep 8, 2005

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Stephen C

Success in 1 hour and 14 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dubbed and subtitled in worldwide studios!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Filmed in color and black and white versions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/30/25

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Ted B

3.0 stars. Yes, I guess you could say that from the perspective of 60+ years since this movie was released, it is quite cheesy. The acting was subpar, and the plot was fairly typical of 1950s sci-fi flicks. I did like the creepy touch of keeping the monsters invisible until the very end. For its time, the stop-action special effects were pretty good. Also, the thought of creating creatures from a mind control ability was pretty terrifying. This trope was also explored in the movie "Forbidden Planet".

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/13/24

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NiB Y

A little better than the average Creature Feature from it's time due to it's impressive special effects.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/03/24

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Liam D

While it's very short, full of disposable characters and poor writing the monsters and stop motion effects are surprisingly good. An very decent entry into the 50s Monster Craze

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/13/24

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Audience Member

Watchable nonsense. Cheesy, surprisingly gory, with an attractive lead girl that helped hold my attention.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

05/25/24

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Christopher B

Overall, Fiend without a Face works as a 50s science fiction film that at times may be a little cheesy or far stretched, works. For the time, and on a tiny budget, it is a successful creature film with some amazing stop animation. If you're into older sci-fi, you'll find yourself eating this up.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/01/22

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Synopsis

A scientist's (Marshall Thompson) atomic-powered thoughts materialize as deadly flying brains with trailing spinal cords.

Director: Arthur Crabtree
Producer: John Croydon
Production Co: Producers Associates
Genre: Horror
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): May 29, 1958, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 23, 2017
Runtime: 1h 14m

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