Eyes Without A Face (1960)

Eyes Without A Face (NR)

"Got no human grace"

Esteemed French horror tale of a Father and Plastic Surgeon who serially kidnaps young damsels in order to remove their faces to restore the destroyed one of his only daughter.  Tame by today's standards, most of the scares are implied or not shown (a relief for the squeamish).  The little daughter generates a lot of sympathy and is the star of the piece (there is quite a bit of overacting in the other roles), but nothing can prevent its own pretentious high-handedness and simplistic plot from spoiling its graceful mood.

5 Least there's no Nic Cage/Travolta out of 10 (MEDIOCRE)