Fiend Without a Face (1958)

Fiend Without a Face (1958) (DVD) (*)

$23.99

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
71 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1958 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Arthur Crabtree

Written By:
Herbert J. Leder
Amelia Reynolds Long

Actors:
Marshall Thompson ..... Major Cummings
Kynaston Reeves ..... Prof. R.E. Walgate
Kim Parker ..... Barbara Griselle
Stanley Maxted ..... Col. Butler
Terry Kilburn ..... Capt. Al Chester
James Dyrenforth ..... Mayor
Robert MacKenzie ..... Const. Gibbons
Peter Madden ..... Dr. Bradley
Gil Winfield ..... Dr. Warren
Michael Balfour ..... Sgt. Kasper
Launce Maraschal ..... Melville
Meadows White ..... Ben Adams
E. Kerrigan Prescott ..... Atomic Engineer
Lala Lloyd ..... Amelia Adams
Shane Cordell ..... Nurse

Synopsis:

This sci-fi horror cult classic is based in and around a U.S. long-range radar installation in the Canadian wilderness, where soldiers and civilians alike are being struck dead by an unseen force. At first, the base commander believes these murders may have been the work of spies operating out of the woods - a theory supported by unexplained fluctuations in power output from the base's nuclear plant. Because of the proximity of this reactor, residents of the nearby town begin to suspect the deaths are due to a radiation leak. The real answer turns out to be far more insidious. Autopsies reveal that the victims' spinal fluids have been sucked dry through holes at the base of their skulls. The bizarre murders are eventually linked to the work of psychic researcher Professor Walgate, whose experiments materializing human thoughts have not only been causing the power fluctuations, but have resulted in the creation of invisible brain-monsters. When the creatures attack the plant operators, a massive surge of radiation is released, revealing the creatures in all their hideous glory - depicted by marvelous stop-motion animation - as leaping, tentacled brains with wriggling antennae. This leads to the film's notoriously gory final act, in which the brain-things surround our heroes in a mountain cabin, descending in droves as the dwindling band of survivors hack, chop, and blast away at the beasts.

Beneath the seas above the frozen arctic circle, great trans-arctic submarine passenger liners are vanishing without a trace. The nuclear powered U.S.S. Tiger Shark, the most advanced submarine in the world, has been preparing for an urgent, top secret mission: to discover and destroy the cause of the deadly disappearances. On board is a hand-picked team of scientists prepared to meet any emergency, or so they think! And a bristling arsenal of atomic weapons. But even the Tiger Shark is helpless against an alien menace so terrible that the scientists can barely comprehend it! The men of the Tiger Shark are locked in mortal combat with an extraterrestrial invader! Now the fate of the earth depends on THE ATOMIC SUBMARINE!

After a series of mysterious deaths occur at a top secret radar installation, autopsies reveal that the brains and spinal cords of the victims are missing - sucked out through two holes in the back of the neck! Supercharged by energy from a runaway nuclear power plant, An army of hideous monsters have been let loose that feast on intellect rather than blood. This classic sci-fi chiller builds up thrill after thrill to a horrifyingly gory climax - an outrageous gun battle against flying kamikaze brains!

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