I like the idea of tying in Pompeii and making the creature look like a casting made from the site. They did a good job with the monster suit and making it look as if it were stone, but they just stopped with the appearance. They should have given the beast some sound effects. Something to give the impression of weight. Some stomping of feet, some grinding of stone on stone as he moved.
Great ideas but not properly realized due to, likely, low budget. A stronger cast and a little more effort could have pulled this one over the hump from a mediocre monster movie to something better.
Curse of the Faceless Man
Entombed for eons - turned to stone - seeking women, women, women!
Rating
2.0 (1)
Release Date
8/14/1958Runtime
67 minsOverview
A stone-encrusted body is unearthed at Pompeii, and people left alone with it keep dying of crushed skulls...
Status
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EnglishBudget
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How It Feels
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A campy creature-feature where an ancient petrified monster reanimates to pursue women with increasingly silly desperation. It's gloriously low-budget 1950s B-horror that plays it straight while delivering unintentional comedy.
Mood
UnsettlingDread-soakedAbsurd
Themes
RevengeMortality
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
Practical effectsStylized genre
Heads up
Graphic violence
Richard Anderson
Dr. Paul Mallon
Elaine Edwards
Tina Enright
Adele Mara
Maria Fiorillo
Luis van Rooten
Dr. Carlo Fiorillo
Jan Arvan
Police Insp. Renaldi
Felix Locher
Dr. Emanuel
Gar Moore
Dr. Enricco Ricci
Bob Bryant
Quintillus Aurelius
Morris Ankrum
Narrator (unconfirmed)
George Sawaya
Tony
Rudy Germane
Police Officer (uncredited)
Jack Kenney
Police Officer (uncredited)
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