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The Worst Film Ever

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

inspired by the movie masterpiece Eyes Without a Face - Georges Franju (1960) , Uncle Jess signed his most successful film in my humble opinion ... mad doctor of topics dealt with in the old movies of Jess Franco is then at its ease in telling a story over and over again but giving it a personal touch that ' rivers of blood and lots of sex main elements in his vast career ... the film is set in the cosmetic surgery clinic of Dr. Flamand .... He kidnaps young women for a long time in order to give the appearance a time to the beautiful mistress disfigured .... the movie is not a masterpiece but for lovers of sleazy European cinema is really not to be missed ....if you can recover from other films by the same director to see how they make a great movie with a small budget ...

Admittedly I set the bar pretty low when I go into a Jess Franco film. Typically his films seem to be produced in the most cynical manner possible, getting any and every washed-up actor available to shoot as few scenes as possible and then to find some way of padding out the running time to make it feature length.Despite its goofy direction, strange out-of-place intentional comedy, inane dialog, poor and repetitive music, and cheap production design, this film actually has a lot going for it. For one, the cast is pretty good with a decent later-career performance from a drug-addled Helmut Berger, coupled with an earnest P.I. role from Chris Mitchum, Brigitte Lahaie trying her best not to look like a porn star, and Caroline Munro doing her best with a curiously confused, tertiary role. Anton Diffring even pops by to play another of his trademark cold-hearted Nazi / crazed doctor characters. Also look fast for Franco regulars Howard Vernon and Lina Romay in a throwaway scene.Shockingly, the sleaze & gore maintains a good pace and gradually escalates as you'd expect it to in a competent horror film. The film very rarely drags and is really mostly weighed down by the nightclub and people-driving-around-looking-at-things filler scenes. Franco really just can't resist the urge to waste the audience's time. However, overall this film must surely rank with JACK THE RIPPER among his best works (however meaningless of a compliment that may be).

I recently finished watching the first season of Kojak which Universal released. With Telly Savalis fresh on my mind, I decided to buy this movie since he had a role in it.Immediately, it is evident that Franco had a bigger budget to work with. Combined with a better-than-usual script for one his movies and some acting talent (look for John Vernon from Zombie Lake is a brief role), and this movie was not bad.By this time, this genre of movie had started to fade away in terms of quality releases. Lucio Fulci had run out of steam by this point as had Umberto Lenzi. Even the great Ruggero Deodato was struggling having just released Body Count the year before. (Unlike Franco's "Faceless," Body County had some known actors but the script was terrible and they had nothing to work with.)It was interesting to see Savalis in this, even though he was not a main character. His bald head, distinct voice and flashy suit, just like from his days as Kojak, added to the movie. His small role could not have saved this movie if it was terrible. However, in this case he added to it and made it a decent effort from a director who is routinely criticized for his work.I would recommend giving this a look.

*MINOR SPOILERS*This one has a healthier budget than most Franco has made, decent production values and actors. Here Franco rips off George Franju's Eyes Without A Face: People loose their faceskin in gory details and are subsequently disposed of. There is a particulary grim and delicious decapitation with chainsaw, this is truly a gorehounds delight and in between the bloodletting feast your eyes on Brigitte Lahie and Caroline Munro. The Horrible Secret of Dr. Hichcock is still Franco's best, but for less subtle fair Faceless is doing nicely. 6/10