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Curse Of The Faceless Man (MGM Limited Edition Collection) Review

Judge Gordon Sullivan, DVD Verdict--The Curse of the Faceless Man is a B-movie in the truest sense of the word. Made on the cheap to screen with another feature (supposedly It! The Terror From Beyond Space), Curse is a 66-minute blast of so-so effects, random stock footage, bizarre voice-over, and sketchy acting. This is the kind of film that appeared in a few drive-in theaters, amused necking teens, and was banished to the realms of Saturday afternoon television.
Those willing to look beyond the film's obvious faults--the less-than-stellar plot, acting, and effects--will find a document of another era, a scant thirteen years after we dropped the bomb, a culture still trying to understand its relationship to history now that we possessed the power to eradicate history. It's probably a bit much to lay all that on a film like Curse, but the film is undeniably a product of its time. In the same way that it deals with issues (like history) that are very serious, the film can't help but be a part of cinematic history at the time, when these B-movies were needed to fill out double and triple bills. It's easy to see how fans could get nostalgic about an era that seems so much simpler. Even the film's faults seem more charming (or perhaps laughable) today than our own box office flops (if only because Curse only wastes 66 minutes of the viewer's time instead of 100). Although no one was convinced they were making Shakespeare, everyone involved is committed to the film, and given the constraints of time and budget, the film displays strong technical competence.
Despite the film's history, it's easy to get caught up in the flaws as well. Those looking for anything like today's level of polish and professionalism from The Curse of the Faceless Man will be disappointed. It's a curio from an almost-forgotten era of moviemaking, something to be put on for a kick of nostalgia.
Despite its relative obscurity, The Curse of the Faceless Man has had a decent life on home video. It received a VHS release, and later a DVD before this one. Now the film is available from MGM Manufactured On Demand (MOD) service. That means we get a barebones disc with an unremastered transfer and minimal audio enhancements. The film's crisp black and white photography is surprisingly strong here. Contrast is pretty good, and black levels are fairly consistent. Print damage is occasional, and grain is a bit heavy at times. The monoaural soundtrack sounds a bit thin, but dialogue is mixed well, with less hiss and distortion than I expected.
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